There was a memorable meeting with a 'tall, elegant, beautiful girl', who had recently finished her 12th in the strongly tribal Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. 'I was shocked. In this whole sea of......
What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside? IMAGE: Safeena Husain, founder NGO, Educate Girls. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera for Rediff.com Your mission in life is chosen. It's......
'...and I was a great admirer of his leadership of Tata Sons.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ratan Tata/Instagram Zubin Mehta and Ratan Tata were school pals. Zubin was a year and a few months older......
One of the high points of the proceedings was when Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer smartly utilised Dr Zeba Khan's expert status to pose her A Most Curious Question. He asked her if a skull can grow new......
India has allocated Rs 1.72 trillion, or 27.67 per cent of the total defence budget to cater to modernisation of the country's arsenal. Modern militaries spend up to 50 to 60 per cent of their......
Sebi on Wednesday barred Kishore Biyani and certain other promoters of Future Retail Ltd from the securities market for one year for indulging in insider trading in the shares of the company.......
'The toughest challenge is not to satisfy the luxury customer.''The toughest challenge is to satisfy the budget customer.' IMAGE: Rahul Pandit, right, managing director and CEO, Roots Corporation......
For the first time, West Bengal has recorded surplus power. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited has surplus power of about 10 per cent. “In the last one year, 30,000......
Starbucks opened its coffee shop, ever, with locally sourced and roasted beans, in Mumbai. Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel and photographer Rajesh Karkera were present when the American......
Starbucks opened its very first coffee shop in India, at 10 pm, at an stylish and historic address at Horniman Circle, south Mumbai, adding yet another outlet, and country, to its 18,000 store......
Baahubali has generated an enterprise of television spin-offs, video games, graphic novels and what not, but a memorable Game Of Thrones it is not, observes Deepa Gahlot. Director of the two......
Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......
Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor. IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor with Felicity Kendal in The Householder. 'Last night I was woken up......
Taapsee is super. But that's not to say that the rest of the cast isn't tremendous, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. Reason to go see Naam Shabana? There are five: Taapsee. Taapsee. Taapsee. Taapsee.......
'Taking a side could be a fallacy to do. Because you don't have all the answers. So how do you take one particular side?' Meghna Gulzar asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com IMAGE: Konkona......
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic......
The Indian Army organised a felicitation ceremony on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, to honour its personnel who won medals for the country in the Asian Games in Hangzhou. General Manoj C Pande......
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Mumbai's Sarfaraz Khan celebrates after scoring his century on the third day of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh at......
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Bengal's Manoj Tiwary celebrates after scoring 300 against Hyderabad on Day 2 day of their Ranji Trophy match, at Kalyani, West......