Every year, for thousands of years, the Sonepur Mela, transforms a small rural town in north Bihar into a giant fair.Rediff.com's Archana Masih spent a day in the rural fair that once drew......
'You worry when serious people, with control of our and our children's future, begin to start obsessing over social media, seeing it as an easy, lazy, fun, low-cost substitute for boring,......
With Melbourne, Australia has taken the first step to join the ranks of yesteryear Pretoria, South Africa and Birmingham, Alabama. Over the last two years, there have been an increasing number of......
Twelve more people lost their lives due to consumption of spurious brew, taking the death toll in the hooch tragedy to 107 on Friday even as the crackdown on illicit liquor dens continued across......
Call it a cock-and-bull or a bull-in-a-China-shop story. Whatever, this report is an eye-opener. Ever wondered what China thinks about India? If a recent poll in China is to be believed, 90 per......
The call to make brand ambassadors accountable has rattled filmstars and sports stars. Image: The phenomenal rise in activism, especially on the social media, has made celebrity endorsement a......
Once in decline, the central Delhi landmark is buzzing with new restaurants, cafés and public events. Image: Connaught Place, New Delhi. Photograph: Reuters Walking through the colonnades......
The Union Budget just a week away. While economists and analysts are busy making predictions about the biggest annual financial event in the country, common people are no less interested either.......
Bankruptcies of automakers General Motors and Chrysler could cost as many as quarter million people their jobs over the next year and a half, a media report says. According to a report in......
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the sabotage of ADAG chairman Anil Ambani's helicopter. Uday Warikar and Balraj Phevar, employees of Air Works India Engineering Pvt Ltd that......
August seems to be a funny month as far as the release of Kannada films are concerned. The first and third week saw no release while the second week had one release -- the much awaited Raaj, the......
Will Smith continues to be the most bankable star in Hollywood, according to the entertainment database company The Ulmer Scale, which just released its Actors Hot List. The Ulmer Scale's......
IMAGE: Reflecting on his career, David Warner believes he should have shown more patience. Photograph: ICC/X Well aware that he has not been "everyone's cup of tea", the enigmatic David Warner......
IMAGE: The Indian F1 Grand Prix went off the calendar after three editions from 2011, largely due to the serious financial problems faced by promoter Jaypee Group and the red tape around the......
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh had a day to remember as he caught up with some of the world's greatest sportspeople at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday. Ranveer, who......
IMAGE: Dancers perform as British Indian rapper Panjabi MC performs his popular track 'Mundiyan to bach ke' during the 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham,......
Photograph: Kind courtesy KL Rahul/Twitter K L Rahul had a phenomenal run with the bat for Punjab Kings, but parted ways with the franchise at the end of IPL 2021. Rahul had joined Punjab......