Tharoor has a tough fight on his hands

Shobha Warrier reports from Thiruvananthapuram where a former UN diplomat is battling a former governor for the Lok Sabha seat. IMAGE: Shashi Tharoor, the Congress's sitting MP from......

The Maoist threat in Wayanad

The NDA candidate tells the Election Commission that the Maoists plan to kidnap him.Rediff.com's Nikhil Lakshman reports from Wayanad where Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha election.......

Pathetic handling of blasts' aftermath

Half an hour after the first blast in New Delhi on Saturday, the NDTV 24/7 telecast telling visuals that said it all. We just don't know how to handle the aftermath of the terror attacks which we......

All the world's a game

If 2006 was the year of the Xbox 360 and 2007 the year of the Nintendo Wii, 2008 promises to be PlayStation 3's turn in the spotlight going by the number of titles, across genres, that are expected......

Faadu: A Love Story Review: Half-Baked Show

Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the......

Village Rockstars Review: Too good for the Oscars

'This is a movie, which if you allow it to, will wash itself all over you, so that you emerge from it a little drenched but wide awake,' says Sreehari Nair. Outwardly, Rima Das's Village Rockstars......

Apaharan: A flawed good film

As Sir Paul McCartney recently sang, 'There's a fine line between chaos and creation.'Apaharan starts out as a well-intentioned film, not pulling many punches as it gives you a heavily simplified......

P Vasu: Ready for Paramasivan

P Vasu, director of 2005's mega blockbuster Chandramukhi, is getting ready with his next, Paramasivan for the festival of Pongal. Ajith is the hero, and it is a very important film for him......