'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......
IMAGE: Richard Zimler. Richard Zimler's novel, Guardian of the Dawn, documents the little-known Portuguese Inquisition in India, in 16th century Goa. He points out that, apart from their......
'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......
The shipping business is like the heaving sea -- it's up and down, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Police officers stand guard near the barricades during a protest by supporters of the proposed......
'That is how our machinery operates and sees every prisoner.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I feel like the 'Phoenix Rising' after the Dark Knight of the soul when all is lost! --......
Tata Group-owned Air India, under its new chief executive officer and managing director Campbell Wilson, is optimising its domestic strategy under which the carrier is “densifying” its......
The free trade agreement (FTA) talks with India are no longer working towards a Diwali deadline though negotiations are progressing well, UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said as New Delhi......
In a bid to incentivise its staff and improve their performance, Air India may soon offer them employee stock options (ESOPs). Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The erstwhile national carrier,......
'Everyone says never waste a crisis.''When we went into Covid and we were in total lockdown, we were at work.''The planes were not flying and we wondered what to do.''We looked at each of our......
In 2020-21, Indian firms offered to buy back shares worth Rs 39,295 crore, or 97% more than Rs 19,972 cr proposed in the previous financial year. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Share......
Mast Mein Rehne Ka is a thoroughly human film, which makes you laugh as hard as it will make you feel for the characters, notes Mayur Sanap. When perennially-bored, almost recluse Mr Kamath......
'There was one sequence in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya where her character exuberantly runs up to Bobby Deol, piggy-backs on him.''Aishwarya told me she couldn't do the sequence because people would not......
Few actors share Kareena's fearlessness for closeups in their 40s.A still force in a high-strung thriller, her marvellously opaque portrayal of a woman hiding skeletons in her closet turns a crafty......
Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......
A messy masala about an antihero bolstered by tons of whimsy, controversy and high drama, Khalnayak's hype is stuff of history. Sukanya Verma celebrates 30 years of this blockbuster. 1993 was a......
IMAGES from Day 3 of the opening Test played between Australia and Pakistan in Perth on Saturday. Scorecard IMAGE: Nathan Lyon celebrates with teammates after dismissing Aamer Jamal for his......
Images from the second One-day International between West Indies and India at Kensington Oval, Barbados, on Saturday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Ishan Kishan celebrates with Shubman Gill. Photograph:......
Kohli vs Gambhir: Old baggages lead to another round of 'juvenile' bust-up IMAGE: An eyewitness, who was in one of the team dug-outs, gave a lowdown of events. Photograph: BCCI The ugly......
Ms Usha may soon discover that winning four gold medals at the Asian Games and qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics is a walk in the park compared with the challenges of stabilising governance......
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......