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......
'Never, not even once, has Kamala Harris said that she is Indian American.''I know why. From the Indian American community she can get maybe 1% percent votes.''But if she says she's African......
'You can do anything after retirement. You have to pursue it. You have to take it up as a challenge.' IMAGE: Dr Usha Chadaga. Photograph: Usha Chadaga Usha Chadaga, 75, a grandmother, is now Dr......
Shillong Chamber Choir founder and noted music composer Neil Nongkynrih died in Mumbai after a brief illness on Wednesday said Choir officials. IMAGE: Neil Nongkynrih receives his Padma Shri Award......
Rediff.com's Priyanka caught up with five girls who underwent a traumatic experience at the Parliament Street police station on the day several anti-rapeprotestors were roughed up at Raisina Hill.......
For many of us, HMTs are the first watches we wore, a rite of passage to adulthood, says Rahul Jacob. As a colleague and I darted down a dirty alley behind the glamorous shopping colonnades of......
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Usha Thorat is demitting office on Tuesday, after spending nearly 38 years at the Mint Road in various capacities during which she has had a stint in virtually......
Ae Watan Mere Watan tries to get a grasp on the mind of youngsters, shaped by the words of inspiring leaders, committed to the cause of independent India.It's significant because their support......
The 68th National Film Awards saw actors from across India get together for the prestigious ceremony in New Delhi. While Ajay Devgn received his third National Award, power couple Suriya and......
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend. IMAGE: Biswajit with Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Biswajit/Instagram Matinee idol of the 1960s,......
The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages on February 6, 2022. She was 92.Some of her best songs, in celebration of an incredible life. Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer......
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood. It was a year of excitement and extremes. If parallel cinema in India......
Photograph: Kind courtesy PR Sreejesh/Instagram P R Sreejesh made a stylish statement on Sunday, combining the grandeur of the Eiffel Tower with the charm of Kerala. The hockey goalkeeper,......
'I could not believe that the prime minister knew me.' IMAGE: Dutee Chand clocked 11.32 seconds to finish a close second in the women's 100 metres. Photograph: PTI Dutee Chand is the first Indian......
- Competing in 15 disciplines with an 118-member contingent, the biggest ever at the Games, there was hope that India would emulate its best-ever tally of six medals, achieved at the London......
IMAGE: India's Sakshi Malik celebrates after defeating Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the women's Freestyle 58 kg bronze medal match at the Rio Olympics. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images.......
IMAGE: The cover of Sania Mirza's book Ace Against Odds. Photograph: Twitter (@MirzaSania). Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan launched the autobiography of tennis star Sania Mirza......