Amid the heavy downpour in Bengaluru, residents of many flood-affected areas have taken to social media to pour out their woes ranging from waterlogging to complaining about "crumbling"......
'This is the only place on earth where Elephas maximus climbs to these heights.'A fascinating excerpt from Stephen Alter's Wild Himalaya: A Natural History Of The Greatest Mountain Range On Earth.......
A National Geographic feature on leopards in Mumbai has just gone viral on social media. But two years ago, Sumit Bhattacharya/Rediff.com met pioneering wildlife scientist Vidya Athreya, whose......
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday presented Padma awards to 56 distinguished personalities including actor Paresh Rawal, ace tennis player Leander Paes and author Ruskin Bond. Cricketer Yuvraj......
From a mind-numbing accident 15 years ago that confined her to a wheelchair, Arlene D'Souza has clawed her way back. For her never-say-die spirit, she was recently awarded the Nina Foundation's......
IMAGE: Villagers queue outside a bank on the outskirts of Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters 'The execution has been 100 per cent faulty.''The scheme is also a stupid one, a real......
'The whole land acquisition bill is a part of the payback to the corporate' 'It is the joke of the century, if the BJP were to pretend that it was a clean government' 'Maharashtra is busy banning......
It was a cool January evening in 2009 in Bengaluru and coffee time as usual for the four friends -- environmental consultant Shailesh Deshpande, web designer Athreya Chidambi,......
Even as the stakes are being weighed on who would form the next government, management experts feel that if Congress-led government is formed at the Centre, social welfare sector will get a major......
When the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the global think tank, first invited Sunil Mittal to join its board of trustees last October, the Bharti Group chairman was not immediately......
'Content' is an ugly word used to tie together a myriad of stories out there but the market seems to respond to it. Audiences seem to prefer experiential, novel stories over stale, formulaic films.......
'I'm in awe of how secure he is, as an actor, performer and director.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sundeep Kishan /Instagram Telugu actor Sundeep Kishan didn't think twice before taking up Raayan.......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Naveen Polishetty/Instagram After the super success of Jathi Ratnalu, Naveen Polishetty speaks to Subhash K Jha about his newfound stardom. Naveen, were you surprised by......
The Zee Cine Awards Telugu honoured a lot of film folk over the weekend, even as they got together for a red carpet party. Here's looking at moments from the awards night. Photograph: Kind......
'We think children are not as smart but that is so unfair.' 24 director Vikram Kumar gets talking about his latest hit. Director Vikram Kumar seems to be churning out hit after hit with seemingly......