A New Yorker's very first Diwali

I learned about Diwali around the same time I discovered Hindi movies -- in 1997 -- through television ads for local Indian shops on the Saturday morning filmi shows in the New York area. From......

Novelis IPO: A potential booster for Hindalco

Base metals major Hindalco’s overseas subsidiary, Novelis, has submitted a draft registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the proposed public offering of......

Top 5 family-owned biz groups see a mixed Q1; net profits up 13.9%

April-June 2023 (Q1FY24) was a mixed quarter for India’s top family-owned business groups. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Three of the big five in terms of revenue reported a......

H1FY23: Adani Stocks Add Rs 7.28 tn

All nine Adani stocks saw a rise in their share price in H1FY23, ranging from 6.1% in case of Adani Ports to 102% in case of Adani Power. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   There was not......

This deal will see the single-biggest outflow of foreign capital from India

The much-talked-about sale of Ambuja Cement and ACC by Holcim Group will see the single-biggest outflow of foreign capital from the country if the two cement firms are acquired by Indian investors.......

I have to say: Justin Bieber, never, ever!

'Maybe for his fans, just to see him in the flesh was worth the ticket price.' 'Maybe they were satisfied with the gig, the whole deal.''For me, the night was a dreadful waste of time,' says......

American Desi director has a new obsession

Piyush Dinker Pandya, the maker of the hit film American Desi starring Kal Penn, has a new obsession these days desi stand-up comedians. Pandya is busy taking his show, The Gurus Of Comedy, to......

Why you *need* to know this man

His name is Alejandro González Iñárritu. Out of the six feature films, Alejandro González Iñárritu has directed, every single one has found its way to the......

Alien vs Predator battles to the top!

Distributor 20th Century Fox was confident of a big opening for Alien vs Predator. Itwas it was also surethe film would be trashed mercilessly by the critics. So it opened the fantasy adventure......