At Dussehra rallies, Uddhav, Shinde spar over Hindutva

The respective Dussehra rallies of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray were once again about whose version of Hindutva is......

The Last Double Decker Bus Ride

Mumbai bid adieu to its iconic red double-decker buses On Friday, September 15, 2023.Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar took a ride on the last non AC......

Muslim teen with Hindu girl beaten up in Mumbai amid 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans

A 16-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten up by a group of persons amid chants of 'Jai Shri Ram', after he was caught before boarding an express train at the Bandra railway terminus in suburban......

Heavy rains lash Mumbai, 2 killed in tree collapse; more showers likely

Two persons were killed and a teenager was injured in rain-related incidents in Mumbai, where heavy showers led to waterlogging in many areas, forcing the closure of a busy subway on Wednesday,......

How TED hopes to change the world

'Our real future is the boy in the slum and the girl in the village.''We need to find the voices that can empower them to lead a better life,' TED Talks' Chris Anderson tells Niraj......

25 Movie Gems I Am Proud Of

'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay It all began in September......

Sonakshi's Home Lights Up For Wedding

As Sonakshi Sinha gets ready to marry her beau Zaheer Iqbal, the wedding preparations are in full swing. Her 10-storey family home Ramayana in Juhu, north west Mumbai, where she lived with her......

Shatrughan With Zaheer, Says Khamosh To Rumours

Photograph: ANI Photo Shatrughan Sinha said 'khamosh' to all rumours of his not attending daughter Sonakshi's wedding, when he declared, "She is my laadli. Nothing that she asks for has been......

'Katrina was very much against doing a Tamil version'

'It would have made (Producer) Ramesh Taurani very happy if I taken two Bombay stars, but the reason why I kept mentally rejecting the regular sort of casting was to discover this excitement, you......

Juned's Journey: From Driving Autos To Winning Irani Cup

'I was irregular for practice because I had to drive the autorickshaw to sustain my daily expenses in Mumbai and also to send money to my mother back in Kannauj, so I could not miss even a day of......

Why Anjali Sacrificed Her Career For Sachin

Anjali quickly decided not to pursue her career in medicine. If she had worked in a government hospital, she would have had to do her fair share of nights and weekends in hospital, which would have......

Untold story of Sachin's golden ducks and one crucial run

0 0 1: Sachin Tendulkar's sequence of scores before he got down to changing cricket IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar said that was when he understood the importance of scoring one run. Photograph:......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Sachin@50: 50 Interesting Facts

Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com On Monday, April 24, 2023, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be 50 years old. For those of us who first saw him stride onto a cricket field aged 16 back in......