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We Danced Slowly; We Didn't Want A Heart Attack

Half a century after he left school, A Ganesh Nadar attends a school reunion. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In August they announced the school reunion. I had passed out of the......

Indian jailed for 40 years for murdering wife, 2 kids in UK

A 52-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to the triple murder of his nurse wife from Kerala and their two children last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years......

Pune sees fresh curbs in light of rise in COVID-19 cases

Considering the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the administration in Maharashtra's Pune district has directed schools and colleges to remain shut till March 31 and curtailed the operating time for......

Somewhere along the way we lost humanity

'Are you so scared for your own skin that you will not help a lady or a weak man from attack?' asks an anguished A Ganesh Nadar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. In broad daylight, inside......

My village is running dry and I am grieving

'The canal I bathed and swam in, has dried up. It’s the worst drought in 140 years. First the mango trees died. Then the coconut trees. Finally the hardy palm trees have died.' A Ganesh Nadar......

Can the book shelf be replaced with e-readers?

Amazon pioneered the e-reader through Kindle, and Apple set the trend with its much-publicised iPad, launched in April this year. While iPad received a huge response with 50,000 units sold in the......

Indian tutors to teach UK students online

A Bangalore-based online tuition firm had tied up with publisher HarperCollins to provide off-shored tuition facilities to British students. TutorVista, the online teaching outfit, is aiming to......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

Dark inks lend recession a bright hue

The dungeon-like room, lit only by small fluorescent lamps above three chairs, greets the customer with piercing heavy-metal music that sends vibrations through the floor. Flickering red candles......

How self-made titans got their start

Capital is a constraint for many would-be entrepreneurs--or is it? Scan the Forbes list of the world's richest people and you'll come across moguls from startlingly humble origins. How did they get......

Farah-Sajid's Emotional Goodbye To Their Mum

IMAGE: Farah Khan and her brother Sajid Khan. Photograph: Siraj Sheikh It was an emotional weekend for Farah and Sajid Khan when they visited the Barnes School and Junior College in the......

'You had a truly special gift'

A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com pays tribute to his school mate, Talat Jani, the man behind quite a few episodes of Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi... Photograph: Talat Jani/......

Chintu Ka Birthday review

'What impresses about this sweet-n-simple tale is the manner in which this production has been put together with an economical narrative by first time directors Devanshu Kumar and Satyanshu Singh,'......

Goodbye, Vinod! Khanna's schoolmates pay tribute

‘We dated for a while and I treasure those moments.’ ‘He was fun-loving and mischievous.’ ‘He was a super guy to know.’ Reportage: A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com......

Review: Into The Storm: Superlative VFX, sloppy everything else!

Visually, Into The Storm offers quite a sensational depiction of multiple tornadoes but where plotlines and performances are concerned, it’s distressingly sloppy, writes Sukanya Verma. After......

School kids light up NBA's maiden India game

The NSCI dome in Mumbai, venue of the first-ever NBA match in the country, had everything in place to host a blockbuster. Adding to the carnival-like atmosphere were the school children, special......

English football fails its biggest test - will the public ever forgive?

'I think the Premier League lost control of the narrative and their own story' It is by no means just the players who have felt a backlash from public opinion IMAGE: Community programmes all-year......

Oldest Test cricketers at the time of death

The former Indian allrounder MJ Gopalan died in Chennai on Sunday morning. Gopalan's death will now re-open the controversial chapter about his exact date of birth. His school certificate had his......

Harris maintains lead

American Corey Harris maintained his overnight lead in the Asian Tour Qualifying School Finals after shooting a four-under-par 68 in the second round at Palm Resort Golf and Country Club in Johor......

US charges Allen Stanford with 'massive' fraud

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his US headquarters. In a civil complaint filed in......

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