Mamata's Delhi visit jolts Gandhis

The fear that Mamata might snatch the mantle of Opposition leadership which the Gandhis firmly believe to be theirs by birthright seems to have persuaded Sonia and Rahul to give up their......

Steely Stalin steals Modi's show too

Stalin owes his victory, like in 2019, to the hate-campaign of the local Hindutva forces, which kept haranguing him, and even his dead father, notes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Dravida Munnetra......

'Mamata knows her defeat is certain'

'If the chief minister says there are areas in her home state where she cannot enter, where has she driven the state to!' IMAGE: Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee at a polling station in......

Mark my wood!

'My curiosity remained regarding what predominantly middle class Bengalis who frequent my shop do with so many wooden trays,' says Keya Sarkar.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Among the many......

Closing a loan is vital! How to do it right

For most people, paying off the last instalment is the end of any loan. But that's not enough. For any line of credit that you take from a financial institution, a loan account is opened in your......

Nano or no Nano: Bengal leading carmaker

Whether or not the Nano rolls out from Singur-- the four-member land committee is supposed to finish its investigations on Friday-- no one can snatch away West Bengal's laurels in pioneering car......

The Toyota, Merc and Lexus of Bengali sweets

The American intellectual with a left inclination who was exploring Kolkata in the late sixties impressed me no end. Impressionable I was in my late teens, still taking in with wonder the confusion......

Sweets sale drop by 40% this Diwali

Sale of sweets has fallen by 40 per cent this Diwali season with a shift in consumer preference, industry body Assocham said onThursday. "The gift exchange this year is tilted more towards......

371 Films And Shows To Watch!

Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them! With the pandemic done and dusted, people are back to watching films in their neighborhood theaters and......

My Beloved Aunt, Lata Mangeshkar

'While we conversed in Marathi, she would always make it a point to ask me in English, "Are you okay? Have you eaten?"''I sorely miss that care and concern.' IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar with her......

The Meteoric Rise Of Pan-Indian Films

'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.' IMAGE: Tovino Thomas in Minnal Murali. How did we get here? Basil Joseph's Minnal Murali (Malayalam) is a sweet, unusual, superhero film. On......

'I am the godfather of disco'

'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......