After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
It was lovely to enjoy the magical atmosphere of celebrating the spectacular accomplishments of extraordinary men and women who had enriched the world of sciences, literature and peace, notes......
'I decided to send a bat and a ball which was smaller in size so that it shouldn't get stuck in the pipe. And with that, they had a little good time.' IMAGE: The workers inside Uttarkashi's......
This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......
'Ruling Kashmir with fear has its price.' IMAGE: Security personnel outside the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Eid, May 13, 2021. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com "It would be wrong to presume......
The step forward in marketing could be a move to bypass the media and towards owning it directly, says Ajit Balakrishnan.The video starts with a 20-something man cuddling his Labrador puppy. It......
'The attention economy is making it economically valuable for us to spread our attention thin', observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Back at business school,......
IMAGE: The Pepsi ad, which has now been pulled, attracted deserved uproar with people variously dubbing it "tone-deaf", "racist" and "simplistic". How India became a high-priority......
'As long as people are eating we will be there,' Rebel Foods CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We are not surprised when......
Image: Galaxy J1 4G. Photograph, courtesy: Samsung Facing growing competition from brands like Micromax and Xiaomi, Samsung on Monday launched the Galaxy J1 4G - to be......
'I've had a 10-and-a-half year journey behind the camera and people don't know who I am.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Veer Pahariya /Instagram Sky Force may not have become the hit debutant Veer......
From penning down heartfelt birthday wishes to posting loved-up pictures and indulging in adorable, and sometimes even flirty, Insta banter, these celebrity couples are hands-down the cutest on......
Big Girls Don't Cry is too solemn to be fun and too timid to be truly bold, feels Deepa Gahlot. For the new generation, it is probably the Harry Potter books set in a boarding school that......
1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......
'It's Mani Ratnam's dream project and to be a part of that is any artiste's dream.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aishwarya Rai Bachchan/Instagram Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns to the movies in Mani......
IMAGE: Lionel Messi poses with Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Novak Djokovic/X Football icon Lionel Messi was in the stands at the Miami Open, watching Novak Djokovic cruise past Grigor......
Hardik Pandya illuminated the 2023 World Cup clash against Pakistan with his incredible skill and flair. The electrifying episode unfolded at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, leaving......
IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Cricket World Cup/Twitter Pakistan cricket captain Bismah Maroof is wining the internet after a photograph showing her arriving for the ICC Women’s World Cup with......
IMAGE: The Olympic rings are pictured at the Alpensia resort for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch Two Swiss freestyle skiers have contracted the norovirus,......