India has much paranoia in India about a new 'Terroristan' coming up between Pakistan and a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.Pakistan has zero ability economically, diplomatically, geostrategically or......
'Hindus are proud of what the Dharmashastras symbolise, but they don't want to do any work to preserve it!,' Sanskrit scholar Donald Davis tells Kanika Dutta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
Barack Obama on Wednesday pardoned his last turkey as United States president. Obama, who leaves office in January, has followed the annual tradition of "pardoning" a turkey every year ahead......
The cultivators who take pride in feeding the world have no time to cook for themselves during the harvest season, and that is why they rely on the 2-minute noodles, finds out Laxmi......
Syed Firdaus Ashraf spends a week in Goa in pursuit of his favourite dish, and discovers a few other things about the state as well.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com I had no plans for a......
PricewaterhouseCoopers' new chairman is busy putting the past behind the consultancy and raising the bar on risk and quality. Sometime in early 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) decided to elect......
'What we have here is a director who understands how people fight, but has not a clue about how they make love,' points out Sreehari Nair. The seduction techniques of those grumpy, old Malayali......
Reetika Hooda's fitness regime: Story of India's first Olympic qualifier in heavy weight class of 76kg Photograph: Kind courtesy WFI/X Going through the painful and energy-sucking process of......