Why did NRN prevent Sudha Murthy from joining Infosys?

When Narayana Murthy once visited the US for client work during the initial days of Infosys, a temperamental American businessman made him sleep on a large box in a windowless storeroom surrounded......

What kind of a man was Ram?

Watch novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explain Sita's story.Videos: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com IMAGE: A temple in Ayodhya. Photograph: Arun Sharma/PTI Photo When Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni wrote......

Day 2 at the Lit Fest: Fever, honour and the loo!

Writer-Director Suparn Verma and Rediff.com correspondent Abhishek Mande are attending the Jaipur Literary Festival, the leading literary event in the Asia Pacific. After their enthralling......

Maitri: Fighting abuse and the fear

Maitri, the 16-year-old San Francisco organisation, is looking to expand its work not only with abused South Asian women but also young people in the community who could face violence from their......

What is Bollywood reading?

Welcome to the Bollywood Book Club! When not shining on the red carpet or in the movies, film folk are happy to bury themselves inside a good page-turner! From self-confessed bookworms to book club......

PIX: Aishwarya brings SEXY back!

When one is as beautiful as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the world holds its breath to admire your face. And Bollywood's most attractive star has one helluva silky, sexy back too. Ash, who turns 42 on......

Slumdog gets help from friends

As much as the Oscar voters loved Slumdog Millionaire, the film could not have won eight Oscars including the best picture and best director nods had it not been a consistent box-office performer,......

Lost in translation

In a few weeks when Manil Suri, a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, will begin promoting his new book The Age of Shiva, some of his fans may want to revisit his first book The......