The best photos from the World Nature Photography Awards

The World Nature Photography Awards announced the winners of their 2020 competition, showcasing an array of talented photographers from around the world. The grand prize winner award went to Thomas......

Salman Rushdie: I will NOT travel to Jaipur as planned

Ending weeks of speculation, the writer finally broke his silence on his visit to the Jaipur Literature FestivalAs the session on Barack Obama came to an end, media persons were informed of a......

The Mohammed Hanif interview

Mohammad Hanif, the brilliant Pakistani novelist, discusses Rushdie, Roy and being a writer in Pakistan with Rediff.com's Archana Masih. After his debut novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes......

No Indian author in 2009 Man Booker longlist

The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the 13-author Man Bookerlonglist for the 2009 edition of the 50,000 pound (about Rs 40 lakh) literary prize. However, unlike previous years, no Indian......

A Chinese blogger's tale

Given the recent uproar over Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft making concessions to Chinese Internet censors, you would think the disruptive, establishment-toppling power of blogging would be pretty......

7 MUST WATCH FILMS of 2021

Some movies of 2021 excelled in content but yet, they did not do well. They certainly deserve a watch and Subhash K Jha lists them here: Bawri Chhori Though the influence of Vikas Behl's Queen is......

Nirvana Inn review

The supernatural element is Nirvana Inn's biggest triumph, says Moumita Bhattacharjee. Nirvana Inn is a psychological wonder which plays tricks with your minds. The film is not devoid of flaws but......

Looking back at Shyam Benegal's mesmerising Mandi

Even after three decades, Mandi proves its lasting relevance and powerful impact on cinephile memory by inviting comparisons to Vidya Balan’s Begum Jaan.  Shyam......

Review: Suicide Squad is a noisy mess

Suicide Squad is less an actual movie and more an assemblage of moments, moments mostly to do with popular music appropriated around shots of spectacle, with every single scene trying to hit a......

Images from the German F1 Grand Prix

Elated Australian Mark Webber shrugged off a drive-through penalty to win the German Grand Prix in Nuerburgring on Sunday and end his long wait for Formula One success. Webber won the German Grand......