A video of Maha Kumbh showing people earning handsome profits, a Rs 10,000 loan from a kind friend, and the grandeur of the largest human gathering on Earth have lured four siblings from Gorakhpur......
Carter was in politics, but not a politician, certainly not a transactional politician. Carter bears not a small resemblance to another leader of another large country, who was also in politics but......
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......
As vice president and ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankar is inheriting a troubled legacy.Although the government faces no real numerical challenges in the Upper House,......
'When I realised that I was to take the pictures of Pandit Nehru, I was very nervous and scared.' IMAGE: Then prime minister Indira Gandhi flanked by then Congress chief minister K Karunakaran,......
Two young men jostle in a rickshaw as it clatters along a narrow, bustling lane of North Kolkata, each with a leg dangling over the side of the vehicle, a bulging sack of cosmetics nestled between......
Over the past few months, FMCG companies redefined their “fairness” offerings to make them more inclusive in the backdrop of the global movement “BlackLivesMatter”. Emami......
'That can be better handled by investing in a staggered manner, ideally through SIPs.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com "Large-caps at this point of time is better over mid and small-caps,......
While HUL's Fair & Lovely was launched in 1975, Emami's Fair & Handsome was unveiled in 2005. Both companies now straddle both the men’s and women’s fairness categories in the country.......
Kolkata-based Emami Limited, manufacturer of personal, beauty and health care products, has launched India's first-ever fairness cream for men. Called 'Fair and Handsome', the cream has been......
After the debacle of the first episodes of Season 6, the latter half give an even-handed treatment to intriguing not-so-well-known events of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, observes Vaihayasi Pande......
There are plenty of shootouts and a fair amount of sex over the nine brisk episodes though the dialogue is thankfully free of profanity, observes Deepa Gahlot. The title might give the idea that......
The latest season of Bridgerton takes a bolder view at handling troubled relationships and marriages as it teases displeased viewers from the previous season with enough fodder to last......
Shining brightly in front of our TV screens in their flawless skins, stars come out to sell dreams, shampoo and biscuits. So far, so harmless? But, evidently, even the mighty can fall.......
Major is in a perennial state of exaggeration.The sighs, the misty eyes, the mushy speeches, its details are invested in highlighting all things in-your-face, observes Sukanya Verma. There's no......
Images from Day 3 in the first Test between South Africa and India, at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Thursday. SCORECARD IMAGE: South Africa's players celebrate after Kagiso Rabada......
Haresh Pandya traces the meteoric rise of 18-year-old Jaydev Unadkat, who finds himself in the Indian Test squad for the second Test against Australia despite not playing a single Ranji Trophy......
'Why can't we have I-League clubs in the ISL from the next season itself?' IMAGE: Action in the Indian Super League match between Kerala Blasters and Mumbai City, at the Nehru stadium in Kochi.......
'I have been subjected to a lot of name calling and I have laughed and shrugged it off because I had bigger goals! Affected young, I toughened up because this was never something that would pull me......
Australia captain Steven Smith celebrates after scoring a century on Day 3 in the second Test against India at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images 'The whole......