Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

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......

Pragati Maidan: A Walk In Time

'A microcosm of India, inclusive and welcoming'.For years, Pragati Maidan was the centre of Delhi's social life. IMAGE: The Hall Of Nations, India's first pillar-less building, the kind no other......

Mood Of The Nation Poll: What Modi-Shah Must Worry About

'According to the survey, ideological issues like Article 370 and Ayodhya received only 14 and 12 per cent voter-backing, respectively.''It could well imply that hardline Hindutva issues have only......

The FUNNIEST ANIMAL PIX!

The Comedy Pet Photo Awards have revealed the winners of this year's competition. The OVERALL COMPETITION WINNER is Kenichi Morinaga with his brilliant photo of two cats sitting on a fence cheek to......

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it,' Dr Swati Piramal tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic......

'I Am Getting 1,000 Calls Every Day'

'I am 7 feet and 7 inches tall.' How do you make sense of striding across two polar opposite professions? You don't, you just dive straight into it. Jammu-based Sunil Kumar is a police constable......

New Jodi in Bollywood!

Pooja on holiday...Kareena's favourite Yoga pose...Samantha puts on her thinking cap... Photograph: Kind courtesy Wamiqa Gabbi/Instagram Wamiqa Gabbi and Siddhant Chaturvedi's chemistry is......

'The CGI Was Very Challenging Because Nothing Like That Has Been Done Here'

'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.' IMAGE: Aditya Sarpotdar's new film Munjya released in theatres on Friday, June 7,......

Indian Film Makes HISTORY At Cannes

IMAGE: Director Payal Kapadia, the Grand Prix award winner for the film All We Imagine as Light, at the closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, May 25, 2024. Photograph: Clodagh......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

A good server lacking in set pieces at Euro 2024

'You play the percentages, and if it bounces the right way for you, something can happen.'  IMAGE: A number of penalties have been converted, but not many headers directly from corners or......

Shashank Redemption: From Mistaken Buy To Punjab King

  IMAGE: Punjab Kings batter Shashank Singh scampers towards his team's dugout after hitting the match-winning runs against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Thursday, April 4, 2024.......

'To win the World Cup you need lots of luck'

'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.' IMAGE: Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking......

'Sabhi taraf Tiranga he Tiranga dikh raha hai'

'90 is not impossible because if I am getting close, I can go beyond 90, maybe 92 or 93.''My main focus will be to first cross the 90 mark and then stay consistent in that score.' IMAGES: Neeraj......