After the immersion, operation clean-up begins with devotion

Not everything the devotees consigned to the sea on Monday at the end of the 11-day Ganpati festival is retained, a lot of it is in fact comes washing up in the tide. Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com......

'Bappa will be back in another 365 days, na?'

Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com discovers a group of murti (idol) sellers in Mumbai for whom life comes to a halt with visarjan (immersion).     Past the garish posters of political parties and......

'We can go hungry, but bringing Ganesha home is mandatory'

They live on the road under a temporary, plastic roof. But, for 11 days, Lord Ganesha finds a home in their abode, discovers Sonil Dedhia/Rediff.com. The sun is ready to set but the street that......

Band, Baaja, Bappa: It's a grand farewell party

People from all over Maharashtra come to watch the Shivgarjana dhol-tasha band in action. Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com find out why. As is habitual of fireworks during the festival season, one suddenly......

PIX: Karisma-Kareena party with Aamir, Salman, SRK

It's party night for Bollywood! After the guests trooped out from Arpita Khan's party, they trooped into Mukesh Ambani's home, at the other side of Mumbai. The Ambanis hosted some of Bollywood's......