He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......
'The government is saying 88 Hindus have been killed, but it could be much more.''Their properties are being looted, their businesses have been ransacked. I am getting distress calls from......
Sections of our media and elite take Western reports/judgements at face value and are ready to condemn the targets without understanding the deeper power linkages behind such actions, asserts......
Barricade is a poignant political play for today's times. IMAGE: A scene from the play Barricade. Photographs: Kind courtesy Raj Lalwani A certain political play is gaining popularity in......
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......
'The more educated a young person is, the higher the chances of him or her remaining unemployed.' IMAGE: Government job-seeking candidates stage a protest demanding immediate recruitment at......
Monetising online readership, a deeper focus on content and getting revenue from the reader are ways to make the business future-proof, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Illustration: Dominic......
'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.' IMAGE: Geetika Tyagi in Yes Papa. Sexual abuse of children by family members is rarely......
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......
There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.Subhash K Jha dips into Bollywood's basket of topnotch songs and comes up with these gems on Republic Day. Ae Mere Watan Ke......
Sukanya Verma applauds the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's created on the big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments. Amitabh Magic: Adventures of Mr Natwarlal More......
'At the end of the day, we are all humans.' Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Pooja Bhatt may be acting in Chup, but there's no way you can silence this outspoken actor-film-maker. After making her......
Under Kohli, playing cricket will now be about winning, not avoiding defeat. India will not just be liked or admired -- it will be respected and feared.A country whose stars were labeled 'talented'......