The Tibetan nation still lives under the yoke of the Chinese Communist Party, and Beijing today has a guilty conscience; this creates a great uneasiness for Xi Jinping and his colleagues observes......
A 68-year-old woman in Delhi became the country's second victim of coronavirus on Friday as several states went into battle mode to contain the spread of COVID-19, shutting down schools, theatres......
Eleven Indian photographers have been named on the shortlist of the world’s biggest photography competition, the Sony World Photography Awards 2015.The award, which recognises the world's......
There are 2.5 lakh undocumented Indians across the United States. While President Barack Obama’s executive order last week does help, only the US Congress can really address the needs of......
We have lost a devoted communist who was ready to sacrifice anything for the people and the party, says Shameem Faizee, recollecting his meetings with comrade A K Hangal. I last met comrade A K......
The new iPhones are "jam packed with new capabilities and an incredible new design", said Apple chief executive Tim Cook at a glitzy launch event in Cupertino, Los Angeles, on Tuesday. IMAGE: The......
It's day four of our journey into the heart of India's culture, and we're holed up inside the sprawling Bangalore Oberoi hotel. Somehow, this immaculately manicured property blocks out the......
The tree-lined streets of Bombay suburb Juhu is Bollywood country, home to many of India's cultural glitterati. Big homes are the norm. Shiv Sagar, the grandson of a fabled Indian film producer and......
We've all been there: the pivotal meeting in which you push forward a new idea or proposal you're passionate about. A fast-paced discussion leads to an upwelling of support that seems about to......
Over Dosas in Mumbai, Oscar winner Megan Mylan tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel why she chose India and girl empowerment as the subject of her new documentary. Image: Megan Mylan (centre) with her......
Deepa Mehta's forthcoming feature film, Komagata Maru, starring Akshay Kumar, will also star newcomer Vinay Virmani, 23. A graduate of theLee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute of New York,......
I don't know if it's sacred, but it's a cow alright. I call the game cow-spotting. These days, if it's a film set in India, sooner or later you'll find the cow. Cows holding up traffic are......
Anurag Kashyap's live chat with Rediff Readers on October 29 was quite an interesting one, as the young director tried to explain the finer points of his new film, No Smoking. For those who missed......
It is hard not to believe Ken Naz of Eros International, a leading movie distributor in North America, when he says that counterfeit DVDs of Indian films has become so endemic that even the most......
'From the FIFA World Cup finals to the spot-fixing scandal that rocked Indian cricket, we pick the key sporting events on the 2014 calendar 1. Football World Cup Football fans arrive before the......