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MT Had A Profound Influence On My Life

Shobha Warrier pays homage to M T Vasudevan Nair, the legendary writer and filmmaker who passed into the ages on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ......

When mob mentality came alive on stage

'Zund makes one sit up and wonder why we have allowed ourselves to be played like pawns by power mongers,' says Neeta Kolhatkar.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Zund, in Marathi, means......

A cat, not a coward

Perumal Murugan's Songs Of A Coward reminds Uttaran Das Gupta of Orwell's Animal Farm and Ionesco's The Rhinoceros.Both works, as well as Murugan's stark poetry, are poignant for our times, when......

The music of Ishiguro's words

'Did the Nobel committee, reviled for awarding Mr Dylan, play a little inside joke this time around, by awarding another lyricist who was once an aspiring musician?' asks Uttaran Das......

When lawkeepers turn abductors

'How can the police, especially the Gujarat police, earn their laurels if they stick to the rule book?' asks lawyer Susan Abraham. Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya's arrest on the early morning of......

3 Indian Americans on Forbes list of richest women

Three Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America's 80 richest self-made women, the "ceiling crashers" and "overachievers" blazing their own trails as they create new businesses and......

Why Rising Pune Supergiant changed its name!

'Last year, someone told us you must remove 's', otherwise you won't perform well and we didn't perform well.''Obviously, that's not the reason for not performing well, but it didn't hurt us to......

Who designed the new Wipro logo?

All about logos Are you familiar with the corporate logos? How much do you know about them? Take the rediff business quiz to gauge your knowledge. Biz Quiz is best viewed in Internet Explorer (IE)......

Top-earning dead celebrities

They're famous across the globe. Their work is treasured by millions. And they're rolling in cash--they just can't spend any of it. The 13 members of our annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list......

Cheap labour woos UK firms to India: Premji

Voicing concern over potential job losses in the United Kingdon, Azim Premji chief of IT major Wipro said a number of large British corporations, including HSBC, Royal and SunAlliance, are heading......

Mohanlal would be perfect as Georgekutty.. 25 years ago

The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead......

PIX: Rohit Roy's beach holiday

Actors Manasi Joshi and Rohit Roy celebrated their only child Kiara's 17th birthday at a week-long holiday in the Maldives. 'And we are off!! Birthday celebrations begin! Birthday girl......

It's been 30 years since Flop Show!

Jaspal Bhatti's feel for the grime, the confusions, and the madness in our system was so complete that he could take on every kind of woman or man God ever gave to the institutions of India,......

PIX: Behind the scenes of SRK's The Ring

Happy birthday, Shah Rukh Khan! Shah Rukh Khan has been shooting his new film The Ring, co-starring Anushka Sharma, in exotic locations like Prague, Budapest, Amsterdam and Lisbon. He seemed......

Birthday Special: Raja Sen celebrates Anurag Kashyap's movies

Anurag Kashyap turns 42 today, September 10.Maverick. Fearless. Visionary. These are just some of the things Anurag Kashyap calls himself. Ah, I jest. Kashyap truly is one of the faces of current......

Legendary Zatopek's legs to run wild in Rio

IMAGE: Czech artist David Cerny with his creations. Photograph: CTK/Facebook. The triumphs of Czech great Emil Zatopek will be celebrated in Rio de Janeiro with dozens of pairs of......

Anand draws again, slips to joint 5th place

Viswanathan Anand's incredible winless streak continues unabated as the World Champion played out yet another draw with Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan to slip to the joint fifth spot in the Bilbao......

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