The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the prestigious Padma awards for 2021. In all 119 Padma awards were announced, of which the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civil award in......
More than 40 artists from four cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune -- gathered in Mumbra, a township near Mumbai, last Sunday. The artists joined women in Mumbra protesting the Citizens......
The student front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has blotted its CV by allegedly instigating and engaging in violence on marquee campuses like JNU and Hyderabad Central University, notes......
A group of artists held a protest in Mumbai on Saturday against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act by creating paintings around the theme of 'Save Constitution'. The protest was organised by the......
Children sitting inside cement water pipes play on the Marina beach in Chennai. Photograph: Babu/Reuters Sixty-five years after untouchability was abolished, one in four Indians admit to......
Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, the man behind the Tamil Nadu-based Shriram financial services group, and Adi Godrej, who heads the Godrej group, were on Friday awarded the Padma Bhushan. The Padma Shri......
In a premise begging for food porn, there’s a shocking scarcity of sensory pleasure or vision. You’ll see more gastronomic delights in the two-minute trailer of the......
Chaitanya Tamhane's National Award-winning film seems more relevant today than when it released, says Sreehari Nair. Why Court was a solid choice for the Oscars IMAGE: Viewed three years later,......
'Which movie has been about love between castes?''In Ek Duje Ke Liye, the divide was between a non-vegetarian north Indian family and a vegetarian south Indian one; in Amitabh Bachchan's films,......
'Dubbing for Rajiv Gandhi was very challenging.' 'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".' Midway through Rediff.com's interview with Patcy N, Chetan Sashital......
Alas, as an indictment of our legal system, Court doesn't prick deeply, says Raja Sen. An Indian courtroom is not a place you want to be. The universally slumped shoulders, the increasingly......
IMAGE: Gurukul School of Art teacher Sagar Kambli draws a painting of football legend Pele in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI The health of Brazilian soccer great Pele was improving but there was still no......
IMAGE: Gurukul School of Art teacher Sagar Kambli draws a painting of football legend Pele in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI Even since Pele -- inarguably the greatest footballer of his time -- was was......
Having forced his way into the Test squad, India's pace rookie S Sreesanth has devised a plan for the English batsmen and believes that he could provide a much-needed variety to the left-arm......
Point To Ponder: India boasts of having the best batsman in the world in its team, Sachin but yet India has never been able to win a single test series abroad since last 15 years.Now consider this......