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The Kite Runners

Falling on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, Lohri and Makar Sankranti are celebrated with great joy, often marked by the tradition of kite flying. Lohri, celebrated primarily in Punjab and northern......

Kite runners, this Sankranti

Uday Kuckian/Rediff.com brings you glimpses Of Makar Sankranti, the kite-flying festival. As winter fades and the sun's warmth begins, India celebrates one of its oldest and most important......

Eye of the Predator: The Hunt for Baitullah Mehsud

Abhisar Sharma's debut novel is a sordid, yet satisfying, tale of a region and a people about whom we need to learn much more, notes Sandeep Chakravorty. There is something uncanny about life. The......

Tribute: Remembering L C Jain

Dr L C Jain, the distinguished Gandhian and thinker, has passed into the ages. In tribute to his memory, we republish a column he wrote for Rediff.com three years ago, which still resonates with......

With 'Jai Bhim-Jai Mim' can Owaisi woo Uttar Pradesh?

Bhim denotes Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar, while Mim denotes the letter 'M' in the Urdu alphabet; the party used the slogan effectively in the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections A Muslim leader......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

First Look: The next Bond film

Double-o-seven is back. Here we see Daniel Craig reprise his role as ladykiller secret agent James Bond in the first film still from the next Bond film. Currently being produced as Bond 22, the new......

Want the perfect movie holiday? Click here!

The best of India and the Middle East, now at the Dharamsala Film Festival. Mountains. Movies. And a possible glimpse of the Dalai Lama. Yes, one can have it all at the Dharamsala International......

Review: Machine Gun Preacher is a compelling film

Machine Gun Preacher is morally impassive and interesting, writes Shaikh Ayaz.A deep thread of religiosity and personal conflict arising out of faith binds Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher, a......

Did the Golden Globes really happen this year?

Glitz, glamour and... a press conference? Thanks to the ongoing Writers Guild strike -- which today entered Week 10 -- the 65th annual Golden Globe awards were reduced from a highly televised red......

Hrithik, Aamir, Ranveer refused Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

When the top stars refused to play Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra went down another route.A riveting excerpt from the director's memoir The Stranger In The Mirror. I had been toying......

Lone Indian in Brazil ultramarathon runs because 'there's peace there'

When he is not running, Vishwas Bhamburkar spends his time filing Right to Information cases. P Rajendran meets with the only Indian running the Brazil 135 Ultramarathon later this week “A......

Woods in hat-trick bid at Augusta

All eyes will be on Tiger Woods when he starts his bid next Thursday for an unprecedented third successive U.S. Masters victory at Augusta National.Granted, the build-up to the first major of 2003......

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