The Last Double Decker Bus Ride

Mumbai bid adieu to its iconic red double-decker buses On Friday, September 15, 2023.Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar took a ride on the last non AC......

Why did the driver have Sheena's photo?

'I kept photographs of everyone. Because I was working for them.''Madam, Saab...' Shyamvar Rai, the approver in the case, said in a tone that tried to suggest that that would be a routine practice......

Hamid Ansari goes to bat for secularism

How has the Indian State, in principle and practice, given shape to the essential ingredients of the secular principle and composite culture? Vice-President Hamid Ansari attempted to answer this......

Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

Large IT outsourcing contracts are up for grabs as clients optimise cost

Clients are seen realigning their tech strategy by moving works from own captives to third-party service providers which is mostly benefiting to large companies such as Infosys, TCS, Wipro or HCL......

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

While Indian telecom czar Sunil Mittal's Bharti did not share deal details, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said his government and Bharti Global, will provide $500 million each. A UK government......

Cyrus Mistry's lame duck to Mukesh Ambani's leopard: When businessmen seek refuge in the animal kingdom

Top businessmen often seek refuge in the animal kingdom to describe their situation Cyrus Mistry wrote a 2,101-word letter on the affairs of the Tata group. But, two words that stood out and found......

Conflict gold entering India through Ghana

Report says gold being exported by persons of Indian origin and routed through Dubai The recent decision of Ghana’s central bank to restrict gold exports has brought the issue of conflict......

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

'There is a part of me that says it is a great time to tell stories from my own land.''But then opportunities are coming my way from all over the world.''So one foot is here and one foot is in the......

When Bollywood took the bus!

There are so many things we miss during the lockdown prompted by COVID-19. Public transport is one of them. Staying indoors has turned us nostalgic about everything... the sound of honking, bumper......

Why Jaya and Amitabh got married in a hurry!

Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan completed 46 years of wedded bliss on June 3. But the two were in different parts of the world. To mark the day, Amitabh tell us how they got married in 1973. He began by......

Guess what Varun Dhawan's dream was?

PostcardS from Panaji: Radhika Sharma/PTI catches up with Varun Dhawan at the Goa film festival.   Please click on the photo postcard to reveal more 'Working with papa was the toughest'......

'Yashpal didn't get credit for '83 win'

'He was the one who set the agenda for the 1983 World Cup win with 89 in the first match against the West Indies, then top-scoring with 40 in the crucial match against Australia when we had to......

King proud women's tennis leads fight for equality

IMAGE: From left, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, Naomi Osaka of Japan, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, Ashleigh Barty of Australia, Simona Halep of Romania pose with the Billie Jean King......

Soorma: The magic and miracle of Sandeep Singh

He was blessed with celestial ability, a once-in-a-generation player destined to pull India out of its hockey inertia and lay down for it a new, exciting, path of greatness.Then he was shot and......

India's Rio Olympics-bound sportspersons dope-free: NADA

IMAGE: Participants at the World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium for Anti-Doping Organizations in Lausanne, March 24, 2015. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters National Anti-Doping Agency Director......

There will never be another Kapil Dev: Srikkanth

Members of 1983 World Cup winning team never thought of even reaching the semi-finals but it was their "mad" skipper Kapil Dev's inspirational leadership that guided them to the coveted trophy,......