Post floods, Kerala gears up to celebrate Onam

A security alert notwithstanding, it is Onam time again and Keralites are getting ready to celebrate the biggest festival of the state putting behind the havoc wrought by two consecutive floods.......

AMAZING! How these men spent their quarantine

A heartwarming tale of how they used the time to beautify the schools where they are quarantined.Laxmi Negi/Redff.com reports. IMAGE: The returning migrants of Mijgaon village clean the premises......

'Dharmashastras are the most vocal defenders of caste'

'Hindus are proud of what the Dharmashastras symbolise, but they don't want to do any work to preserve it!,' Sanskrit scholar Donald Davis tells Kanika Dutta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Lalu or Nitish: Who will Bihar choose?

Patna wears an air of suppressed excitement. Hotels are full (mainly occupied by media representatives and political leaders); police and paramilitary forces are doing their rounds, silently......

Hilton to raise India hotel count to 50

The Hilton family of hotels will have 50 hotels in India by 2015. Twenty of these hotels are in various stages of development, with three (in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore) slated to open in 2009, a......

Six sectors that will open up market for India-US

In its communication to the Office of the US Trade Representative imploring the agency not to put India on its trade hit list when the Special 301 Foreign Trade Barriers report is released next......

Sari nights and henna parties

On a recent spring afternoon the sound of hammers and saws drifted from my neighbour's house. This was not another example of the feverish construction that is changing the landscape of Delhi.......

The Maggie Smith I Knew

'Maggie was very reserved and private.''Nobody would dare to ask Maggie personal questions. She was not that kind of person.''She didn't share and would not want you to share either!' IMAGE: Bill......

Chat@4: Connect with Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel actress Tina Desai

Tina Desai, who stars in John Madden's new film The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, rubs shoulders with Hollywood acting greats like Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Richard Gere in the......

PIX: Marigold Hotel actress Tina Desai visits Rediff

From a Kingfisher calendar girl to starring in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tina Desai feels very lucky. The pretty actress will be seen next in this week's release, The Second Best Exotic......

Tena Desae, Dev Patel, Richard Gere at Best Marigold Hotel NYC premiere

The sequel to 2012 sleeper hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel hits US screens on March 6.After the star-studded London premiere of their film ahead of its theatrical release in the UK, the team of......