'The Chinese have a set pattern. They demonstrate, warn, threaten, attack and withdraw.''We were lulled into complacency, but I am certain things are being corrected now.' IMAGE: Lieutenant......
'Dulat's professional successors in the game would now find it that much harder to access/create meaningful sources/assets needed for effective functioning in a place like Kashmir.' 'By blowing......
Vice-President Hamid Ansari embarks on an important Latin American visit, heralding that resource-rich continent's importance to India. Nikhil Lakshman reports. Most readers may be too young to......
School dropout Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, famously known as 'MDH Dadaji' for repeated appearance in his spice brand's television ads, started his spices business journey in a nondescript shack in......
'A heavy tanker takes time to move, but when it starts rolling, it's difficult to stop it,' Indian Hotels CEO Puneet Chhatwal tells Shyamal Majumdar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Puneet......
Brand mascots have always been around. The iconic Air India Maharaja, the famous Zoozoo of Vodafone, and the ingenious Amul butter girl, the rather ignored 'Stumpy' the elephant of the ongoing......
Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.Rediff.com begins celebrations of the Great Showman's birth centenary on December 14 with this......
'She was my only choice to play Sonbai. The moment she read the script, she slipped into character.' IMAGE: Smita Patil in Mirch Masala. Ketan Mehta's Mirch Masala was the last film that Smita......
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay It all began in September......
Nine days of festivity. Nine fabulous colours. After orange and white, Sukanya Verma paints these pages red with the fiery shade that's loved for its striking symbolism in Hindi movies. ......
Boy meets girl, sparks fly, eternal vows are sung, obstacles are overcome and the all-important happily-ever-after is accomplished. Every second plot in Bollywood is a love story. But there are few......
Have lot of respect for Sourav and to hell with them who don't understand: Shatsri IMAGE: Shastri termed Ganguly's ascension as the president of the cricket board as "outstanding" after three......