'Dons Are More Decent Than Politicians'

'I was wondering whether I would ever come out alive.' All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Being a Naxalite prisoner the jail officials didn't allow me to read books. Dreaded dons were......

'My greatest strength were prison inmates'

'You are with each other 24x7, so how can you ignore someone crying next to you?''How can you not share a piece of chicken with someone who is sitting next to you and watching you eat it?''Of......

New restrictions in Maha from Wednesday. What's allowed and what's not

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a statewide curfew for 15 days from 8 am on April 14 to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus in its second wave. With Section 144 being......

I-T recovers Rs 1.64 cr, pens worth Rs 50 lakh from UP IAS officer

Cash worth over Rs 1.64 crore, Mont Blanc pens valued at Rs 50 lakh, four luxury SUVs and documents indicating 'benami' assets of Rs 300 crore have been recovered during income tax raids on......

Saradha scam: Where has all the money gone?

It was a multi-million rupee scam whose extent and reach are still being unravelled, so why did the chief of the scam-tainted Saradha group Sudipta Sen plead that he was unable to pay Rs 30,000 as......

Danone to go slow in India; focus on metros

One year after setting up shop in India on its own, French diary firm Danone said on Friday its priority is to strengthen in the pockets where it currently operates rather than expanding across the......

Regional retailers hold their own

Guess which retail chain operates the country's largest multi-product, multi-brand service centre? If you thought it's one of the marquee national names, think again. It is Chennai-based......

Sanjiv Bajaj on life after Bajaj Auto demerger

The huge glass-panelled window on the 13th floor of NCPA Apartments at Nariman Point offers a breathtaking view of the bay and Malabar Hill - home to another set of Mumbai's rich and famous. But......

The Powerful Short Film Winning Hearts

'Rapists do have families.''I wanted to see how a father or mother would deal with it.''They go through shame as well and get discriminated from the rest of the village.''Why don't we show it that......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

Jackie Shroff : I Am Not Joining BJP

'No politics for me.''I can't handle that at all.' IMAGE: Jackie Shroff with Singer and banker and singer Amruta Fadnavis Bharatiya Janata Party Party leader Devendra Fadnavis's wife, at the BJP's......

Sharmaji Namkeen Review

Sharmaji Namkeen is Rishi Kapoor's swansong and show. His cinematic memories are coloured in liveliest hues of celebration and happiness, observes Sukanya Verma. Everybody knows the Kapoors love......