'Something unique in the mitti and paani of Bharat'

'There is something in our desh ki mitti that has held us together.''So many conquerors, colonisers, cultures came and went, but we withstood them and rose up again.' IMAGE: Uttarakhand Chief......

Don't Underestimate Indian Voters!

Voters can be relied on to punish a party which makes reckless promises without actually implementing them, asserts Virendra Kapoor. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   It is hard to......

Anti-Sikh riots was 'biggest lynching' incident: Rajnath

Countering the Opposition attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government over instances of mob lynching, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the 1984 anti-Sikh riot......

'I wanted to capture the silence of India'

'Where are the 1.3 billion people?''I am overwhelmed when I saw my country, my country had come to a standstill.' Bharatbala Ganapathy of Vande Mataram ]and Jana Gana Mana fame, has created a film......

The case of the FinMin's missing table, and more

If budget policy started changing around the mid-1980s, it is for a reason. The original oak wood table used by successive finance ministers, right from the time of the interim government before......

Inflation rises to -0.14 per cent

India's annual rate of inflation rose 0.6 per cent for the week ended June 13, even as prices of food items like pulses, cereals, fruit and vegetables increased compared to last year.......

How Alia Spent Her Weekend

Kriti has a challenge for you... Has Disha looked sexier?... Shraddha's paani-puri story... Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram Alia Bhatt spent the weekend 'celebrating love.' The......

Can't Look Away From Deepika

Ibrahim sings Ishq Mein... Palak looks hot in the elevator... Urvashi is in V-Day mood... Photograph: Kind courtesyDeepika Padukone/Instagram Deepika Padukone shares a stunning picture from......

SRK, Ranbir... Vote Best Valentine!

These six male megastars have formed popular pairs with two starkly different leading ladies. Dinesh Raheja compares and contrasts the chemistry between the onscreen couples, and asks you, dear......

'Raj Kapoor Lost His Cool Most Of The Time'

'Anybody who works in this industry is slightly eccentric.''Once, he took pav, put butter and put a jalebi in between.''I asked what he was doing.''"Why, is it written somewhere that I can't eat it......