An obituary for democracy

Democracy has died -- and we, my friends, killed her, says Paloma Sharma. A restaurant in Mumbai was shut down on Monday by certain persons who were offended by certain things that the owner of the......

As always, many find their names missing from voter list

Rediff.com’s Paloma Sharma visits a few polling stations in Mira Road, a town located to the north of Mumbai, to listen to the voters’ polling experience   The crowds start......

People need a whole lot more than statues

In a country where 68.7 per cent people live on less than $2 a day, statues are not exactly the most important task on the list. A statue won’t make our problems go away. Investing that money......

The Biggest Flops Of 2023

It's been a good year at the box office. Still, there were some rude shocks as well. In certain cases, it was very surprising to see hardly any footfalls in theatres when the films should have done......

Nimrat Looks Red Hot For MAMI

So many film folk turned up at the opening night of the Jio MAMI Film Festival, held at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai.   Nimrat Kaur looks red hot.   Diana Penty.......

Akshay's Mission Raniganj Fails

IMAGE: Parineeti Chopra and Akshay Kumar in Mission Raniganj. Even though there were three movie releases last week -- Mission Raniganj, Thank You For Coming and Dono -- the box office collections......

What Was SRK Doing At Gadar 2 Success Party?

Just like Sunny Deol can become the boss of the box office with his latest film Gadar 2, he can also throw the baap of all parties! Bollywood's biggest superstars turned up to party with Deol over......