'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......
Protected by multiple levels of security, the 40-day Amarnath pilgrimage began from Jammu on Wednesday with the first batch of 2,280 devotees leaving for the high altitude shrine. IMAGE: A......
Devotees sing religious songs ahead of the pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, in Jammu. Photograph: PTI Amid tight security arrangements, the annual Amarnath yatra commenced from Jammu as......
Readers tell us how they coped on Terrible Tuesday.Thanks for coming up so fast with a help line and rising to the occasion. Most of the people have returned home and at some places things are as......
Wonder of wonders. Rajesh Pratap Singh, one of India's most elusive designers (after Shahab Durazi),finally braved hordes of reporters at the post show press conference-- a norm after every showing......
In a good news for the hassled home buyers of Amrapali Group, the Supreme Court on Friday was informed that 11,858 flats will be delivered in 2 to 3 months of which 5, 428 units will be handed over......
The court also questioned how Amrapali Group could mortgage the entire projects and secure loan worth thousands of crores of rupees from banks when it was only an agent to develop the property.......
Three is often the largest number written with as many lines as the number represents. To this day it is written as three vertical lines in Roman and Chinese numerals. This was the way the Indians......
Acronyms of Company Names What does the 'T' in the name of the entertainment company 'T-Series' stand for?Take the Rediff Biz Quiz and find out how much you know about acronymns of company names.1.......
Last year, Sanjeev Kumar, president of a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation, wrote a letter to the Director General of Income Tax asking for aPermanent Account Number and a PAN card to be......
No film gets by without an adequately popular song album. Even though there is a growing misconception about the kind of songs and music that get people interested, with a tendency to focus more on......
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......
Heroines working in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam film industries are so gorgeous, you'll have a tough time picking the hottest gal. But we decided to put you through the test anyway!......
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi's maiden commercial directorial Vanakkam Chennai is a sweet love story with some great music and good performances that keep you entertained, writes S......
Priya Anand has had a good 2013 so far with three releases: Rangrezz and Fukrey in Hindi and Ethir Neechal in Tamil. The talented actor has been trying out different roles and movies in Tamil,......
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar appealed to adopt a sport and play in on a regular basis. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com......