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Adityanath meets UP violence victim's kin; 50 held, internet suspended

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday met the family of the 22-year-old man killed in the Bahraich communal violence and said the culprits of this unforgivable incident will not......

Ram Vilas Paswan's Final Throw Of Dice

Ram Vilas Paswan was no fool. He knew very well about the ownership tussle going on beneath this veneer of congeniality. At all costs, he wanted to keep the lid on the family drama. He did not want......

Publisher regrets personal details in Benazir book

With a new book on Benazir Bhutto getting embroiled in a controversy, its publisher on Tuesday regretted that some "personal" elements of the late Pakistani leader got into it and expressed......

Could not find any reason why Congress opposed the book: Javier Moro

‘The Red Sari’ is not a historical account of Sonia Gandhi and puts her in good light but it could not be published in India around four years ago because of ‘poor PR......

Booking Mr Modi

For a PM who hasn’t completed even one term yet, the ability to spark a publishing trend single-handed is a remarkable achievement, writes Kanika Datta. Illustration: Dominic......

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on......

Google Book Search seeking partners in India

Google Book Search is on a partnership drive with Indian publishers, seeking to put their titles on to its search platform where they can be browsed through by surfers.Having recently tied up with......

Arrest of a Banker

On June 20, 2018, Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe, MD and CEO of the Bank of Maharashtra, was greeted by four police officers when he returned home after his yoga class and vegetable shopping.Marathe......

Can the Kamasutra be patented?

Love, as the saying goes, knows no boundaries. And neither do books on love, as we are about to find out.Kamasutra, the fourth century ancient Indian work, compiled by sage Vatsyayana, is an......

Big bucks? Authors too are getting them

Authors have finally started making news in India, with the size of their book advances and not just their books themselves. Ramachandra Guha had publishers vying to offer him upwards of a crore of......

'Shyam Had The Answer To Every 'Why' Under The Sun'

'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.'Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal. PART I: 'Smita Didn't Want Anything......

'Smita Didn't Want Anything To Do With Films'

'Naseer does not have the sense of humour that Om Puri has.''Also Om has a great deal of compassion as a human being. Naseer was too focused on his own self.'A fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta......

Jawan Review: SRK Shows Who's Baap!

Jawan springs a real surprise when it boldly and directly points fingers at the ineffective government and appeals to recognise the power of the finger and vote. Just months before the next......

'Om Puri did not get upset with the biography'

Om Puri's biography Unlikely Hero has kicked up a storm even before it hit the stores. The book, written by his wife Nandita Puri, supposedly details the veteran actor's early relationships.......

PIX: Bachchans get together with Amjad Ali Khan

Amitabh Bachchan released a book that sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan had penned on his late father Hafiz Ali Khan, on December 13 at a suburban hotel in Mumbai. Titled My Father, Our......

When Bishan Bedi cooked dinner for Pakistan cricketers!

IMAGE: Former India players Bishan Singh Bedi and Gundappa Vishwanath. Photograph: BCCI Bishan Singh Bedi once invited Pakistani cricketers Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar and others......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

Sachin @ 50: The A to Z of Master Blaster

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar turned 50 on Monday, April 24, 2023.Photograph: PTI To the Indians, Sachin Tendulkar is the man for "all seasons". It has been 10 years since he bid farewell to......

'There was no one like Bishan paaji'

'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.' IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis......

Sachin@50: 50 Interesting Facts

Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com On Monday, April 24, 2023, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be 50 years old. For those of us who first saw him stride onto a cricket field aged 16 back in......

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