New Navy Ensign Triggers Debate On Tamil Naval Feats

While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries,......

What Indian Music Should Airlines Play?

So should airlines play the keening, trance-like Siddi folk music from the Kutch peninsula? The Sufiana Kalam of Kashmir? Carnatic music? Rabindra Sangeet? Bihu melodies? Classical music from the......

Shivaji: Founder of the Indian secular State

Shivaji made sure that his soldiers respected the sanctity of mosques and the Quran Sharif to ensure that his fight against the Mughals did not become fight against Islam, explains Colonel Anil A......

Lok Sabha polls: Predict who will win Phase 1

Think you are a political junkie?Go ahead, play the Rediff.com Election Game! 91 Lok Sabha constituencies go to the polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election. Want to predict the outcome......

Friday Night Plan Review: Watch Out For Babil!

Friday Night Plan's sweet-natured heart and sanitised humour are happier focusing on the inherent niceness teenagers are capable of, observes Sukanya Verma. A self-effacing, socially awkward 18......

Har Har Mahadev Review: Emotionally-Charged War Drama

What makes Har Har Mahadev consistently watchable are the solid performances from its stellar cast, applauds Mayur Sanap. In a renaissance of sorts in Marathi cinema, film-makers are freely......

Review: Purani Jeans is unabashedly sexist and unoriginal

Purani Jeans lacks vision, originality and the spunk one expects from a college romance film, says Paloma Sharma.Purani Jeans is one of those rare films that leave you speechless with their blatant......

Spotted: Katrina Kaif in Johannesburg

Reader Prashanth Gupta and his friends Sekhar, Kailash and Siddi met Katrina Kaif in Johannesburg, South...

JCT trounce Salgaocar

Sunil Chetri scored a fine brace to guide JCT Mills to an emphatic 3-0 victory over an out-of-form Salgaocar in the 10th ONGC National Football League, at the Duler ground, in Mapusa, Goa, on......

Mahindra hold Salgaocar

Formidable Mahindra United staged a late recovery to salvage a 2-2 draw against a determined Salgaocar, Goa in an evenly contested 10th ONGC National Football League match at the Cooperage ground......

JCT, Salgaocar draw goalless

JCT Mills, Phagwara, muffed rosy chances and finished goalless with Salgaocar Sports Club of Goa in a ninth round match of the 10th ONGC National Football League in Ludhiana on Saturday.Though......

Churchill thump Salgaocar to finish third

Slack defending and a casual approach by rival goalkeeper Juje Siddi allowed Churchill Brothers to score a comprehensive 5-0 win over Salgaocar in the play-off for third place in the 27th......

Salgaocar hold East Bengal goalless

Defending champions East Bengal survived anxious moments through the match but managed to hold Salgaocar to a goalless draw in the ONGC ninth National Football League, played at Nehru stadium, in......