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Rahman's 'Jai Ho' played twice at Macron's banquet for Modi

In what was easily one of the features of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic visit to France, during he oversaw the country's National Day celebrations as the Guest of Honour, President......

'Dharavi Will Be An Important Address In Mumbai'

'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.' IMAGE: A scene from Dharavi. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters "I don't think we need to romanticise life in Dharavi... I......

'We Want To Develop Dharavi Like Hong Kong'

'Dharavi will be completely slum free by 2040.' IMAGE: Tourists walk through Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters If you travel on Mumbai's metro line 2A or line 7,......

RIP Danish Siddiqui

Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who worked with the news agency Reuters, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Thursday night. Danish was embedded with the......

It's not time to gather at religious places: AR Rahman on COVID-19

Stressing that congregating in religious places will cause "chaos" in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, music maestro AR Rahman has urged people to adhere to the advice of the......

Adani's Dharavi dream: Producing millionaires minus slumdog prefix

Billionaire Gautam Adani on Wednesday shared a personal note on the development of Dharavi in Mumbai, days after the Maharashtra government issued a resolution to award the Dharavi redevelopment......

Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures

... and getting GDP to measure India's data economy, recommends Ajit Balakrishnan.   Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   We Indians seem to think of headlines about India's gross......

Where You Can Watch Stree 2 At Home

Decapitated ghosts, ancient ghosts, devil judges, devious cartoons, angry young women, it's a super flavourful platter of assorted goodies on the OTT menu this week. Sukanya Verma gives you some......

Sector 36 Review: Nightmarish

Sector 36 goes for gruesomeness and shock; watching it needs a tough heart or a quick averting of the eyes, warns Deepa Gahlot. The Nithari Killings of 2006 had pierced India's doesn't-happen-here......

Jai Ho: Was Sukhwinder The Composer?

'When Rahman reached the studio, he heard Sukhwinder fooling around on the mike.''Rahman liked what he heard and incorporated it into Jai Ho.' IMAGE: Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in a scene from......

'I can feel Irrfan's presence'

''My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.' IMAGE: Sutapa Sikdar with Irrfan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babil Khan/Instagram On April 29, 2020, Irrfan Khan moved......

First Act Review: Haunting

The lives of the kids Deepa Bhatia portrays in the series are bleak, with small periods of sunshine when they get picked for an ad or serial, punctuating the longer periods of struggle, observes......

PIX: Akshay, Tiger, Rahman light up IPL opening ceremony

There was dancing, there was singing and heavy dose of patriotism on a glitzy night at the Indian Premier League opening ceremony in Chennai on Friday. Power-packed performances from Bollywood......

51 Test Centuries Meets 800 Test Wickets

IMAGE: Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan at the trailer launch of the Sri Lankan spin legend's biopic 800 in Mumbai on Tuesday, September 5, 2022. All Photographs:......

Rahman, Ranveer Rock Ahmedabad

IMAGE: A R Rahman, Ranveer Singh, Neeti Mohan, Shweta Mohan, Mohit Chauhan rock the stage at the IPL 2022 closing ceremony at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, May 29, 2022.......

From baseball to WWE: Rinku Singh's inspiring story

'I want people to know that it doesn't matter where you come from, if you have guts, no one can stop you.' Rinku Singh's long journey to the WWE is one of the most inspiring stories you will read.......

PHOTOS: What brings boxing legend Mike Tyson to India

IMAGE: Mike Tyson during the launch of the Mixed Martial Arts League in Mumbai on Friday. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who in his......

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