Tranquebar

Rediff.com » News » Tranquebar

News for Tranquebar

News
Business
Movies

Amazon shuts down Westland publishing house 6 years after buying it

Much to the disappointment of booklovers, Westland, one of the largest publishing houses in India, is being shut down by e-commerce giant Amazon, they announced on Tuesday. IMAGE: Kindly note that......

Why is Modi telling us to remember something we haven't been allowed to forget?

Have we been allowed to forget Partition?Isn't Partition the reason many Hindus cannot bring themselves to trust Muslims?So many Muslims born after 1947 have told me with anguish: "How long will we......

Give us our gods back!

Shashi Tharoor says the British Museum should change its name to Chor Bazaar because whatever it has within its portals is the result of 200 years of theft.The museum is once again in the eye of a......

When Adi Shankaracharya met the chandala...

Pavan K Varma, diplomat, writer and politician, embarks on a quest about Hinduism's great thinker's stay in Varanasi. IMAGE: The murti of Adi Shankaracharya at the SAT temple in California.......

'Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference'

'What I remember best is the vigour with which she threw herself into the job, the passion she had for issues, particularly those that affected the poor.' Kalpana Sharma remembers her friend, the......

'Life in an ad agency, a roller coaster ride'

Despite being one of the most exciting and enterprising jobs in the world, advertising can also prove to be a health hazard for those neck-deep in the profession, says a new book that comes......

Special: Excerpts from Mohammed Rafi's life

Iconic singer Mohammed Rafi would have been 88 today, had he been alive. On his birth anniversary on December 24, we present excerpts from the book written by his daughter-in-law Yasmin K......

Samit Basu, weaving fantasies galore

Samit Basu, popularly known as the Boy Wonder in literary circles, was barely 23 when he completed The Simoqin Prophecies, a cheeky, wonderfully imaginative book that was billed as India's first......

'Do you want me to sing or stop breathing?'

IMAGE: Mohammed Rafi with his wife Bilquis, and children Yasmin, Shahid and Nasreen. 'Laxmikant-Pyarelal called upon Abba to ask him to sing this ghazal. "Please sing this ghazal for us. The......

Rediff News

Tranquebar

News for Tranquebar

Amazon shuts down Westland publishing house 6 years after buying it

Why is Modi telling us to remember something we haven't been allowed to forget?

Give us our gods back!

When Adi Shankaracharya met the chandala...

'Shahnaz believed what she wrote could make a difference'

'Life in an ad agency, a roller coaster ride'

Special: Excerpts from Mohammed Rafi's life

Samit Basu, weaving fantasies galore

'Do you want me to sing or stop breathing?'

Top Coverage News

World Test Championship 2023

Manipur's Tragedy

IPL 2023

Sri Lanka's Tour of India 2023

GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS