Ex-JNU student Umar Khalid, activists on Pegasus list: Report

The phone numbers of former Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Banjyotsana Lahiri and several prominent Indian activists are among those listed as the potential......

Has anyone seen Mumbai as Sudhir Patwardhan has?

It is impossible for Mumbaikars not to glimpse themselves or someone they know in Sudhir Patwardhan's paintings, notes Ranjita Ganesan. In Sudhir Patwardhan's Paying the Bill (2005), a woman......

Why the British Museum won't return the Harihara

'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. PART I: Give us our gods back! PART......

Indian-American docs seek action on health crisis

More than 40 members of the top leadership of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, led by president Dr Hemant Patel and the heads of key committees, descended on Capitol Hill......

The dancing legends wowing India

Bharata Natyam legends Shanta and V P Dhananjayan discover they are a national sentation after their Vodafone ads.Nikita Puri encounters a couple who believe in breaking moulds. IMAGE: Shanta and......

Jubilee Review: Amazing Winner!

Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma. Cinema's indelible quality can make memories made on screen memories of......

A Beginner's Guide To K-Drama

It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back. A binge worthy mix of style and substance, South Korea's small-screen wave, which hit......

Videos you haven't seen in your wildest fantasies!

Movie director Suparn Verma's fun new column for Rediff Movies. Check it out! Warning! This column reflects the views of the writer and the writer only! He may or may not have......

MAMI Diaries: Welcome to movie heaven!

The 16th Mumbai Film Festival had a delicious spread of movies. Have I died and gone to movie heaven where the smell of popcorn permanently fills the air and every room rewards with a mind-blowing......

Madhav Apte: A Mumbai khadoos who never got bitter

IMAGE: Madhav Apte, left, whose Test career was mysteriously cut short, despite being the second highest scorer on a tour of the West Indies Madhav Apte was an aberration in Indian cricket in the......

Tottenham sign off from the Lane in a blaze of glory

It is their best finish for 54 years, since the glory days of the 1960s when the club was setting new standards in English football under Bill Nicholson. IMAGE: Tottenham's players celebrate after......