'Though a foreigner on campus, she carried herself with confidence.' IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Dr Harini Amarasuriya as Sri Lanka's 16th prime minister,......
After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for four hours down 5th Avenue one of......
At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......
Famed Hollywood actor Richard Gere, Iyengar yoga exponent Deidra Demens, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and prominent American singer Mary Millben were among the eminent personalities who joined......
In order to fight piracy, Nokia plans to launch its music service 'Comes With Music' in India in a couple of months to give unlimited music access to its consumers, a top company official said. "To......
Bouyed by good business during the current 'Onam' festival season, Nokia on Thursday launched its online Music Store in Kerala offering music lovers access to over 30 lakh international, Bollywood......
Eleven global music giants have sued Yahoo! China, owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba, over its alleged involvement in illegal downloading and playing copyrighted music. Led by industry group......
The world's most popular social networking site, MySpace-- owned by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation-- has officially been launched in India. The site, christened MySpace India,......
Billionaire Gautam Adani on Tuesday did an hour-long session of yoga exercises in the open air as he led corporate India to join the International Day of Yoga celebrations. Photograph:......
'We watched the film many times but each time, we would cry.''During the editing and sound mixing, my whole team would cry.''When we reached the music composing stage, it happened again.''Our......
'People worship Krishna. People don't worship Ved Vyas, who wrote the Mahabharata.' 'It's a cultural thing because we don't see the heroes behind the screen, we see the heroes who are in front of......
Crime, climate change and cool Oscar winners dominate the OTT menu this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week. Everything Everywhere All At OnceWhere to watch?......
Priyanka Chopra has added another feather to her cap with her international debut as a singer with the single In My City, featuring will.i.am, on Thursday at a suburban hotel in Mumbai. The album......
'The Iranians are very resilient people. So even when they are throttled, they try their best to survive.' IMAGE: Sreemoyee Singh and Iranian Director Jafar Panahi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
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......
To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre. IMAGE: Sunil Gavaskar bats during the second Test against......
IMAGE: England's Gary Lineker scores against Argentina. Photograph: Sporting Pictures/Nick Kidd/Reuters A thoroughly decent manager with his hand on the tiller, an iconic goal machine up front.......
'Put cricket, first and foremost, at the centre of every decision you take.''The bottom line must always be the sport that we love.'Rahul Dravid as eloquent as always in his M A K Pataudi Memorial......
After a brief flirtation with hope for two seasons, Indian soccer standards went downhill in 2004 -- a year which came to a chilling end with the tragic on-field death of Brazilian striker......