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The Last Picture: Capturing A Lifetime's Memories

Last pictures have that power to transcend time.And last pictures can, sometimes, capture a lifetime, explains Veenu Sandhu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Having run out of......

Urban India's SELFISH response to migrant distress

'Politicians's slogans on social distancing, showered like petals from their ivory towers, mock every single moment of pain and distress imposed on the vulnerable down below, at migrant labour......

Police must be insulated from their political masters

The Indian police is governed by the archaic, colonial-era Police Act of 1861, which has no place in a democracy.It was created to make the police subservient to its masters and, consequently,......

So much the phone has taken away from us

'How did we get here?''How did utility morph into addiction?''Is this what Graham Bell intended?' asks Veenu Sandhu.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com It often makes me nauseous, yet I am unable......

Twitter! Stop making the world a hateful place!

'Mental health experts are concerned because when you see so much negativity, even if it is confined to social media, your perceptions change.''You begin to feel that the real world is also this......

Advertisements that Indians find 'offensive'

Six major triggers were identified – some expected, some new. Veenu Sandhu reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com An advertisement showing two women talking about Cars24’s......

Nykaa's Falguni Nayar: UNAFRAID To Take Risks

Beauty, Nykaa's founder Falguni Nayar realised, is a very long-tailed business and with e-commerce picking up in India, it seemed like a good idea to venture into, reports Veenu Sandhu IMAGE:......

Why Bajaj continues to be super

The Bajaj Super could not be called a pretty scooter, but it was sturdy and reliable, remembers Veenu Sandhu. *IMAGE: A Bajaj scooter advertisement. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bajajauto.com  ......

How the gutka industry is being killed

Eight states have banned gutkha. Others are following suit. Veenu Sandhu on the people who have brought this powerful industry to its knees Last month, policemen in Naxal-infested Gadchiroli......

For the first time Tihar jail has many biz execs!

The arrests of senior executives and the slow pace of justice have made India Inc jittery. Veenu Sandhu, Arijit Barman & Surajeet Das Gupta examine the fear psychosis. There's an undercurrent of......

He wants to celebrate the uniqueness of India

Veenu Sandhu meets the young filmmaker who won the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award. There is something about Shimla, about its meandering lanes where you can sometimes feel the clouds around you.......

Anurag Kashyap, making his own rules

There is something about Anurag Kashyap -- whose Raman Raghav 2.0 releases June 24 -- that puts the cinema watchdogs on alert, says Veenu Sandhu. IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor in Udta Punjab. Hours before......

Why a Modi bhakt decided to play Manmohan Singh

'People have a certain perception about my political leanings -- and rightly so.''But I am an actor first, and then an activist.''And I am not an accidental actor.''There was no way I was going to......

Sanjna Kapoor: I have finally left home

She has moved on from Prithvi, but Sanjna Kapoor's passion for theatre remains undimmed.Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who makes no bones about how dreary he found boarding school in Nainital, once told......

Yeh Serena! Way to go!

'The one match I would really like to watch would be Williams versus Djokovic,' says Veenu Sandhu. IMAGE: Serena Williams, alongside Raymond Moore, right, after her loss to Victoria Azarenka in......

Is Rio on your mind? Plan ahead is the mantra!

IMAGE: The fun loving Brazil's synchronised swimming team poses for a photograph after a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters.......

Is India ready for a Poker Sports League?

Come May, the Deltin Royale, which boasts of the country's largest poker room, will play host to India's first Poker Sports League, reports Veenu Sandhu. IMAGE: Season 1 final of the Poker Sports......

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