Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals.Now that......

Why Kiran Bedi badly needs help

Two weeks after she was paradropped into the Delhi election, her chief ministerial pitch has an amateurish feel BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi flashes a victory sign during her......

Bilawal Bhutto: Pakistan's Twitter warrior

Bilawal Bhutto’s political inheritance is his biggest asset as well as the biggest liability as he tries to make his mark in Pakistan politics. Challenging the Taliban militants is part of......

Spending a day with Arvind Kejriwal

The December elections in Delhi will be the first real test for the Aam Aadmi Party. Manavi Kapur spends a day shadowing its leader on his campaignThe man who wants to run Delhi actually lives......

More challenges than cheer for Apple chief on Asia tour

The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India With slowing iPhone sales in China, Apple Inc is having to take......

10 smartphones that will blow you away in 2016

The iPhone 7 and the 7 Plus are the annual releases expected in September. Image: iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus hit the markets in 2015. Photograph, courtesy: Apple Inc     The past few......

Will Maggi succeed in recreating the old magic?

One aspect of reviving trust will be getting fresh brand ambassadors Five months after it was banned, Maggi noodles is back on shop shelves. As Nestle India prepares for a nationwide launch of the......

Apple's pressure-based screens promise a world beyond cold glass

By adding a more realistic sense of touch to its iPhone, Apple Inc may have conquered a technology that has long promised to take us beyond merely feeling the cold glass of our mobile device......

371 Films And Shows To Watch!

Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them! With the pandemic done and dusted, people are back to watching films in their neighborhood theaters and......

Dev Anand: 'Let's talk about you!'

'Don't you leave that girl. Marry her.' IMAGE: Dev Anand in Johny Mera Naam, 1970.   If you're a Bollywood reporter of a certain vintage, chances are you'd have a Dev Anand story. You may......

The monk who became a filmmaker

In between meditating in the Himalayas and attending prayer sessions, Khyentse Norbu finds time to make films that satisfy his creativity. Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com finds what brings this recluse......

Lara-Mahesh's baby girl named Saira

Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi have reportedly named their baby girl Saira. The little girl was born on Friday, January 20. Raveena Tandon was the first to tweet the name: 'My friends,Lara Dutta......

Why was Kevin Pietersen forced to apologise?

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) should answer why Kevin Pietersen was forced to apologise in a press conference in front of the whole world, when the cricket board itself admits the text......

Reporter denies phone-hacking in match-fix trial

An undercover reporter from the News of the World, the British newspaper at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal which has embroiled Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, denied Wednesday he used the......