T V R Shenoy: Farewell to a very special friend

Mr T V R Shenoy, who contributed columns to Rediff.com from its birth, passed into the ages on Tuesday evening.As we grieve and mourn his passing, Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar bids adieu to an......

Sheena Bora trial: Was the driver lying?

Trepidation made its home firmly on his face on Thursday, announcing its presence with lines of anxiety and the repeated jumpy widening of his eyes.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena......

What reality will replace the dream of 1947?

'Our prime minister manifests a vision for India to be great and powerful, but the modernity required -- of thinking, attitudes, behaviour -- seems alien, if not abhorrent, to his constituency and......

N-deal: The road ahead for India

Rajiv Sikri was one of 16 senior Indian Foreign Service officers superseded when the government chose Shiv Shankar Menon as India's foreign secretary in late September. Angered by the government's......

Why Decoupled Just Doesn't Work

The failure of Decoupled is that, as it deals almost solely in 'snapshots of insight', it fails to showcase how life flows, how the world goes round, how things unfold, feels Rohit Sathish Nair.......

Article 15 Review: Entertaining social drama

'Article 15 is not the work of a hack, or of someone merely scooping a plot out of newspaper headlines.''It is a well-researched, clear-headed movie; but its findings have a purpose,' says Sreehari......

Does Manisha Koirala look like Nargis Dutt?

Look who plays Sanju's mom. Yet another character has been revealed from Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju. The new poster features Manisha Koirala as the late Nargis Dutt, the legendary actress and Sanjay......

Super Filmi Week with Hit Girl Asha Parekh

Kamal Haasan’s unrivalled make up skills, Jack Nicholson’s haunting imagery, Asha Parekh’s life as a Hit Girl and the surprise package of Beauty and the Beast, it’s all......