Satish Bodas/Rediff.com captures glimpses from some of Mumbai's well-known Ganesh Mandals. IMAGE: The Khetwadi 11th Galli Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal, founded in 1962, has a towering 45......
The most beloved deity is back in town and Rediff.com's Satish Bodas goes pandal hopping to discover some famous and larger-than-life idols. One of the oldest known Ganesh pandals in the city, the......
Mumbai is immersed in festive fervour as its most favourite deity -- Lord Ganesha -- is back. The celebrations are as big as ever, undeterred by the slipping Rupee or the economic slowdown, and......
Renowned Islamic scholar Asghar Ali Engineer, who passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday , was opposed to all forms of religious bigotry including by the clergy of his own faith. For opposing the......
The Congress deviated from the path envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi the moment the country got freedom, says Anirban Ganguly. Why be surprised at the current state of the Congress party and at its......
The Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday passed the Bill to allow the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporationto shift to the capital value base property tax system from the present ratable value system. The......
Arun Samant and Appa Khule have little in common - Samant lives in Khetwadi in Mumbai and Khule is a fisherman from the picturesque Nivti-Bhogve village in coastal Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. But......