Days after fund choke, it is business as usual at Mother House

"The doors of the Mother House are open to all," said a nun nonchalantly as she went about doing her work. IMAGE: Nuns offer prayers on the occasion of 110th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa, at......

The Incomparable Ved Mehta

On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 -- gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he......

Kashmir's 'dabang' cop, who spoke of death and peace, laid to rest

In a chronicle of his death foretold, Feroz Ahmed Dar wrote, 'Just imagine...yourself in your grave. Down there in that dark hole...Alone.' The 32-year-old Jammu and Kashmir police......

"Pihu' gives acid attack survivor Laxmi a ray of hope

Disfigured beyond recognition in a terrible acid attack, Laxmi, 26, who goes by a single name has now turned a mother with her partner, a social activist who works for the welfare of acid attack......

Ranbir to Raj: Bollywood's FIRE POWER

Fire dominates the frames of Brahmastra Part One: Shiva. 'Kuch rishta hai mera aag se,' explains Ranbir Kapoor only to learn he's an 'Agni Astra' spearheading Ayan Mukerji's superhero universe in......

12 Films by Rajinikanth: The Actor, Not Superstar

If you'd like to know more about Rajini the actor, Saisuresh Sivaswamy offers a wide selection. Everybody knows Rajinikanth's fabled rise from the bottom of the rung to superstardom. And even if......

Chhapaak review

'Though it's a story of inspiration, Meghna Gulzar's Chhapaak is not the kind of film you walk out feeling entertained or ecstatic about,' says Sukanya Verma. More than half a decade ago, a......

What would Satyam Shivam Sundaram be called today?

What if these old classics were made in today's times?Sukanya Verma figures it out. Bollywood movie titles have gotten a lot zanier in the last decade or two. Who knows what some of our best-known......

Niki Lauda cheated death and lived to tell the tale

Lauda was so badly injured in that accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix that a priest gave him the last rites as he lay in a coma.   IMAGE: When Niki Lauda had accumulated so many trophies......

Grappling with gender bias, London beckons Geeta

As Geeta Phogat completes her sprint at a sprawling sports campus in Punjab, one of her coaches nods approvingly at her stopwatch, another rushes to check her pulse, and a third ushers her toward......

Djokovic stuns Federer, meets Murray in final

An out-of-sorts Roger Federer smashed his racket in frustration as he fell to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 defeat to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the semi-final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Friday.......

Bring back the flag

During the Mohali and Kolkata Test matches against Pakistan, one saw a strange disfiguration on the helmets of Sachin Tendulkar, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan.It was an unsightly patch, just below......