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A rally that cost Rahul many voters

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com attended the Congress president's rally in Mumbai on Friday, and explains why people who came with high hopes left disappointed. IMAGE: Congress President Rahul......

Rahul says he is ready for PM's post; BJP likens him to Mungerilal

The Congress president also said that he was ‘pretty confident’ that Narendra Modi would not be the next prime minister. IMAGE: Congress president Rahul Gandhi also said that the BJO......

A tale of two Akbars, and of Muslim women

Have Muslim women taken to the BJP even as their menfolk cling to 'secular' politics, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE: The Bharatiya Janata Party's Muslim supporters celebrate the BJP's victory in......

Country suffered due to 'remote control', Assam should not: PM

Attacking the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country has suffered due to 'backseat driving' and 'remote control' and warned people of Assam against an unstable......

JLF Day 2 Diary: 'Glad Rushdie didn't make it to the fest'

Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande, who is attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, brings forth all the details of a 'rather slow' Day 2 of the festival. When Day One of a literature festival is as......

Humour is Sameer Suneja's ladder to success

Sameer Suneja, 41, will take over as the chief executive of Perfetti Van Melle from October 1. Till a little over a year ago, Suneja was running the Indian arm of Perfetti. Then he was appointed......

The secret behind Perfetti's success in India

Globally, Perfetti Van Melle ranks third in the confectionery sweepstakes after Mars and Cadbury. But in India, it leads the pack with a 25 per cent share of the Rs 3,000-crore (Rs 30 billion) per......

'Brands are ultimately about emotions'

Consider a sample of advertising of some of the most successful brands in a number of fast-moving categories -- toilet soaps, detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, teas, coffees, processed......

Indians are less rational than marketers think

Consider a sample of advertising of some of the most successful brands in a number of fast-moving categories toilet soaps, detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, teas, coffees, processed......

Perfetti plays with generic themes

After the success of Lagey Raho for Alpenliebe, Perfetti is looking to play withgeneric themes and sticky tag-lines for Center Fresh as well.A car stops on a deserted road. Four men step out,......

Vicky Kaushal's Best Performance? VOTE!

An industry child sans an insider's privilege, Vicky Kaushal didn't grow up believing his calling lies on the sets or silver screen. Born to Action Director Sham Kaushal whose credits include......

Karan Johar Makes 'Most Violent Film' In India

'The only violence I have had in any film of mine is a slap.''When Nikhil narrated the film to me, I was blown away.''I was literally screaming out of my chair.' IMAGE: Lakshya in Kill. Film......

'Amit was going through hell'

'ABCL was almost bankrupt, Amit's house was mortgaged...' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Tinnu Anand's Kaalia. One of Amitabh Bachchan's oldest friends, actor-director Tinnu Anand has seen a side to......

Vicky Kaushal's Top 5 Performances

Vicky Kaushal is a portrait of controlled portrayals that bring out the vulnerable, vital and vile sides to every character's personality. In a career of eight years, the actor -- who turned 33 on......

25 GRAND Frames of Mughal-E-Azam

Mughal-E-Azam is an epic event in the history of Indian cinema. Just a mere mention of Karimuddin Asif's extravagant labour of love evokes wows, sighs and adjectives. All the blood, sweat, money,......

8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics

Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna......

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