Great Seducer

Rediff.com » News » Great Seducer

News for Great Seducer

News
Business
Movies
Sports

Understanding the BJP's rise in Bengal

Many anticipate that by the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, the BJP may come to power, says Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supporters in Kolkata. Photograph: Rupak De......

What our leaders need to learn from the epics

'Gods are deceitful too and villains can be upright upholders of the law.''Perhaps political leaders of all shades would benefit from these lessons instead of declaring themselves upholders of a......

How Modi can resolve the China problem

'China any day would prefer to team up with India and dump Pakistan once the resolution of the border dispute becomes an accomplished fact,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and......

US ready to stop all funding to Pakistan: Haley

The State Department and the White House too said that the US expects Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorists operating from its soil. President Donald Trump......

Modi, The Great Disruptor

'Modi, focused on youth and their aspirations, has articulated a truly disruptive change: One of hope, of duties rather than rights, of standing up to the world instead of being bullied by it,'......

Farm production might fall by 15-20 percent

India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that though the exact impact of the drought on the Kharif crop would be known only when the harvesting begins, there is every......

Gold: Your 'loss-proof' investment

Gold is the life belt for all seasons, especially the dangerous ones.--Timothy Green Gold and silver have been sought and prized since prehistoric times. They have also been both a cause of war and......

Young desis off the beaten track

When Sanjaya Malakar stood in a long queue for American Idol's audition on September 19, 2006, he had just one ambition: he wanted America to hear him. Keeping him company was Shyamali, his sister,......

Unlearn what B-school taught you

Business is fundamentally simple. It's we who make it complicated. When you are able to cut to the core, say, peel away the layers to get to the essence, business is quite straightforward. It is......

'I learned about Bollywood by being a part of it'

'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Alexx O'Nell/Instagram......

Malaikottai Vaaliban: 10 Truths That May Hurt

Since nothing irritates Lijo Jose Pellissery more than a throwaway critical judgment, Sreehari Nair carefully presents his opinions about Malaikottai Vaaliban a good two weeks after he first saw......

Memories Of Chandler Bing

I don't know how the other Friends will react to Matthew Perry's death, but I am sure a part of them will be buried with Chandler, believes passionate Friends fan A Ganesh Nadar. I woke on Sunday......

Tanuja@80: What Made Her Such A Star

Tanuja could do practically anything on screen, applauds Subhash K Jha, as he salutes the actor on her 80th birthday on September 23. IMAGE: Kajol with her mother, Tanuja. Photograph: Kind......

The Many Faces of a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Heroine

Every frame is a dream unfolding before our eyes. Every emotion is akin to poetry. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's cinema believes in grand expressions of love and luxury. But at the centre of his......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

Greg Chappell hails King Kohli

Kohli is the most Australian non-Australian cricketer of all time: Chappell IMAGE: Gerg Chappell called Virat Kohli the most powerful player in world cricket right now. Photograph:......

Choose your Dream Indian Team

Image: Kapil Dev. Photograph: Allsport UK Haresh Pandya picks his all-time best Indian Test team which is packed with some exciting stroke-players, a couple of heavy-scorers known to play......

Sex with FB friend new angle to Roebuck's death

Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck's suicide continues to be shrouded in mystery, with the South African police refusing to disclose anything even as media reports said he may have taken the......

Tiger Pataudi was the Great Seducer of his time

Ayaz Memon salutes Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who passed into the ages on Thursday. For those of my vintage -- growing up in the 1960s -- Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was every boy's dream: dashing......

Rediff News