There is no military solution to Kashmir: Omar Abd

National Conference president Omar Abdullah chatted with rediff.com readers for more than an hour on Tuesday.Fielding questions about various pertinent issues like autonomy to Kashmir, the death......

'The best friend god gave me'

Mummy, my super hero!The Veda says, matrudevobhava, pitrudevobhava, acharyadevobhava, atithidevobhava in Sanskrit- mother (matru) always first. Not pita (father), not acharya (teacher), not guru,......

'Maa tujhe salaam'

My mom is a rockstarOften think had I been a girl I would have been better human being. The only reason that makes me contemplate this preposterous idea is that I simply adore my mother so much......

The man who lived on a train

I decided to read Jaideep Varma's debut novel Local on, well, a Mumbai local. It seemed like a logical thing to do, considering the story lent itself to such an option. I managed to complete it......

'I was pulling SRK's hair out!'

She's made her way up the industry rungs steadily, but Farah Khan has now officially gone from choreographer to Queen Bee.Even as her Om Shanti Om continues to be a rage, smashing box office......

'Royal families are very sensitive'

The movie Brick Lane, based on the Booker-nominated novel by Monica Ali, has won critical praise and courted controversy at the same time.We caught up with Satish Kaushik, who played one the......

From Nach Baliye to Leo DiCaprio

It's not just TV anymore. Gaurav Chopra is on the move. The actor Indian households know as the Aisa Desh Hai Mera hero is all set to move beyond the small screen, and how! The actor makes an......

'Please forgive me for Aan'

Madhur Bhandarkar's new film Corporate opened to great reviews last week, and the critics feel we have another Page 3.And when Madhur chatted with Rediff readers on July 10, he was flooded with......

'Indian cricket can benefit from Art of Living'

The Lahore attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team was yet another reminder of the growing threat of terrorism in today's world. You could call it 'Munich Olympics attack re-visited', though in......

Force India's main goal is reliability: Sutil

Force Indiawill carry the hopes and dreamsof a billion Indians inthe 2009 Formula One season, which gets underway with the first race this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.The......

Dhoni warns team against complacency

The Australians may have decided to rest their pace spearhead Brett Lee but Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday cautioned his batsmen against getting too complacent in their tri-series......

World Champions come home

The Champions are home. Team India, with members vying to hold aloft the Twenty20 World Cup trophy, touched down on Indian soil around 8.15 on Wednesday morning -- and Mumbai went nuts. Oblivious......

'Twenty20 cricket is here to stay'

Graham Thorpe was regarded as one of England 's finest batsman in the modern era and it is not surprising considering what he achieved as a batsman during his highly illustrious international......