Rajnath flies sortie in LCH Prachand after induction into IAF

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday flew a sortie in a Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) after a fleet of the highly agile choppers was inducted into the Indian Air Force. IMAGE: Defence Minister......

'Modi opened his third eye and terrorism was wiped out in Kashmir'

'He has divine power... For our future, safety is in the hands of Modi.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a visit to Varanasi to inaugurate the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project.......

BJP Losing Ground To DMK

It is increasingly clear that for the BJP to try and establish itself as an electoral force in Tamil Nadu, the party has to come out of the old Brahminical mould, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.......

It's Too Tempting to Call Her Mother India

Kolkata has, yet again, outdone itself when it comes to establishment-defying social commentary through Puja pandals. It's the plight of migrant workers, women, mothers in particular, that they......

Posh homes, ghastly roads. Kolkata's peri-urban nightmare

Kolkata need not feel inferior as it has its own “alive only at weekends” Lavasa, says Subir Roy.  The road to the poshest of posh developments on the outskirts of Kolkata is......

This is how Pranab worships Ma Durga

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is known as a man of all seasons, a man of punctuality and precision. He is also the Congress's troubleshooter. On Thursday, however, the finance minister......

'I am the godfather of disco'

'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......

Bollywood celebrates Maa!

'There is nothing your mama can't fix!' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajal Aggarwal/Instagram Kajal Aggarwal wishes her tribe of stellar women, including mum Suman: 'Happy Mother's Day to......

My Father, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2.To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives. IMAGE: Satyajit......

Do you know these HIDDEN MEANINGS in movies?

Looking back on my brief life as a film critic, I can see clearly the key role that subtexts and their uncovering had played in my getting started on this path. It was, over those many casual......

Lodha reforms: Changes in Andhra, Gujarat cricket associations

BCCI vice president Gangaraju quits officeIn the wake of the Supreme Court order on reforms in the Indian Cricket Board, former BCCI vice-president Gokaraju Gangaraju quit as secretary of Andhra......