'What Gives Me Hope About India Is...'

'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.' IMAGE: A Tiranga walkathon on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai, August 14, 2023.......

'People are still dying and the wounds run deep'

'You can still hear gunshots, and this time even children know they are not normal.' IMAGE: Lin Laishram protests at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lin Laishram/Instagram......

Finding Aaron: A Lost-And-Found Miracle

John and Tamilarasi had their newborn stolen eight years ago, and lost all hope of ever finding him.Now they have got him back, though not fully. Not yet.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com narrates their......

Remembering Lalita Lajmi

Gitanjali Gurbaxani remembers her teacher Lalita Lajmi, the artist and painter who passed into the ages on Monday. IMAGE: Lalita Lajmi, left, with Gitanjali Gurbaxani.   A veteran in the......

Nadella, Pichai in Trump's economic revival team

In addition to Pichai and Nadella, IBM's Arvind Krishna, Micron's Sanjay Mehrotra, Ajay Banga from Mastercard and Ann Mukherjee from Pernod  are among the six Indian-Americans among over 200......

Tamil's Dysfunctional Families You Must Watch On OTT

No recent Tamil family has captured the downside of aging with such levity as Suresh Mari's J Baby, about an elderly lady, whose sudden disappearance forces her children and dear ones to take note......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

'We Will Bring The Oscar'

'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.''Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.' IMAGE: Director Jude Anthany Joseph and Tovino Thomas, left, on the......

'Your tears will break his heart'

Bollywood stars celebrated Father's Day with beautiful pictures and messages on Instagram. Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra celebrates husband Nick Jonas,......

Mary Kom sets the record straight: 'I haven't retired'

'I haven't announced retirement yet and I have been misquoted. I will personally come in front of media whenever I want to announce it' Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mary Kom/Instagram Olympic......

Asian Games: Sailors Neha Thakur, Eabad Ali bag medals

IMAGE: India's Eabad Ali finished with 57 points to bag bronze in the Men's Windsurfer RS: X event on Tuesday. Photograph: Team India/X India's Eabad Ali won India its second medal in sailing at......

Asian Games: Historic GOLD for Indian equestrian team

IMAGE: The Indian equestrian team ended a long wait to pick up gold in the Dressage Team Event. Photograph: SAI Media/X India's dressage team cantered to its first ever Asian Games gold and......

Delayed Asian Games a blessing for silver-medallist Neha

IMAGE: Had the Asian Games been held as per schedule last year, silver-medallist Neha Thakur wouldn’t have been part of the squad! Photograph: Aurag Thakur/X When the Asian Games was......

Kohli's thoughts on breaking Tendulkar's ODI century record

IMAGE: Virat Kohli is close to equalising Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI tons. Photograph: BCCI Former India captain Virat Kohli has admitted that breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of......