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Governments should not become trigger-happy about lockdowns

Sure we understand that isolating affected communities is part of the pandemic protocol, but we don't wish our life and freedom to be tossed aside at the slightest excuse, states Shyam G Menon.......

'We discovered many unknown facts about Ravana'

'Ravan had palaces in caves and that tunnels were the highways of that time and ran between prominent cities.' Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purpose.......

India faces no threat from the Ram temple

'Now that the Ram mandir is done, we need to move on. And grapple with COVID-19, a sputtering economy, a belligerent China...''The temple may win a few more elections for the BJP, but by itself it......

Why gangsters like Vikas Dubey become formidable

'Not unlike politicians who gravitate towards whoever is in power, mafia dons too have a great survival streak, switching loyalty to the party in power,' observes Virendra Kapoor a week after......

The train ticket inspector who's an amazing painter

Avantika Bhuyan meets a train ticket inspector who captures everyday scenes beautifully on canvas. July 26, 2015, is a date Bijay Biswaal is not likely to forget. That was the day Prime Minister......

New entrants shake up celebrity management

Celebrity or talent management is seeing a host of new entrants -- a few well-known names and others rank newcomers.The reason: celebrity endorsements in India amount to roughly Rs 4,000 crore (Rs......

Indian middle class continues to shine

The Indian middle class is prospering with around 70 million households earning anywhere between Rs 80,000 and Rs 18 lakh per annum. These comprise 34 per cent of the slightly over 200 million......

Manto Review: A highly intelligent piece of work

'If Manto, the film, falls short of being a masterpiece, it's ironically because Nandita Das the filmmaker does not quite crack the Manto code herself: she doesn't quite see her subject with the......

Satyajit Ray's Feluda turns 50

While Calcutta has transitioned to Kolkata, Satyajit Ray's detective, Feluda, has remained unchanged in the Bengali consciousness Here’s a mystery for Prodosh C Mitter to solve. How can a......

Rajesh Khanna: Looking back at his Superstar Years

Here's looking at Rajesh Khanna's iconic rise to success, and after. The day Rajesh Khanna passed away, the heavens opened up over Mumbai and the city was drenched in a downpour. This kind of......

Two award winners clash this weekend

National award winning director T V Chandran's Sankaranum Mohananum is being described as his "first brush with commercial cinema." It vies with director Alberrt Antoni's Vaadamalli, a......

'Juhi, Ayesha, Konkona are the best'

We often have directors over for chats, but director Anurag Kashyap enjoyed his chat with rediff readers so much he wasn't ready to say goodbye -- the conversation went on well past the appointed......

Why Dhoni's Rs 210 crore deal makes sense

Brand gurus explain to Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande Mahendra Singh Dhoni's appeal, which resulted in a landmark endorsement deal for India's cricket captain this week. Sometime last week Indian......

'Dhoni's market value similar to Tiger Woods'

Harish Kotian speaks to the folks behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Rs 210 crore deal. It seems there is no stopping India's captain cool. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has conquered almost every cricketing......

Dhoni signs Rs 210-cr deal, pips Sachin

India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has signed a whopping Rs 210 crore endorsement deal with a talent management company, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar in the corporate contract sweepstakes.......

Dhoni sues company for not paying endorsement fees

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has sent a legal notice to a Chennai-based healthcare company for allegedly defaulting payment of his brand endorsement fees. The healthcare company,......

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