Indian-origin legislator puts political career on pause

Ohio legislator Jay Goyal, who was elected to the state House of Representatives at age 25 -- the youngest to win a seat to state office in at least three decades since current US Senator Sherrod......

Syria vote: India falls for charms of 'green money'

India should have abstained from voting for the draft resolution backing an Arab League peace plan for Syria at the United Nations Security Council, opines former diplomat M K Bhadrakumar The......

Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away

Eminent Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode, who dominated Kerala's cultural scene as a literary critic, orator, academic and journalist for over five decades, died at a private hospital in Thrissur......

JLF Day 2 Diary: 'Glad Rushdie didn't make it to the fest'

Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande, who is attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, brings forth all the details of a 'rather slow' Day 2 of the festival. When Day One of a literature festival is as......

Lyricist Prasoon Joshi on Delhi 6 and Rahman

Prasoon Joshi, who was in New York recently for the world premiere of Delhi 6, admits that writing lyrics isn't the only challenge he loves while working on movies. He loves to collaborate on the......

'Pacino, Jack, De Niro are lazy'

Jack Nicholson in Chinatown, Al Pacino in The Godfather, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver. Truly classic performances, universally acclaimed.And whileFrancis Ford Coppola (inset) isn't disagreeing......

George Clooney fights for Sudan

Clooney the Crusader is back in action.Oscar-winner and People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive George Clooney is doing his best to raise awareness about the killings in Sudan's Darfur region.Since......

'I've compromised on all my films'

Kamal, one of the best directors in Kerala,is ready with his latest film, Karutha Pakshikal, starring Mammootty, Meena and Padmapriya. The ace director has made 34 films in the last 20 years, one......

India grey market for betting: Mani

Describing India as a "grey market" for gambling in cricket, former International Cricket Council chief Ehsan Mani urged the International Cricket Council to ask the Indian government to legalise......