If you have an appetite for crowds and the visual spectacle of many focused on one task or activity, a pooram will engage you, notes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: The materials used on caparisoned......
'Ladakh will be dealt with in Modi's third term.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Even an hour before midnight, the Udhampur station is bustling with passengers. Adding to the hubbub is a......
'... dividing society not just on religious lines, but also creating rift in families and among brothers and sisters.' IMAGE: Congress leaders Paresh Dhanani, extreme left, Amit Chavda and Rajiv......
'If people don't see you, they might be hesitant, but once they see you, they are confident that this is the person they will vote for,' says political debutant Shambhavi Choudhury, 25, alumnus of......
It was an 18-kilometer trek through the dense forest filled with wild animals for a team of nine polling officials, comprising three women, on Wednesday to record the vote of a bedridden citizen at......
'If because of El Nino, the monsoon is affected adversely in the current year, naturally it will affect income projections and consequently Budget numbers.' IMAGE: Villagers carrying containers......
The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course.A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a......
'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Geetika Tyagi/Instagram After speaking about her new film Yes Papa, about a survivor of child......
IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee and Prachi Desai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com When Silence: Can You Hear It released in 2021, it got some good reviews. The song-less thriller, by......
A golden name in the world of ghazals and playback singing, Pankaj Udhas regaled listeners with his dulcet voice on silver screen and stage. Growing up in a family of zamindars and government......
'He was a wonderful singer, but more importantly he was a wonderful human being.' Photograph: ANI Photo There was much more to Pankaj Udhas than ghazals and Chitthi Ayee Hai. One of the three......
'If his father and brother were alive today, they would be brimming with joy. This is the life's most memorable day and only few are lucky to see it. I'm the proudest mom on this earth.' IMAGE:......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Saina Nehwal/X Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is set to win uncontested from the South Asia Zone in the first-ever Athletes Committee poll of......
'I request all those listening to me that all their legitimate demands be met as soon as possible and action taken under the law and constitution (of the country). There is a very clear direction......