Divya Nair reports on young achievers, education, health, relationships and occasionally reviews Tamil and Malayalam movies. You can e-mail the author at divyan@rediff.co.in
'They wanted a character, who could speak both Tamil and Hindi. That's how I got on board.'
'The heart is to honour all who have been struck by Covid and the map signifies that as a country, we can win this together.'
In 1993, Rochelle Chhabra joined Streax as an R&D employee. Today, she heads their professional division.
'In the climax, if you see, Manoj Bajpayee and I engage in a fist fight.' 'It had to be shot in a single take so either of us couldn't make any mistakes.'
'I am really happy with how people remember my character.'
From a small team of five weavers, Karagiri now works with 1,800 weavers from across India. Pallavi Mohadikar, co-founder of Karagiri, shares her incredible success journey.
Mental health guru and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to identify, address and resolve conflicts in a relationship.
Ek Mini Katha highlights an important body issue, but in many ways, it also trivialises it, notes Divya Nair.
After losing his driver to Covid, Ahmedabad engineer Shivam Dhruva felt the need to build an app that will provide latest medical updates at the click of a button, free of cost.
In the past year, Harsh and Heena Mandavia risked their lives and provided 23,000 meals to the poor and needy during the lockdown. What made them do it?
Youngsters turn their passion for dance to raise funds for Covid relief in rural UP.
After Aadukalam and Asuran, this is another film Dhanush is going to be proud of, says Divya Nair.
Born with autism spectrum disorder, Nandhitha's signature collection was released online recently.
'A lot of people who quit felt they have been in the organisation for way too long and needed a better or challenging career role to advance in their careers.'
Biju Menon tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com how he transformed himself to play a 73 year old character, one of his most challenging and satisfying roles as an actor.
Malayalam actor Sharafudheen talks about the films that defined his career.
The harvest festival is incomplete without this humble and easy-to-make porridge.
Some takeaways from Jacqueline Carlyle we all can follow in real life.
'Every day, when I deliver milk, I talk to the families and find out what is happening in their lives.' 'That is how you get to know the real issues and find solutions.'
Four enterprising women tell us how they tackled bias and criticism to create a niche for themselves and are now leading their businesses.
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