Nikita Puri And Veenu Sandhu

Stories by Nikita Puri And Veenu Sandhu

Wild Karnataka, India's first natural history film

Wild Karnataka, India's first natural history film

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2019

After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.

Drink the wine, my friends

Drink the wine, my friends

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2019

Domestic wineries have moved from creating predominantly sweet wines in their initial years to drier, complex blends now. They also seem to be investing more in wine tourism.

Sindhis are flourishing, but going isn't always easy

Sindhis are flourishing, but going isn't always easy

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2019

The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves

Good Omens to Leila, series to watch

Good Omens to Leila, series to watch

Rediff.com   3 Jul 2019

From a dystopian world set in 2047 to one of the most publicised crime trials in America, Nikita Puri brings you top 5 binge-worthy series.

Rohit Tiwari and the right of a wronged child

Rohit Tiwari and the right of a wronged child

Rediff.com   17 May 2019

Rohit Shekhar's successful legal fight established the right of a child -- at any age -- to know his paternity.

Newton, Darwin take note: Gagandeep Kang makes history

Newton, Darwin take note: Gagandeep Kang makes history

Rediff.com   8 May 2019

Women are great team players and collaborators, 'but they don't put themselves forward,' Dr Gagandeep Kang, the first Indian woman scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, tells Veenu Sandhu.

Have you seen a car collection like this?!

Have you seen a car collection like this?!

Rediff.com   4 May 2019

Dr Ravi Prakash's 250 vintage car collection includes J R D Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten.

Who gives Rahul ideas?

Who gives Rahul ideas?

Rediff.com   21 Apr 2019

Heard about the All India Professionals Congress?

So much the phone has taken away from us

So much the phone has taken away from us

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2019

'How did we get here?' 'How did utility morph into addiction?' 'Is this what Graham Bell intended?' asks Veenu Sandhu.

Tauba! Tauba! The state of TV news!

Tauba! Tauba! The state of TV news!

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2019

'Chest-thumping on-air theatrics on television are no consolation for families who've been forced to embrace the price of war,' notes Nikita Puri.

Silk yarns: Let the Baluchari bewitch you!

Silk yarns: Let the Baluchari bewitch you!

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2019

The sari is woven faced down, with a mirror placed on the ground to keep track of the progress and accuracy of design

An accidental lesson on unsafe roads

An accidental lesson on unsafe roads

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2019

A simple ritual started by a man who would have been alive today if we weren't such a callous society, says Veenu Sandhu.

'Can a film's villain become a real-life hero?'

'Can a film's villain become a real-life hero?'

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2019

The 'Shatrughan Sinha of the South' plunges into politics.

Want a career in animation? Read this!

Want a career in animation? Read this!

Rediff.com   28 Jan 2019

'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'

Do you know 5,000 Chinese live in India?

Do you know 5,000 Chinese live in India?

Rediff.com   7 Jan 2019

The new entrants are young, enterprising Chinese men and women who want to tap into the promising Indian market.

Do you know about the Good Samaritan law?

Do you know about the Good Samaritan law?

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2018

'From what I saw on the road that day it was evident that people want to help.' 'But they also need to have the confidence that their well-intentioned actions will not boomerang on them,' says Veenu Sandhu.

Why a Modi bhakt decided to play Manmohan Singh

Why a Modi bhakt decided to play Manmohan Singh

Rediff.com   19 Dec 2018

'People have a certain perception about my political leanings -- and rightly so.' 'But I am an actor first, and then an activist.' 'And I am not an accidental actor.' 'There was no way I was going to be dishonest with my acting,' Anupam Kher tells Veenu Sandhu.

Beware of the TikTok app

Beware of the TikTok app

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2018

When it comes to embracing newer technology, youngsters are usually much faster than adults. It's this quick rate of adoption that also makes them susceptible to danger.

Twitter! Stop making the world a hateful place!

Twitter! Stop making the world a hateful place!

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2018

'Mental health experts are concerned because when you see so much negativity, even if it is confined to social media, your perceptions change.' 'You begin to feel that the real world is also this way.' 'And the sense of optimism and positivity -- traits that build resilience and wellbeing, both physical and mental -- begins to slip away,' warns Veenu Sandhu.

Stand with Kerala. Visit!

Stand with Kerala. Visit!

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2018

The sun is out. The flood waters have receded. Keralites have spent crores in quickly cleaning up the state and making it visitor ready. Go to Kerala folks!