'From now on, every time Modi takes a foreign dignitary in his arms, the Indians will remember how he was taken aback when an Indian indulged in hugplomacy,' says Amulya Ganguli.
When Bangladesh defeated India by 79 runs in the first One-day international in Mirpur on Thursday, they registered their ninth straight win at home. But the talking point of the match wasn't the historic result but the surprising show of aggression by India's captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
'Rishi Kapoor and I come from two different schools of filmmaking. I like to approach scenes in a certain way, and take multiple takes. Rishi sir comes from a school where things were much simpler. I think that's where the friction comes in.' But in the end, Kapoor & Sons director Shakun Batra is still smiling!
'Gauri was a woman of great integrity and few people know how modestly she lived, generously sharing the little she had.' 'Her only asset was the home her mother built.' 'But she had even bigger riches -- her capacious heart,' remembers former husband and close friend, Chidanand Rajghatta.
Canadian model Azura Skye Vanderberg -- who is walking at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016 for the second time - talks to Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com about her beauty and fitness mantras.
'Since Piku, Irrfan seemed content in delighting us with his finesse than striking a nerve.' 'Now, why was this so?' 'Why did our No 1 soul-searching actor suddenly decide that he'd rather be a heart-warmer?' 'Did those journeys take too much out of him?' asks Sreehari Nair.
'Your failures are not teaching you anything.' 'Your demonetisation failure is not teaching you anything; your GST failure is not teaching you anything; your (revocation of) Article 370 failure is not teaching you anything; your NRC Assam failure is not teaching you.' 'And now you have the CAA!'
'If better sense prevails, Muslims should offer the disputed land in Ayodhya back to the government.'
The tools he uses are logic, the reputations of the sources, and how much emotions influence the content.
Verstappen made a clean getaway from pole position and it took Hamilton all but the last four of the 70 laps to catch and pass the 21-year-old Dutchman. Mercedes got the strategy spot on, despite the Briton's reservations.
Munroe Bergdorf had called out racism in a strongly-worded Facebook post after the White Supremacists' rally in Charlottesvilla in the US.
The President has maintained that he has nothing to do with Russia.
If it's bothering you, close your eyes, block me, unfollow me. Don't look at me. It's that simple."
Phoenix-based Andrew Pulsipher, 33, who has been HIV-positive since birth, recently posted a photo on Facebook which became a rage on the social media.
Indians must remember that Pakistanis hate losing to India, at war or in cricket, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
In what is his final on-camera interview during his eight year stay at Washington's most famous address, US President Obama tells CBS that his family will be happy to be out of the White House come next weekend.
'It is not that he has not committed any mistakes; he has.' 'But people were willing to forgive you if you were honest.'
'Important things like concentration, having a balanced mind, staying calm at all times, all these important things he learnt from his mother.' Arvind Pujara, the master batsman's dad, has been much praised for instilling the right values in his only child, but he tells Rediff.com's Harish Kotian that it was his late mother Reena who is majorly responsible for Cheteshwar's success.
Uday Kuckian and Divya Nair turn on their fashion radar.
'I was ready to do anything and go to any extent.' 'Vishal Bhardwaj told us to gain 8 kilos, but we gained 10-12 kilos.' 'I had to blacken my teeth, bleach my hair, get freckles on my face...'
After condemning Steve Smith's conduct during the Cape Town Test on Sunday, Shane Warne struck a more supportive tone on Wednesday.
Miss Teen World 2019 Sushmita Singh shares her inspiring journey to the top.
Harjeet was also allegedly threatened with being stabbed and had his turban pulled in the attack aboard a suburban bus.
'Dev for me embodied all that kind of charm, optimism, energy, vulnerability, awkwardness and yet strength.' 'He's in every scene for two hours.' 'He has to play drama, melodrama, romance, pathos, comedy.' 'It was a relief when he said yes.'
Mumbai-based Dimple Mehta has been using her Instagram handle to decry fat-shaming.
France coach Didier Deschamps did not hide his bitter disappointment after finding himself on the losing end of a final for a change on Sunday.
"Personally I hate the term upsets from minnows or associates," Porterfield told reporters in Nelson. "I don't see it as an upset.
Apple products are built around the notion of picking up ideas that are already common, reducing them to brightly-coloured, child-like simplicity, imposing conformity, and then suggesting that buying into that conformity means you're a seriously cool adult, says Mihir S Sharma.
