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WOW! 14 images that steal the show
Rediff.com3 Mar 2016Take a look at some of the most striking images from the contest, and see a full gallery on Smithsonian's website.
Oscars 2016: Meet the Best Actress Nominees. PREDICT the winner!
Rediff.com18 Feb 2016Watch the trailers and predict the winner.
PHOTOS, World Cup qualifiers: Brazil crush Peru; Romania hold Italy
Rediff.com18 Nov 2015An inspired performance from Douglas Costa helped Brazil to a 3-0 win over Peru on Tuesday and lifted them into third place in the South American qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Why a US university had to take down play titled 'Jesus in India'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2015A play set in India and to be performed at an American university has been cancelled after its Korean-American playwright objected to casting of white actors as Indian characters and sending a "dehumanising" message to minority students.
How does Nitish escape Lalu's boa constrictor-like embrace?
Rediff.com14 Oct 2015'Even if the anti-Modi 'Mahagatbandhan' gets a majority there is simply no way that Nitish Kumar can ensure even a stable government, leave alone a good -- clean, development-oriented -- government,' argues T V R Shenoy.
World awaits more Bolt magic after athletics marred by doping scandals
Rediff.com20 Aug 2015Usain Bolt returns to the site of his first global triumph this week for a world championships showdown with a convicted dope cheat that has ramifications for athletics beyond just establishing who is the fastest man in the world.
Djokovic, Sharapova restore order at Wimbledon
Rediff.com4 Jul 2015It was job well done for Novak Djokovic as he silenced Bernard Tomic and his Australian Fanatics with an emphatic 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory in the Wimbledon third round on Friday.
Oscar nominees 2015: Everything isn't awesome (but that's okay)
Rediff.com16 Jan 2015Raja Sen takes stock of the Oscar 2015 nominations.
The rock 'n' roll kirtanwallah from Long Island, NY
Rediff.com16 Jan 2015Meet Krishna Das, a chant master, whose rock 'n' roll kirtans are a growing rage in India and who is performing in three Indian cities this week.
Review: The Judge is K3G for Americans
Rediff.com17 Oct 2014The Judge formulaic but never mechanical, says Paloma Sharma.
'The only two countries that could have given birth to Hollywood and Bollywood'
Rediff.com1 Oct 2014'We are two countries that, as Swami Vivekananda said in Chicago more than a century ago, have sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations on Earth.' 'People are watching to wait and see if this Modi moment is going to be the moment when the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy finally capitalise on the full, inherent potential of this relationship.' Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from the State Department's lunch for Prime Minister Modi.
Prasoon Joshi: If you aim to be authentic, you have to borrow from your life
Rediff.com16 Sep 2014India's foremost ad guru, award-winning lyricist, and scriptwriter turns 46 today.
All that Jazz: The desi singer who's hitting the right tunes
Rediff.com8 May 2014Chaya Babu discovers the musical influences that shape the unique vision of singer Kavita Shah
Full Text: What Prez Obama said at the State of the Union Address
Rediff.com29 Jan 2014Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
Golden Globes, 2014: Did the right films win? VOTE!
Rediff.com13 Jan 2014So you weren't rooting for Cate Blanchett and Leonardi DiCaprio? Vote for the actors/ films YOU preferred!
Why the India-US relationship is in such a mess
Rediff.com23 Dec 2013'Just how strong were the ties between the world's largest and oldest democracies that an incident involving a diplomat and a maid led to anger threatening the relationship itself? Or had the relationship been weakening in the past few years, masked by the empty symbolism of State dinners, asks Devesh Kapur.
View: How India may have blown its best Oscar chance
Rediff.com23 Sep 2013Aseem Chhabra is heartbroken that India overlooked the acclaimed film, The Lunchbox, as its Oscar nominee.
IT has transformed India: Ganesh Natarajan
Rediff.com5 Mar 2013Ganesh Natarajan answered many IT-related questions during an hour-long rediff chat on Tuesday.
NRI surgeon has a solution for India's insurance woes
Rediff.com13 Oct 2012Recipient of 'India's Most Admired Surgeon' award moots 'womb to tomb' insurance model to revolutionise India's healthcare sector
Silence reigns golden at the 84th Oscars
Rediff.com27 Feb 2012Even if The Artist wasn't 2011's best film, Raja Sen doesn't have too much to complain about the Oscars this year.
Silence reigns golden at the 84th Oscars
Rediff.com27 Feb 2012Even if The Artist wasn't 2011's best film, Raja Sen doesn't have too much to complain about the Oscars this year.
Pakistan and the Class of '74
Rediff.com21 Jun 2011Must Indians and Pakistanis be bound by the easy classifications of enemies and terrorists, muses Aseem Chhabra
What Obama said in his State of the Union speech
Rediff.com26 Jan 2011US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:
Is Jai Ho A R Rahman's best song?
Rediff.com15 Jun 2010'The show -- one friend described it as a desi Lion King -- was stunning to watch. The lights, set design, sound, the selection of songs was simply quite spectacular.'
An IITian's open letter to the prime minister
Rediff.com8 Oct 2009'If the government cannot provide the best resources to IIT faculty, it has no right to expect the best research either,' says Santosh Ansumali.
An Arranged Marriage you can relate to!
Rediff.com23 Jul 2009Rajeev Varma on D'Arranged Marriage, a play about Sanjay Gupta, an aspiring New Zealand Indian stand-up comic who spends his life working at his father's corner shop and avoiding the issue of an arranged marriage.
Meet American Idol finalist Anoop Desai
Rediff.com18 Mar 2009Master's student. Activist. Folk music researcher. Foodie. Anoop Desai wears many hats, discovers Arthur J Pais.
Memories of a former American Idol
Rediff.com17 Mar 2009The unstoppable Sanjaya Malakar is back -- with a book.
World's best corporate citizens
Rediff.com12 Mar 2009These businesses are setting the bar for corporate social responsibility.
How India shone at the Oscars
Rediff.com23 Feb 2009With two of the three Oscar-nominated songs being in Hindi and performed with colourful and vigorous Bollywood dances, and with Rahman invoking in Tamil a saying about divine greatness, the proceedings at times looked like a Bollywood event held in Los Angeles.
Innovation from India: The next big wave
Rediff.com18 Feb 2009Innovative companies the world over are discovering the research and development advantages to be found in India
Be united, peaceful and strong
Rediff.com11 Dec 2008What must India do, strategically and procedurally, to ensure that the nation does not ever again endure a brutality like the terrorism Mumbai encountered last fortnight? Readers suggest solutions
World's wackiest stock indicators
Rediff.com7 Nov 2008Can butter production help you predict the market's next move? Find out here.
'Many Brahmins are examining legacy'
Rediff.com6 Sep 2008Padma Viswanathan discusses her semi-biographical novel The Toss of a Lemon with rediff India Abroad's Arthur J Pais.
China diary: Paris of the Orient
Rediff.com5 Aug 2008Today Shanghai is recognised as China's smartest city as well as its financial capital, its industrial heartland, its fashion centre.
Sanjaya's Mom talks about her kids
Rediff.com31 May 2007Jillian Rechi, mother to American Idol favourite Sanjaya Malakar, talks about her children and their spiritual roots.
Young desis off the beaten track
Rediff.com14 Apr 2007Find out all about overseas Indians in alternate professions with huge fan followings.
Namesake gets rave reviews in US
Rediff.com12 Mar 2007Mira Nair's new film gets good reviews and good box office collections.
Rocky Balboa will make you whistle
Rediff.com2 Feb 2007Sylvester Stallone comes back and gives his gloved legacy a great finale.