'I would've been the first butt of Bollywood onscreen.'
'The administration started intruding into the kitchens and bedrooms of the local community.'
'For the first time in 50 years the people of Lakshadweep who have till now never raised their hands, got out on the streets and started raising their voices.'
A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem by Kavalam Narayana Panicker where a hymn about nature descends into a musing about cheating, depression and death, feels Sreehari Nair.
World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius with the ball, but his demons almost destroyed him.
ISB professor Tarun Jain talks to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com about what the government must do to achieve 8 pc growth.
The 84-year old veteran Congressman, who died from post-COVID complications on Monday, was a Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist.
Astad Deboo on the sweat and toil behind the beauty and elegance of his dance.
Known for making controversial statements, Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Sakshi Maharaj has demanded that a strict law for family planning be brought in for all to check population growth and those who do not follow it should be stripped of their voting right.
'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.
Modi said the government aimed at spreading digital literacy across rural India.
Despite repeated appeals from the police and the varsity authorities, the protesters refused to end their agitation. Police said the protesters did not have permission to march towards Parliament.
Modi denies the charges and was exonerated in an Indian Supreme Court inquiry in 2012.
Why aren't our kids, with perfect or near-perfect SAT scores, admitted to top universities over lesser scoring students?
The Emmy nominations for 2018.
Sukanya Verma lists the lessons Bollywood taught us this year.
Priyanka Jagga clears her stand on Bigg Boss.
They bent rules. Shut down haters. And inspired many with their successes. Let them inspire you too!
They detailed how by following the rituals, one would not actually die "but would be saved by God and attain something great".
'I work a lot because I am greedy for good scripts. I have worked really hard to reach this level, where I can say yes to a good script and it will happen.'
The astrophotography community in India is a fast-growing one.
The BJP's defeat in Delhi could turn into a larger national swing, but Prime Minister Modi and his party have enough time to tweak the party's policy agenda and project a more humble, secular, and inclusive image, say Ravi Agrawal and Harmeet Shah Singh
'Irrespective of their politics, people feel happy.' 'One of the best compliments I have received is that I have made it from Kashmir to Karnataka.'
Karunanidhi was convinced that using the 2G cases against the DMK and reopening the fodder case against Lalu Prasad Yadav were products of the Congress leadership's short-sightedness. A revealing excerpt from A S Panneerselvan's Karunanidhi: A Life.
'I've flown more than 2000 flights so far. A pilot retires at sixty five, and I want to keep going until then to prove the naysayers wrong.'
'The BJP has lost 5 states and Lok Sabha elections are due in less than 90 days.' 'The reservation bill is a jhunjhuna (lollipop) for the upper castes.'
The move is being seen as an attempt to forge opposition unity to defeat the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
Indian Judoka, Avtar Singh's parents take maiden flight to cheer son, who will go up against Pople Misenga from the Olympic Refugee Team. Read on about the intense and interesting story of both Judokas...
'The investigation was a complete eye-opener for me.' 'I didn't know this side of the incident at all.' 'And to make it even more poignant is that a woman cracked it.'
BJP's Kiran Bedi made an all-out effort on Thursday morning to woo voters .
These pictures offer a glimpse in the life of ordinary North Koreans as they prepare for the event.
'My definition of a true star is when they enter a room, the energy of the room changes.' 'She has the aura of a true star.'
The Linkin Park frontman's suicide is a tragic reminder of how real and common the struggle against depression is.
'In difficult times as now, the call of the village is all that these migrants can hear,' observes Vijaya Pushkarna.
It beats Netflix any day, exclaims Prithvi Singh.
Meet Sabriye Tenberken, a German woman who is changing lives in India.
So until the equation becomes equal, 'roses are red, violets are blue, let's smash the patriarchy, me and you.'
Few Harvard graduates are changing the way we teach students.
The Ariana Grande's Sunday Manchester benefit gig was bold. And triumphant. She, and several of the world's top musicians, belted out an evening of song with the unstoppable message: Fight terrorism with music.
'After Vajpayee-Advani, Modi-Shah is the second best in India.'
Bharati Dutt witnessed life-changing events that shaped India on the threshold of freedom. Her memories are an account of how ordinary Indians saw India change.
