Raja Sen gives us a hint: It was all because he used a coin wisely.
If doing business in India is a problem for even the richest, most educated scion of a business house, it is unlikely to be a breeze for the average rural Indian woman.
'In this chicks-rule-the-roost universe, the men are non-existent, untrustworthy or plain incompetent and it's the women who are providing for each other's fantasies.' Sreehari Nair applauds Ocean's 8.
This and more news from the world of showbiz in the latest edition of our glamour round-up.
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
Purani Jeans lacks vision, originality and the spunk one expects from a college romance film, says Paloma Sharma.
Singer, song writer, and a single mother Manasi Scott wears her heart on her sleeves and tells Rediff.com's Anita Aikara why eve-teasing is a universal problem.
For a person who hasn't overdosed on a TV series for decades -- not since the delightful Friends, and much further back, the homily-laden Hum Log or the excellent Buniyaad or Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi -- Game of Thrones has been a game changer for me, writes Shuma Raha.
Homecoming fuses the kinky-swiftness of the original superhero movies with the silly concerns of a 2017's teenager, points out Sreehari Nair.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
In 1998, the Congress asked her mother to campaign. 'We had a family discussion. We explained to our mother that you will be used, you will be discarded once you are done with the campaign.' 'A few days later I got a call from my mother. She said, "I have decided to campaign".' 'We were stunned. Why was she doing this?' Payal Mohanka listens in.
These hotties show you how to nail the perfect holiday style.
'Shriya and I are good friends. There is nothing more to it. All the actresses are so beautiful. I like all of them. If I have to pick, it would be Jacqueline Fernandez because I have met her a few times on Jhalak. I am comfortable around her.' Dwayne Bravo gets candid.
Welcome Back is dumb yet entertaining, utterly silly but made with a kind of absurd, warm energy, says Raja Sen.
'Made in Heaven plays well as a busy show; when it's hip, but without being hopeless,' feels Sreehari Nair.
VTV Ganesh's Inga Enna Solludhu is a total waste of time, write S Saraswathi.
Boyhood will open your mind a little bit more toward the possibilities great cinema holds, says Raja Sen.
Experts pick the most effective advertisements of the year.
Beyond colossal loss of human lives, if there is anything perhaps equally overwhelming in Nepal's earthquake tragedy, it is the monumental damage the country's iconic heritage has suffered due to the calamity.
Rediff's Love Guru addresses relationship problems and offers solutions.
Fans share their Sridevi memories...
A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Stay away from theatres, I'd say. 50-kos away, even.
'To be good at the heptathlon takes at least seven years; to compete internationally and win medals takes 10 years.' 'Swapna became Asia's best heptathlete in just five years!' 'Nobody would have believed it. but she did it.'
'I think we have had these periods of standoffs with China.' 'And there is enough knowledge, enough experience, enough wisdom still available to be able to retrieve situations.'
Conversations with her bestie in the bathroom and other Dosti tales from Tista Sengupta.
"A writer must be like a sponge. I absorb everything from different parts of life."
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
Two people can be reasonably happy if they tried sincerely, says Love Guru.
Rediff reader Rushilla tells us how she fell in love with Rishi and why their bond is so strong.
The outcry over the judging in the women's Olympic figure skating competition took a new turn on Friday when South Korea's skating union requested an investigation into whether it was run fairly.
An insecure, dominating, assertive man is the furthest thing from what it takes to make a good partner, says Avantika Debnath
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Bareilly Ki Barfi had the critics reaching for the stars. But that is just the tip of the iceberg discovers Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar.
'Find a great date, or great dates for the rest of your lives, or maybe a great friendship.'
Jaspal Bhatti's feel for the grime, the confusions, and the madness in our system was so complete that he could take on every kind of woman or man God ever gave to the institutions of India, feels Sreehari Nair.
Director Shonali Basu and her actors on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
Ramaiya Vastavaiya will leave you with a couple of good laughs, if nothing else.
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