India fast bowler S Sreesanth, 27, recently launched a band, called S-36, with his a few of his family members and friends.
A change of role in the middle of last year's unsuccessful Ashes campaign transformed his career. Until then Shane Watson, who turned 29 this month, had been used as a bowling all-rounder who batted at seven or eight in the order in Test and one-day cricket.
The foursome will have a combined age of 268 when their world tour kicks off next year and their band will reach it's half-century during the gig which is set to last into 2012.
Singers including Usher, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson will perform alongside the clip.
Sushant Singh Rajput came, sparkled and left for a world that will hopefully understand and treat him better, hopes Sukanya Verma.
bRa Jammin is an event where musicians and bands casually meet up and perform and the next one is in Mumbai on December 26.
The Grammy-award winning music star will now perform in Mumbai and Delhi on the same day.
'India is not so distant from years of high and entrenched inflationary expectations that it should start trying to play games with the economy the way the West's central bankers think they are entitled to,' argues Mihir S Sharma.
Here are movies that could have been, at least optimistically speaking, watchable. They aren't. In no particular order, click on for the year's worst films.
There's a lot more than what meets the eye at Dahanu Beach discovers a Rediff reader armed with a camera.
If there's even the slightest chance of a laugh, its dummy cast ensures the joke doesn't land, feels Sukanya Verma.
A look at the list of celebrities strippers would like as pole partners.
Award-winning journalist and co-screenplay writer John Bowe picked a controversial topic for his book Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labour and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy, about how outsourcing, subcontracting, immigration fraud, and the relentless pursuit of 'everyday low prices' have created an opportunity for slavery to regain a toehold in America.
India's Internet economy has two choices: An immediate $30 billion Sale-and-Leaseback or a $3 trillion value harvesting over decades, observes Vibhu Arya.
American tennis great Jimmy Connors has put his hand up for one of the toughest coaching assignments in the world by offering to mentor Australia's wayward talent Nick Kyrgios.
'Jobs will exist at very high levels or low levels of skill sets.' 'People, who are in middle level jobs, are the ones who are facing the problem as such jobs are fast disappearing because of technological advancement.'
While refund of the 750,000 tickets seems inevitable at this stage, the financial implication of the canceled tour is far from clear.
A worn-out fantasy of shallow wisdom and unspectacular effects, perhaps it's time to close the book on the Mowgli legend, feels Sukanya Verma.
'The phone rang on the night of January 15.' 'The voice of an Indian family friend in Venezuela came on.' 'That morning, there had been an accident on the highway'. 'My father had died on the spot.' Radha Roy Biswas reveals her heart-warming and heart-breaking relation with a country drowning in economic chaos.
President Donald Trump has regularly used the phrase to criticise certain media reports.
SRK's latest blockbuster opened in theatres on Diwali.
Pop star Robbie Williams is set to make a comeback by filling up slots at the O2 early next year, left vacant by pop icon Michael Jackson's sudden death.
The popular television actor was not exactly who we were expecting at the end of a fashion show but boy did he rock!
A financial analyst is one of the most popular career options in the domain of finance, Sanjay Goyal.
The stunningly proportioned actress readies for the release of her latest film, which stars the man in her life. The last time she did this, the film tanked.
Bhaiaji Superhit is bah baloney! sighs Sukanya Verma.
Real Madrid striker, Cristiano Ronaldo revealed his girlfriend Irina Shayk has an obsession with his boxers.
'Wage earners are shrinking. In both, the organised and unorganised sectors. And, entrepreneurs are growing.' 'But the increase in entrepreneurship is of a kind that does not create salaried employment or daily wage employment,' says Mahesh Vyas.
What Director Mahesh Narayanan captures perfectly in C U Soon is the texture of our online conversations, observes Sreehari Nair.
Sukanya Verma salutes the late actor's spectacular cinematic legacy.
The decision was taken after opposition by right wing Hindu groups across the country, who have called for expulsion of Pakistani artistes from India after the Uri attack that killed 18 soldiers.
He is the face of the e-sports platform Dream11, the fantasy league platform, online bus ticketing platform RedBus, web hosting company, GoDaddy as well as traditional big-ticket brands such as Colgate.
Hindi lyrics are no bar to the global appeal of his music.
'As much as I appreciate this seamless show of computer graphics -- the gobsmacking detailing of its manufactured wildlife and landscapes -- there's something awkward about its authenticity.' 'Neither does it match the vigour of The Lion King's dramatic plot,' says Sukanya Verma.
'What has India got out of Howdy India in substantive terms?' asks Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Veteran politician Farooq Abdullah broke into an impromptu gig with Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh on stage during an awards show.
Pubs and resto-bars are increasingly providing the stage for live bands to showcase their talent.
'Google and Facebook need to be tamed, their garb of 'Investing in India's future' need to be pulled off,' observes Vibhu Arya.
Aus all-rounder James Faulkner says that the new Powerplay rule crucial to team's total
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