'We want to prove to the world that they will get the best code written from a small place like Wayanad.'
Steadily marching ahead for almost a decade now on the strength of his unassuming versatility, the 35 year old is ready to showcase his mettle in one of the most challenging roles of his career as India's first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw in Meghna Gulzar's biopic, Sam Bahadur.
Showtime is watchable but never engrossing, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Nobody is telling you not to speak or learn your mother tongue. But making other languages an emotional issue is wrong.'
A sharp mind with a penchant for trying out new things, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is relentless in his bowling approach and always tries to keep himself one step ahead of opposition batters, his long-time national team-mate Cheteshwar Pujara said.
Why the Sasural Simar Ka star deserved to win the reality show.
'I am doing the hard work in getting through the first 10 or 15 overs, or as an opening batsmen, scoring the first 25, 30 runs, which is the hardest. (But then getting out) when the time comes to accelerate and may be take the game deeper, so a bit disappointed that I have not been able to do that'
'They have helped stabilise our market by acting as a counterbalance to foreign funds.'
'You live there for 60 days and then when you see people rejecting you, nominating you, and you are like, "I just want to go home; I don't want to be here".'
Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch.
'Look at the number of billionaires, the number of new billionaires in India.' 'Adani and Ambani are not the only ones.' 'What's wrong with people making money as long as it benefits us?'
A picture of glamour and grit in the face of an emergency, the air hostess, flight attendant or air stewardess is often the hero we didn't know we needed.
Gamification has the potential to trigger immediate positive responses to learning that an organisation wishes to impart.
Ever since Australian cricket plunged into crisis following the year-long ball-tampering bans on Steve Smith and Davis Warner, there has been a lot of discussion on the spirit of cricket.
Jabeur feels the love in bid for first major title
As education minister Smriti Irani should be worried about the state of education nationwide rather than fuelling a German-versus-Sanskrit row, says Sunil Sethi
Following Manchester United's 7-0 drubbing at the hands of Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, manager Ten Hag among former players came down heavily on their 'embarrassing' performance.
False and acrimonious debates such as Modi versus Manmohan might allow for victories that are political and partisan. But the real loser is the nation, India and Bharat, notes Arvind Subramanian, former chief economic advisor to the Modi government in its first term.
'I have saved your name on my phone, but I cannot read or pronounce it.' 'I am able to recognise my wife's name today because after seeing it for so long, it has been imprinted in my mind as a picture and not the letters.'
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com explains how Dhoni's victory can help you at the workplace.
My grandfather Ashok Kumar made me sack my secretary as he thought she was a bad influence in my life.'
Narendar Lokwani of StockFundoo answers readers' stock market queries.
A call-up for the West Indies tour for two Tests was inevitable for Yashasvi Jaiswal after proving himself across formats.
The incumbent England skipper Heather Knight backed under-fire Smriti Mandhana, the costliest player in WPL, who had a poor run with the bat, to come back stronger.
World champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn crashed out of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament
Virat Kohli has said that patience is key to success in Test cricket as one mistake can turn the game around.
Don't be afraid of crashing. Realising that failing is human, and moving on, is a trait that will take you a long way.
'The power of love is the greatest power in the world.' 'Add a smile and you can conquer the world,' Bengali actor June Maliah, the Trinamool Congress's candidate for the Medinipur constituency, tells Swarupa Dutt/Rediff.com.
Travis Head channels Gilchrist spirit in WTC Final
It pains former F1 driver Karun Chandhok to see that interest in motorsport in India has declined drastically.
The Village starts off pretty well, but it required something more convincing than a bunch of creepy Gollum-like monsters to deliver the impact it should, observes Divya Nair.
If a 5% to 10% fall in the equity market gives you sleepless nights, you are not cut out for a 75% to 80% allocation to equities and must reduce it.
Roopa Unnikrishnan, Commonwealth Games gold medalist pays tribute to her beloved coach Jalal Uncle.
'Having taken much time off, and come back and worked again, and then gone back... I'm really blessed to have the kind of work that I'm still doing.'
Tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers. I think their number is not even in the thousands, the Union minister of state for law and justice said.
Most of the Pakistan squad members have not played in India before but skipper Babar Azam on Tuesday exuded confidence, saying his team has done its homework for the ODI World Cup beginning on October 5.
Vinicius started a foundation that is building schools in impoverished areas and is investing in research to develop new ways to improve the education system in Brazil.
'Things have changed overnight after Animal.'
'Does Deepika not have the right to raise her voice in a democratic and peaceful manner on an issue she considers important?' 'Why should one view her only as an actor and not appreciate her role as a concerned citizen of the country?' ask Aftab Alam and Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
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