As the curtains come down at the Tokyo Olympics, here's a glance at the medallists and those who came within touching distance of glory.
Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V Raman. Jairam Ramesh reveals why he decided to write a book on Edwin Arnold, who wrote The Light of Asia.
'R N Kao was a spymaster, an institution builder and a gentleman.'
No matter how many records he may have achieved in his glorious career, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's will always regret about one of his unfulfilled dream-meeting his childhood hero, Muhammad Ali.
It was Dev Anand's dream to put Indian cinema on the world map and he thought Guide was the perfect film for it.
Manikanth Kadri on composing for the Telugu film Village to Vinayakudu.
The latest Bollywood updates.
Check out the spunky actor's bucketlist of things to do in the country.
'Gone too soon, Astad, but I know whenever we meet in that world beyond, I will watch you dance.' Swarupa Dutt remembers a remarkable human being and a magnificent performer who left the world poorer when he passed into the ages on Thursday.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
With new funding from India, Oscar winner Steven Spielberg is ready to move ahead with production and we all shall be able to see six-plus foot invisible rabbit Harvey in the near future.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at the ceremony that was held on May 10 in the presence of the Kapoor clan and their film industry friends.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Martina Navratilova transformed Paes into a fitness freak.
'Other designers take empty suitcases and go shopping for the actors's clothes in New York.' 'To me, this is bankruptcy of imagination.'
Ana Ivanovic took the opportunity to experience the Indian culture and tried the traditional saree look.
Indian-origin British filmmaker Asif Kapadia says he lived with the idea of making a documentary on Diego Maradona for 25 years, since the 1990s when he was a film student and read a book on the legendary footballer.
On the eleventh anniversary of her father's martyrdom during the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, Jui Karkare Navare remembers her father, Mumbai ATS Chief Hemant Karkare.
The main streets of Ayodhya wear a scintillating look with illuminated lamps and special decorations.
When they sizzled on the red carpet...
Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
No one will be able to match up to his iconic sense of style!
Who won what at IIFA 2018? We tell you here.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Reader Namit sent us this picture from Melbourne.
Djokovic had named Agassi as his new coach on Sunday, following his defeat to Alexander Zverev in the Italian Open final.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Stars share their throwback pictures and takes us in flashback with them.
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30.
Nirmal Purja is a multiple Guinness World Records holder for quickest ascents of Everest, Lhotse and Makalu.
Reader Vilas Deshmukh sent us this picture from Doha, Qatar.
'Crucial intelligence was obtained by a R&AW operative from a couple of moles inside the camps four days before the Balakot operation.'
The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two. Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life.
IMAGES from soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
Pranabda hasn't given us any indication of the tough period when he realised Sonia Gandhi had decided to give the presidency not to him, but to then vice-president Hamid Ansari. He wrested the presidency from her, and handed her the biggest defeat of her UPA years, observes Shekhar Gupta.
The sarod maestro launched his book, Master On Masters.
'I have told my parents that whenever I decide to get married, even if you like the boy, I will elope.' 'Just for the fun of it, for that feeling of excitement.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances