A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Bollywood stars continue to post pictures with lovely messages on Earth Day.
Reader Trivikram Arun sent us a picture of Muralitharan from England.
Moments that show it's an odd, odd world we live in.
Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
To understand the problem with public examinations we need to understand the different objectives they serve and how they interact and conflict with each other.
For people who have had their personal identification stolen, it could also help prevent cyber criminals from using that information to make purchases in their name.
"If telecom changed the game for how business was done in India, then we need 20 more of those systemic game-changers to take us to the next level," Ronnie Screwvala tells Pavan Lall.
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'We have actually made the film for children and intellectual people.'
'I am not actively searching for a film; I leave it up to the universe.'
Welcome to the weekly fashion round-up, where we bring you the latest on supermodels, style, designers and everything in-between!
Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com and A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com boarded the Himsagar Express that runs between Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir. Check out the scenes they witnessed...
B-town stars back in city after celebrating New Year!
From the boys who used to hand out tickets to people on the streets and invite them to their concerts free of charge to the men selling out Wembley Stadium in less than a day, having about 20 songs on Billboards #1, BTS have come a long way, says Maya Dominic, a fan of the Korean pop band.
The singer got engaged to longtime girlfriend Cherry Seaborn this weekend.
Indians are welcome to study and work in Great Britain, says UK's Minister for Science and Universities Jo Johnson.
From odd to heartwarming, the best of Twitter conversations in 2014.
Why did Pakistan sign a cease-fire without acquiring Kashmir, which was the sole purpose of the 1965 War, asks Ahmad Faruqui.
'We are a young nation. But I wanted to explore the conflict between the young and the old.' 'The cynicism of people who have lived it versus the optimism and naivete of the young.'
It's true! Spending too much time on social media can affect your mental health.
'It did not start as a Hindutva slogan.' 'It started to tease the TMC and slowly it got internalised and the BJP started countering with Jai Shri Ram slogans because Mamata was getting provoked.'
Tahira Kashyap's Instagram post is funny and inspiring -- and an alert to all young women.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
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Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Anil Kukreja sends us a picture of Azharuddin from a long time ago.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Soumitra Chatterjee -- one of the finest Indian actors of our time -- meant so much to Aseem Chhabra.
The changes, which will come into force on May 20 next year, will bring an end to the use of physical objects to define measurement units.
'We need more universal films like Dangal, Sultan or Padmavat that work across single screens and multiplexes.'
Reader Prakash Bhargava sent us pictures of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev from Oklahoma.
His family has made a passionate appeal for his return.
Amid the crisis has risen an outpouring of empathy from ordinary people across India led by the civil society, who have stepped up to help migrant labourers, domestic helps, construction workers, and small scale workers who were left jobless because of the nationwide lockdown.
The Nubia Red Magic 3S is delightfully designed and immensely powerful, says Veer Arjun Singh.
Within 24 hours of the announcement of poll dates, traction on poll-based apps has risen drastically, report Karan Choudhury and Neha Alawadhi.
'The majority of the spread is by people coughing, or sneezing or talking loudly, in a very short distance, two metres from one another, and a mask will prevent that sort of transmission.'
'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga is a step backward for the portrayal of female camaraderie in our movies,' argues Sreehari Nair.
Rediff reader Ravikant Rajput from Saudi Arabia writes about his school teacher Neela Joshi.
The main streets of Ayodhya wear a scintillating look with illuminated lamps and special decorations.
The list comprising old and new fiction as well as non-fiction deals with the intrinsic issues that continue to affect Africa today.
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