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'I work for 16 hours and earn Rs 3,500'

'I work for 16 hours and earn Rs 3,500'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2011

Meet Siraj Sheikh, the rickshaw-puller

How Prince Harry paid tribute to Princess Diana in royal wedding portrait

How Prince Harry paid tribute to Princess Diana in royal wedding portrait

Rediff.com22 May 2018

A closer look at the royal family portrait will reveal more details.

11 ways to exercise while watching TV

11 ways to exercise while watching TV

Rediff.com13 Sep 2010

Hanging out on your sofa watching the 'idiot box' doesn't mean you have to be a couch potato.

'I love being known as a sex symbol'

'I love being known as a sex symbol'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2009

Pint-sized bombshell Minissha Lamba can be quite naughty and sexy, finds Priyanka Jain.

After Snapdeal, Ratan Tata to invest in online furniture firm

After Snapdeal, Ratan Tata to invest in online furniture firm

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

Tata Group's Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has invested in online furniture company Urban Ladder, making it his second personal investment in an e-commerce firm after Snapdeal.

Google now helps you find your Android phone

Google now helps you find your Android phone

Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

The Android Device Manager will allow users to ring their device.

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

Rediff.com30 Oct 2021

On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.

PIX: Step inside Kangana's beautiful home

PIX: Step inside Kangana's beautiful home

Rediff.com8 May 2017

'My idea of a perfect house is a place that takes me closer to my roots while I look into my future.'

Italian furniture brand Friuli makes debut

Italian furniture brand Friuli makes debut

Rediff.com11 Jan 2007

Bangalore-based Ikian Furnitures has been appointed the exclusive marketing partner for Friuli in India.

Cash crunch handicaps hockey tourney

Cash crunch handicaps hockey tourney

Rediff.com30 Nov 2007

The Lal Bahadur Shastri four-nation women's hockey tournament starting in New Delhi is spiked before it could take-off.

Single Indian woman? No house for you

Single Indian woman? No house for you

Rediff.com10 Oct 2016

I'm a single Indian woman, I have unpredictable hours and overnight guests, I'm stubborn as a mule and I like practising the drums,' says Mitali Saran, who is house-hunting these days.

Pramod Mahajan's daughter identifies Pravin

Pramod Mahajan's daughter identifies Pravin

Rediff.com15 Oct 2007

While pointing towards Pravin Mahajan, who was sitting in the dock, Poonam told the court that he had killed her father and she wanted justice to prevail. It is for this reason that she had come to depose before the court, she said.

Doon Valley battle-gear shines in Hollywood

Doon Valley battle-gear shines in Hollywood

Rediff.com17 Apr 2008

Currently, the Rs 20-crore (Rs 200 million) company makes three types of products: collectors' items, edged weapons for the world's elite armed forces and replicas for Hollywood movies.

'Clasico': Zidane admits Real's vulnerability

'Clasico': Zidane admits Real's vulnerability

Rediff.com29 Feb 2020

Zinedine Zidane has said his side are in a delicate situation as they prepare to host arch-rivals Barcelona in a La Liga title showdown on Sunday

PIX: Jai Ho actress Sana Khan's dream home in Mumbai

PIX: Jai Ho actress Sana Khan's dream home in Mumbai

Rediff.com11 Sep 2014

Here's a peek into another stylish celeb home.

How to plan for retirement

How to plan for retirement

Rediff.com6 Nov 2007

retirement to you means lazing on the sofa reading a book without any worries, then that's not very different from how most of us wish to spend our retirement. The difference however, is in the planning and application to achieve that standard of retirement. While some only dream of a blissful life after 60, some actually get down to achieving it. The dream can be a reality for you as well, you just need to outline a plan and be disciplined and patient.

A better world after Covid?

A better world after Covid?

Rediff.com13 May 2020

It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan.

'Why do we pay taxes, to live this hellish life?'

'Why do we pay taxes, to live this hellish life?'

Rediff.com6 Oct 2019

Rajendra Nagar, a planned colony built after Independence, is the worst-affected area in the Bihar capital, seeing an unprecedented flooding which residents said has "exposed the under-preparedness of the corporation".

inside every blogger is an aspiring author

inside every blogger is an aspiring author

Rediff.com21 Aug 2008

'Behind and beneath a book lying unbought and unread in a bookshop there is an entire universe of ambition, aspiration and frustration.'

'We don't have a strategy to fight the war'

'We don't have a strategy to fight the war'

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

'On a daily basis you are saying, you do this, you do that, but where is the blueprint of the war?' 'How many isolations actually we need per hundred thousand people?' 'How many ventilators will we need for 100,000 people?'

Elections and the feeling of deja vu

Elections and the feeling of deja vu

Rediff.com4 Apr 2019

'The great wheel of democracy has turned full circle, and it feels just like being back in 2014, but with less hope that someone out there is going to save us from ourselves,' points out Mitali Saran.

Godfrey Phillips rolls out smoking lounges

Godfrey Phillips rolls out smoking lounges

Rediff.com14 Mar 2007

The initiative, which is now across 12 locations, costs the company anywhere between Rs 3-5 lakh per location. The company refused to divulge expansion plans.

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

Rediff.com11 Jun 2020

'Like doctors, health workers, police, bankers are also COVID warriors,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Top 4 Sky Bars in Mumbai

Top 4 Sky Bars in Mumbai

Rediff.com30 Nov 2014

Enjoy the beauty of the city from the top of the world. Here is a round-up of the best four Sky Bars that you should head to, whenever the next special occasion comes by.

Saying Namaste With Pride

Saying Namaste With Pride

Rediff.com24 May 2020

Sudhir Bisht remembers how he was looked down upon for greeting a potential customer with a Namaste many years ago and how the tables seem to have turned during the pandemic.

World Cup blog: Minnows are crucial to cricket

World Cup blog: Minnows are crucial to cricket

Rediff.com27 Feb 2015

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.

The Great Gloom of Delhi

The Great Gloom of Delhi

Rediff.com15 Nov 2018

'Visiting my friend in his affluent locality, I realised that the Delhi weather had become the great equaliser.' 'Pollution was always in the air, everywhere, and had become the primary subject of all conversations,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.

Bigg Boss 13: 'Thank God, I am out of the mad house!'

Bigg Boss 13: 'Thank God, I am out of the mad house!'

Rediff.com30 Oct 2019

'We (Shefali and I) really got along but we never crossed the line by getting inside the same blanket or getting cosy or getting into the pool together. We tried to make a point that two people can like each other without showing any PDA and being an embarrassment to the family.'

Humour finds its way through coronavirus stresses

Humour finds its way through coronavirus stresses

Rediff.com27 Mar 2020

Subtle and sharp, sarcastic and self-deprecating. And sometimes just downright rude. There are wife jokes, husband jokes, boss barbs, Modi jibes, weight gain worries and the inevitable China insults. Humour in all forms is the panacea it seems for people around the world who are united in their need to laugh or at least crack a smile in these troubled times.

The TRP Trap

The TRP Trap

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

'The more the news media weakens, especially at this juncture of economic ruin with lay-offs and wage cuts, the more the owners and journalists weigh their value in terms who they are close to, the more they depend on the State to bail them out of trouble, slow-fry their rival, the faster it pushes us towards institutional destruction,' warns Shekhar Gupta.

Check out these funky furniture

Check out these funky furniture

Rediff.com11 Mar 2006

No Entry on DVD? No thanks

No Entry on DVD? No thanks

Rediff.com27 Oct 2005

The EMI generation

The EMI generation

Rediff.com21 Mar 2006

1971 war: The lashes of the whip

1971 war: The lashes of the whip

Rediff.com26 Mar 2021

Akhtaruzzaman Elias's The Raincoat describes the effect of the 1971 war on a college and on one of its teachers in particular.

Making homes more fashionable

Making homes more fashionable

Rediff.com19 Jan 2015

"The space you inhabit is an extension of yourself," Nainika Karan had said in an interview. It is with this thought that Gauri and Nainika have extended their fashion line to home decor as well. Pradeep Sachdeva, architect and owner of a design studio, reviews fashion designer Gauri and Nainika's new home decor label

A quick-fix Diwali clean-up

A quick-fix Diwali clean-up

Rediff.com18 Oct 2006

All about Formula One racing

All about Formula One racing

Rediff.com5 Feb 2005

Sharpen your database on the elite motorsport event.

A cake shop made out of cake: The funky Edinburgh art show

A cake shop made out of cake: The funky Edinburgh art show

Rediff.com1 Jun 2015

For 9 days in early summer, Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland is transformed into a public showcase of the work of graduating students, the majority of whom are completing undergraduate degrees.