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'My art is my God and the stage is my temple'

'Art has no religion. An artist is an artist.' IMAGE: Mansiya. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mansiya VP/Facebook It was in the late 1950s that an 11-year-old Hyder Ali joined the Kerala......

Two dancers to boycott Kerala temple fest in solidarity with Mansiya

Expressing solidarity with dancer Mansiya VP, who was denied opportunity to perform at Koodalmanikyam temple on religious grounds, at least two dancers on Friday decided not to participate in the......

When my mother danced for Chou Enlai and the Dalai Lama

No one on that glittery occasion could possibly have imagined that the Chinese were conspiring to invade India, nor could anyone have predicted that the seemingly benign Dalai Lama was plotting to......

The man who wants Section 377 scrapped

'The reality is that 377 compromises the freedom and affects many of us adversely,' Navtej Singh Johar tells Manavi Kapur.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com What the British were thinking......

Sharvari Khot, 16. 26/11 Survivor

Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel meets a lively, articulate, teenager who miraculously survived 26/11 as a six year old.The first of a year-long Video series on those who lived through the worst......

The secret to being memorable!

Engage, don't entice, advises advertising guru Sandeep Goyal. As an advertising professional of 30 years, I tend to believe that I am largely immune to the lures and promises of commercials.......

The dancing legends wowing India

Bharata Natyam legends Shanta and V P Dhananjayan discover they are a national sentation after their Vodafone ads.Nikita Puri encounters a couple who believe in breaking moulds. IMAGE: Shanta and......

'I call Rocket Boys an emotion'

'It was so nice to see that someone of her stature, where she came from and whose family she was married into and how she held herself in spite of everything that was thrown at her.' "You don't......

The Lady Behind Alia's Mesmerising Dholida

'The pressure was very high because I am not a Saroj Khan or a Vaibhavi Merchant.''I am someone from a reality show.''I was a nobody who was given an opportunity to express myself in the best way I......

'You don't choose Konkona, she chooses you'

'Ajay Devgn is perfect to slip into Idris Elba's shoes.''Taapsee can play any role under the sun.' IMAGE: Kavish Sinha with best friend Nazneen Dharamsey. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kavish......

Navarasa review

If the stories weren't bound by their themes or expectations or if they weren't limited to the time and the medium, Mani Ratnam's Navarasa could have been something better, feels Divya Nair. What......

2020's 10 BEST ACTORS

2020 wasn't prolific for Hindi moviesM but the men did remarkably well in displaying their talent in creatively challenging roles. From silver screen and small, here are Sukanya Verma's 10......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

Even greater glory awaits Mithali Raj

The semi-final against Australia and if the Indian women are fortunate, Sunday's final will decide her place in history as a captain, though she has long secured her position in the Elysium of......

'Cricket was never a road to fame or a means to make money'

'I only played it to repay the sacrifices and hard work that both my parents had put in to make me play the sport.''I feel proud of them that they fought against orthodox notions of society to help......

5,000 runs and counting... It's Mithali's raj!

Mithali Raj trained in classical dance for eight years until she decided one day it was time to follow her heart and exhibit footwork of another kind. She swapped the ghungroos for cricketing pads......

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