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ASK KOMAL: Am active, but not losing weight

ASK KOMAL: Am active, but not losing weight

Rediff.com13 Sep 2021

Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides expert help.

ASK POOJA: My puppy's biting me, please help!

ASK POOJA: My puppy's biting me, please help!

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

Canine lover and dog trainer Pooja Sathe Gawande answers your queries.

'Men stray more than women; it is something to do with their biology'

'Men stray more than women; it is something to do with their biology'

Rediff.com19 Jun 2020

'Every marriage hits a road block.' 'There are fights and boredom sets in.'

Ashwin not thinking about Kumble's 619 wicket mark

Ashwin not thinking about Kumble's 619 wicket mark

Rediff.com27 Feb 2021

Ravichandran Ashwin has stopped bothering about landmarks 'long, long time back' as his only endeavour is to work on his craft and be useful every time when he plays for India.

Must See: How India has changed since March 25

Must See: How India has changed since March 25

Rediff.com15 May 2020

Home quarantine, boredom and the lack of your favourite foods are just some of the smaller problems people are facing during the lockdown.

'They thought I was stark raving mad'

'They thought I was stark raving mad'

Rediff.com18 Feb 2022

'I was about 27 at that point in time, and I knew that if I didn't take this leap then, I wouldn't take the leap ever.'

ASK POOJA: Emotionally Ready for a Pet?

ASK POOJA: Emotionally Ready for a Pet?

Rediff.com1 Sep 2021

Please remember that the responsibility of the pet is ultimately going to come on you. Think carefully if you are ready to give time to the pet for the next 10-12 years.

BJP Tactics Won't Cut Much Ice In TN

BJP Tactics Won't Cut Much Ice In TN

Rediff.com3 Jun 2022

The Hindutva social media continues to present the DMK especially as anti-god, anti-Hindu and anti-Brahmin. The strategy did not work in the past, it has not worked in the present, and would not work in the future, as a massive vote-getter, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Bored at work? Try this!

Bored at work? Try this!

Rediff.com22 Jul 2014

Tired from work overload? Go ahead and take a break to recharge your brain cells.

Review: Running Shaadi is boring

Review: Running Shaadi is boring

Rediff.com17 Feb 2017

Only if the script was better... Only if the film maintained the promise of its beginning... Only if situations weren't conveniently and easily resolved... Only if the director understood the potential of the story he had on his hands... Running Shaadi wouldn't be the morass of boredom it is. notes Savera R Someshwar.

Virtual sex? 5 tips to ensure safety

Virtual sex? 5 tips to ensure safety

Rediff.com29 Jan 2021

Though betrayals, cheating and lies happen in real life too, they can happen more easily online, warns Sybil Shiddell, country manager-India, Gleeden, an extra-marital dating Web site.

What Rohan Bopanna is up to in quarantine

What Rohan Bopanna is up to in quarantine

Rediff.com27 Jan 2021

Bopanna has empathy for the organisers but can't hide his own frustration either.

Review: Amavas is a snooze fest...

Review: Amavas is a snooze fest...

Rediff.com8 Feb 2019

Amavas is a bore!

Shoaib Akhtar calls for split captaincy if Rohit does well in Australia

Shoaib Akhtar calls for split captaincy if Rohit does well in Australia

Rediff.com18 Nov 2020

Calls have been growing for spilt captaincy in the Indian team since Rohit led Mumbai Indians to a fifth title in the IPL.

'Bored' Owaisi demands new bed, TV in jail cell

'Bored' Owaisi demands new bed, TV in jail cell

Rediff.com12 Jan 2013

The police have started interrogating Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen leader Akaruddin Owaisi about his alleged hate speech. According to police sources, though Owaisi is cooperating with the investigation, it will take the police some time to file a charge-sheet in the case.

How to stop 'stress eating' at home

How to stop 'stress eating' at home

Rediff.com18 May 2020

We tend to make the things we crave; which does not necessarily mean that they are healthy, says nutritionist Delnaaz T Chanduwadia.

Books emerge as farmers' best friends at Singhu border

Books emerge as farmers' best friends at Singhu border

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

Protesting farmers, who have been holding their fort at the Singhu border for over 20 days, are keeping monotony and boredom at bay by adding new books to their reading list -- day after day.

Flying alone? Now, a website for 'airport dating'

Flying alone? Now, a website for 'airport dating'

Rediff.com28 Nov 2012

No reason to fly solo any more. Here's how you can hook up while you're on the move!

TELL US: The secret to a happy marriage

TELL US: The secret to a happy marriage

Rediff.com4 Feb 2013

How do you make a marriage a happy one? We want to know from you!

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

Rediff.com6 May 2022

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.

Why customers break-up with their favourite brands

Why customers break-up with their favourite brands

Rediff.com21 Aug 2012

The reality is that customers can and will cut ties with brands that do not take their best interests into account.

How Vihari is spending lockdown time

How Vihari is spending lockdown time

Rediff.com30 Mar 2020

'Cheat meals, watching clips of 2005 Ashes, while trying to stay mentally positive and busy'

Taiwanese couple in their 80s take Instagram by storm modelling old laundry

Taiwanese couple in their 80s take Instagram by storm modelling old laundry

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

Having spent decades running a laundromat in Taiwan's coastal city of Taichung, Hsu Sho-Er, 84, and her husband, Chang Wan Ji, 83, are now proving a hit on Instagram after their grandson Reef Chang -- and stylist -- set up an account for them in June. Any items left at the laundromat for over a year are considered fair game.

'I don't know how to save this relationship'

'I don't know how to save this relationship'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2022

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.

Light, healthy, tasty: Summer diet recipes!

Light, healthy, tasty: Summer diet recipes!

Rediff.com19 May 2011

Nutritionist and fitness trainer Samreedhi Goel provides readers with season-appropriate preparations and summer diet tips.

These funny animals are just what we need right now!

These funny animals are just what we need right now!

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

The world feels like complete panda-monium right now. But thanks to the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, we can all take a brief break from the news cycle and focus on otter things -- like pictures of animals being complete goofballs. The animals were pictured by photographers competing in the sixth annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, which saw thousands of pictures entered, taken around the world. As well as providing a smile, the competition works alongside the Born Free Foundation to highlight a more serious matter -- the importance of conserving our planet's beautiful wildlife. We share a selection of the best finalists' photos...

SEE: Nadal makes winning start as tennis returns in virtual world

SEE: Nadal makes winning start as tennis returns in virtual world

Rediff.com28 Apr 2020

With professional tennis tours closed down until mid July at the earliest because of the coronavirus pandemic, an esports version of the claycourt event is being staged online. Nadal showed impressive fingerwork to beat young Canadian Denis Shapovalov in his opening round-robin match on a digital representation of the Spanish capital's Manolo Santana Stadium.

Cooking with Poo and six REALLY ODD book titles

Cooking with Poo and six REALLY ODD book titles

Rediff.com24 Feb 2012

The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year was conceived as a way to avoid boredom at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. Check out what titles are in the running this year.

Check out our Sports Quiz!

Check out our Sports Quiz!

Rediff.com7 Apr 2020

Take a crack at our not-so-tough sports quiz...

Akshay Kumar doesn't impress in KKK 4

Akshay Kumar doesn't impress in KKK 4

Rediff.com6 Jun 2011

The action-based reality series is in dire need of a crisp interface and Akshay Kumar in his true element.

Maqbool is the SEXIEST Indian Film Ever

Maqbool is the SEXIEST Indian Film Ever

Rediff.com27 Aug 2021

In Maqbool, Vishal Bhardwaj did a Godfather; in that he took something that was pulpy and fast and gripping, and made out of it something timeless and grand, feels Sreehari Nair.

The best way to GIFT yourself a HEALTHY 2021

The best way to GIFT yourself a HEALTHY 2021

Rediff.com3 Feb 2021

Nutritionist Komal Jethmalani tells you simple ways to improve your health in the New Year.

COVID-19 lockdown: Golfer Rashid turns to martial arts to stay fit

COVID-19 lockdown: Golfer Rashid turns to martial arts to stay fit

Rediff.com9 Apr 2020

Rashid Khan is ranked inside top 60 in the Olympic Golf Qualification Rankings -- the cut-off for Olympics -- but with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down all events globally, including India, he too has been confined to home.

Smith: Would love to see Aus win Test Series in India

Smith: Would love to see Aus win Test Series in India

Rediff.com8 Apr 2020

Steve Smith believes India is one of the toughest places to play Test cricket and winning a five-day format series in the country is a major career goal for him. Smith also heaped praise on India's spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, describing him as a difficult bowler to face in the subcontinent.

How COVID-19 survivor beats isolation blues

How COVID-19 survivor beats isolation blues

Rediff.com7 Apr 2020

Bingeing on action movies, hours-long video calls to his wife and watching "less TV news" helped a coronavirus survivor in successfully getting through the tense isolation period in hospital.

Review: We Are Family is no Stepmom

Review: We Are Family is no Stepmom

Rediff.com2 Sep 2010

We Are Family falls into the same genre of films such as Ta Ra Rum Pum or Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic which are purportedly about kids but it's the same melodramatic mush being dished out in a new wrapper. A sensitive, real film such as Stepmom has been turned into a cliched Bollywood potbroiler.

Build it like Beckham

Build it like Beckham

Rediff.com23 Jul 2010

Laid up with a leg injury earlier this year, which left him unable to play for his new club AC Milan or for national squad England, David Beckham turned to one of India's great treasures to relieve his boredom, the 35-year-old British footballer recently revealed. And he didn't even have to leave Italy to do it.

Tere Bin Laden: A brilliant satire

Tere Bin Laden: A brilliant satire

Rediff.com16 Jul 2010

Tere Bin Laden is free of drama and emotion. And it works.

Pranab completes 3 years as Rashtrapati, says life hasn't been boring at all

Pranab completes 3 years as Rashtrapati, says life hasn't been boring at all

Rediff.com25 Jul 2015

There is a lot to be done at Rashtrapati Bhavan, said President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday as he ushered in his fourth year in office dispelling notions that life in the President's Estate was in a "realm of boredom".

Team spirit secret to England's recipe for success

Team spirit secret to England's recipe for success

Rediff.com9 Jul 2018

Before the tournament the groundwork was put in at England's tranquil, rural St George's Park training centre and once in Russia, they have been ensconced in the quiet lakeside resort of Repino, 45 kilometres outside of St Petersburg.