'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......
‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......
Tamil Nadu's voters wanted tough leaders at the helm, to the point of being autocratic.It was what Karunanidhi, MGR and Jayalalithaa ended up becoming, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil......
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......
'The BJP's modus operandi is not just to be intolerant of dissent, it is to create mistrust and doubt between communities and the electoral process itself.'Payal Singh Mohanka reports. IMAGE:......
Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Business schools are in such a period of boom -- with the leading ones struggling to deal......
'15, 17 years back we were not even in existence in the US. Today nearly 1/3 of prescriptions written comes from India.''India is showing that in a very competitive environment -- like the US and......
'I want to leave behind the bank stronger and better than when I took over,' SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya tells Niraj Bhatt and Abhijit Lele. IMAGE: Arundhati Bhattacharya was appointed......
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Saturday asked foreign investors to invest in the country. Singh was in Barmer district of Rajasthan to inaugurate a terminal for supply of......
The Securities and Exchange Board of India chairman C B Bhave said punishment should be quick for the perpetrators of fraud at IT firm Satyam Computer. Bhave said that the Satyam issue had been......
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......
Larger-than-life fun and froth are Karan Johar's mainstay.It's his ability to surprise in places he's least expected to that make him more versatile than he lets on. Karan Johar is a world within a......
Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma. Cinema's indelible quality can make memories made on screen memories of......
After an interruption of two years, the Berlin Film Festival returned in full force. A range of remarkable films were show, from new discoveries, return of old masters and a celebration of classic......
Elvis is a missed opportunity, notes Aseem Chhabra. Baz Luhrmann is a master showman and everything he has touched so far -- Strictly Ballroom, Romeo+Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and even the sometimes......
Photograph: BCCI/X As Ravichandran Ashwin prepares to step onto the field for his 100th Test in the Dharamsala fixture on March 7, he is poised to join 14 Indian cricketers and a global......
One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......
Novak Djokovic will be aiming to extend his record number of Grand Slam titles to 24 when Wimbledon gets underway on July 3, but a new crop of players have shone in recent months to show they can......
IMAGE: A life-size statue of legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will be unveiled at the Wankhede. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Fans will soon get to see a life-size statue of......
Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......