India's First Emperor

Chandragupta Maurya was the first king to establish an empire in India.He died a monk. IMAGE: The Chandragupta Maurya stamp issued in 2001. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons Chandragupta......

Rioters are like demons, will be crushed, says Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday slammed the violence during 'I Love Mohammad' campaign-related protests, saying those trying to disrupt the Hindu festival of Sharadiya......

Indian Military's Awesome 3

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Field Marshal K M Cariappa Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh The three highest-ranking military heroes of the Indian Armed Forces. They were the rarest of the......

'The Largest Peaceful Gathering Of Pilgrims'

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have been moved by its grandeur points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Sadhus after......

Budget speech: Mix of wit, humour, words of wisdom

Quoting medieval India's political thinker Kautilya as well as Mahatma Gandhi, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday punctuated his Budget speech with words of wisdom, wit and humour.......

Modi's dream team to transform Indian economy

India’s new policy commission has received a makeover and a dream team has been formed to head the Think Tank, NITI Aayog. Arvind Panagariya, a free-market economist will be first Vice......

Pather Panchali, the film that made history

August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released.Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece. IMAGE: Harihar (Kanu Banerjee) returns to his village and ancestral home after having been away......

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES of Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2.To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. A lot has been......

Remembering Pather Panchali with Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2.Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family,......

'I was never out of work'

'Who wouldn't want to dress up like a princess every morning?' Shweta Prasad Basu gets ready to play one in her new TV show. IMAGE: Shweta Prasad Basu in Chandra-Nandini Shweta Prasad Basu makes......