'Human warmth is such an innate part of India'

Meet Kiran Desai You were born in India and educated here, in England and the United States. Considering your formative years were spent abroad though, is there any particular reason both your......

Britannia wants to makes 100th year memorable

Britannia, which is celebrating its centenary year in 2018, will first look at expanding its dairy and bakery businesses, before turning its attention towards new food categories. The attempt is to......

The boss who nurtures

It is all about a C and C model -- of choices and consequences -- for women.Women make choices about their lives and for each of them there will be consequences, Shell India Lubricants MD Mansi......

Bengal vs Odisha: Who will win the Rasogolla battle?

In West Bengal, confectioner Nobin Chandra Das is widely known as the one, who created Rasgulla in the 1860s. Amidst a tussle with Odisha over the origin of the famous sweetmeat 'Rasgulla', West......

Nirula's set to take on McDonald's

For long, McDonald's has been riding on the affordability plank, advertising its prices that are apparently a throwback to an era. Now, it has to share the plank with India's oldest fast food......

Why The Godfather is the Bible of cinema

In March 1972, The Godfather was first screened in a New York theatre.The movies were never the same again.46 years later, longtime Rediff movie critic Raja Sen reveals why that film means that......

Have a hangover? Hollywood provides a cure

New Year'sDay brings with it mighty hangovers, and many of us may be trying out different concoctions in an effort to cure them, though medically, there is no real cure for a hangover. Hollywood......