Well, life is tough, so suck it up

'We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the season -- and all that crap,' mutters Kishore Singh as he draws up a will :)).Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Now that everyone's......

Inside Vietnam's extraordinary underground military base

Kanika Datta visits the Cu Chi military tunnels -- a testimony to a plucky little country's 30-year war of resistance against, first, French colonisers and, then, the US. 12 lessons I learnt in......

'What was wrong was the bland version of Indian history'

'Even apart from the Bengal famine, there was a great deal more bloodshed and deceit than I was prepared for.''Almost every one of the acquisitions was won by extreme extortionate methods and what......

Ride the wave with aircraft carriers

With the United States delivering an increasing share of India's arms imports, New Delhi must work with it to retain control of our regional waters, says Ajai Shukla. Last week, a navy delegation......

Jaydeep Barman is changing India's restaurant business

'As long as people are eating we will be there,' Rebel Foods CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   We are not surprised when......

How Shardul Shroff built India's top law firm

'Power is always transitory, and you should be the same person whether you have it or not,' the head of the number one law firm in India tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

What a fool I have been!

'Paying my taxes, diligently repaying my loans, following the rules, scrupulously doing things by the book, when there's this big, beautiful world of unregulated chicanery I could have indulged in......

Why Rising Pune Supergiant changed its name!

'Last year, someone told us you must remove 's', otherwise you won't perform well and we didn't perform well.''Obviously, that's not the reason for not performing well, but it didn't hurt us to......

Review: Now You See Me is a poor trick

Now You See Me starts on a promising note but soon descends into a plot rife with predictable cliches, writes Raja Sen.Imagine a magician. Tall, charming, wreathed in mystery, and wearing a top hat......

Meet Hindi Films' Most Fearless Woman

Mumbai's Liberty theatre put together a magnificent film-and-music show called Fearless Nadia, as a tribute to the yesteryear actress, on November 22. Nishi Tiwari captures the experience."Sust......

Lunch with R Balakrishnan

The last time we invited R Balakrishnan (Balki) for lunch, soon after he'd made his debut as a director with Cheeni Kum, he had all the time in the world. And so, we had indulged ourselves in this......

Lunching with Manish Malhotra

He's styled some of the most gorgeous women on screen, and after his work with IPL's Kolkata Knight Riders, is experimenting with track pants as evening-wear.It was day-night one-day cricket that......

Want to join the WWE? Listen to The Great Khali

'Olympic wrestling is like an old Nokia phone.''WWE is like an iPhone.'The Great Khali's academy turns pro-wrestling dreams into reality, reports Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: The Great Khali with Jinder......