'Jeymalyatha has suffered more than enough and that she deserves to spend the rest of her time on this Earth away from her abusive trainers, rehabilitating, and with others of her kind.' *IMAGE: A......
IMAGE: Akhtar Imam with one of his beloved elephants. Photograph: M I Khan for Rediff.com Akhtar Imam, who had gifted nearly 10 bighas of land worth crores of rupees to his two elephants,......
These images prove what a whacky world we live in! A gibbon walks amid models of vehicles at a zoo in the park of miniatures in Bakhchisaray, Crimea. Photograph: Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters A......
'He always avoided eating non-vegetarian food in presence of his deputies if they were fasting for the month of Shravan.' 'There were no Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Swaminarayan festivals he would......
On the sweeping plains at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of female wildlife rangers is making history by defying patriarchal norms. IMAGE: Members of Team Lioness, an all-female......
If Cyrus's protestations of having no knowledge of his imminent dismissal are to be taken at face value, he was extraordinarily naive and insulated from the ground reality.There were enough straws......
John Elliott, the author of Implosion: India's Tryst with Reality, on his Riding the Elephant blog says the sacking of Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata Sons was in line with Ratan Tata’s......
The rise of the mall in India, at a time when many in the United States are becoming debt-ridden white elephants. E-commerce in India has been booming and online giants like Amazon......
A successful gold monetisation programme could go a long way in helping India reduce its trade imbalance. Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to get his hands on temple gold to......
Ratan Tata was at home in south Mumbai late on November 26 when the call came. On the line was a frantic R K Krishna Kumar, head of the Tata group unit that owns the city's luxury Taj Mahal Palace......
'He killed so many people, doing the kind of horrible things he did, and yet, he believed he was making the right choices.' IMAGE: Veerappan in The Hunt for Veerappan. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.' IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......
'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......
Every year, with the good, there are bad movies too. Subhash K Jha picks his seven worst films of 2021. Bhuj: The Pride Of India As a pulp, patriotic drama, Bhuj is shamefully shoddy work,......
'Smita had it all planned out. She was pregnant then and planning to leave Raj Babbar after the baby was born.' In an enthralling new book Smita Patil, A Brief Incandescence (HarperCollins),......