Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A few days ago, a friend said he doesn’t read fiction. This reminded me of......

Big Girls Don't Cry Review: Watchable

Big Girls Don't Cry is too solemn to be fun and too timid to be truly bold, feels Deepa Gahlot. For the new generation, it is probably the Harry Potter books set in a boarding school that......

Review: Vampire Academy is a sloppy mashup of pop references

Vampire Academy falls flat on its face, says Paloma Sharma.If one had to summarise Vampire Academy in one word, it would be, without a doubt, awkward. However, if one were allowed to use more than......

Review: Poovarasam Peepee has right balance of fun, suspense and emotions

Director Halitha Shameem deserves credit for weaving an excellent suspense thriller like Poovarasam Peepee, writes S Saraswathi. Halitha Shameem, who has previously worked with notable......

Meet the voice behind India's first animated Sanskrit film

'I love movies but not a big fan of cartoons. I get irritated when my brother watches them.' Sneha Ravishankar gets ready for her first dubbing job. Sneha Ravishankar will dub for her father's......