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Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Publicise undertaking given to govt in 2021: SC to WhatsApp on privacy policy

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its undertaking given to the Centre that it will not limit functionality for users not agreeing to its 2021 privacy policy but......

'3 drinks are more than enough on a long flight'

'Passengers feel since they have paid for the ticket it means they are entitled to unlimited free drinks.' Kindly note all images in this feature have only been published for representational......

Why Modi Won't Do Away With Sedition Law

In the last ten years, 96 per cent of the sedition cases against 405 individuals pertained to making critical remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi......

'Corbett Park is a part of our history. We can't tamper with history'

A central minister wants to rename the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand as the Ramganga National Park.In a two-part series, we explore Jim Corbett's many contributions to wildlife in India......

5 years of Reliance Jio: Disruption to Data Revolution

'There is no doubt at all that Jio's disruption of the mobile broadband market was a turning point for India's digital economy.'Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: Reliance Jio launched 4G services......

Niggling issues in India-US mini trade deal mostly addressed: Commerce Secy

India has demanded resumption of export benefits to certain domestic products under GSP, and greater market access for its products from sectors like agriculture, automobile, auto components and......

Should Big Tech be broken up?

Are the big five using their dominance to shut out rivals? That is the key question, says Prosenjit Datta. Photograph: Reuters Has Big Tech become too powerful? Should Facebook, Google......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

4 mn garments. 300 stores. Rs 6.8 bn. The Anita Dongre story

'Fashion changes fast and if you are not keeping up you're getting left behind,' design diva Anita Dongre tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: At the lounge in her office Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com......

'Salman Khan and his family sabotaged my career'

'Salman Khan family is the head of this venomous serpent.' IMAGE: Salman Khan in Dabangg. Director Abhinav Singh Kashyap appealed to the government to launch a detailed investigation into actor......

How Bollywood's writers are fighting back

'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.''Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'Ranjita Ganesan reports. IMAGE: Excel Entertainment, producers of Gully......

The lady who wrote Badhaai Ho, Good Newwz

'The producer will wear these gold ornaments, but they will not part with Rs 30,000 or Rs 50,000 to pay the writer.' IMAGE: Jyoti Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jyoti Kapoor/Facebook "No one......

'I will never sing an item number'

'Salman Khan means a lot to me, he holds a lot of importance in my life. Whatever he says is the final word, even in my personal life.' 'He recommended me to his producers as well as other......

Facebook Posts Masquerading As Movies

'The directors of these movies to me are less like artists and more like red-pen remarkists, whose idea of a script is basically checking off the broadest of issues in the broadest possible ways:......

Bereaved ATK Mohun Bagan keeper is now COVID frontline warrior

IMAGE: ATK Mohun Bagan keeper Arindam Bhattacharya lost his mother to COVID-19 on May 10. Photograph: Arindam Bhattacharya/Facebook Arindam Bhattacharya knows the feeling of being the 'last line......

Bio-secure bubble makes IPL 2020 corruption free?

Even though the Indian Premier League will be played in a bio-secure bubble, Ajit Singh, head of BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit says players could be approached for corrupt practices through......

Inspiring! This Marathoner wants you to break free

Partially paralysed, but with unbreakable will power and determination, Nihad Panju beat the odds to run his 4th Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.The 26 year old tells Rediff.com's Norma Godinho he wants......

With This Ring... Mary Kom and women's boxing in India

Why did two Canadians make a documentary on women's boxing in India?Harish Kotian/Rediff.com finds out. IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom.......

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