Kerala: The Puzzled Book Of Questions

Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? asks Shyam G Menon. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff First week of January. My first rail......

Why Akshay Kumar asked Modi about mangoes and such questions

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar had interviewed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019, perhaps for the first time that the country’s premier was sitting down for such a question and answer......

How year's most extravagant wedding was made secure

Entry based on a QR code messaged on personal mobile phones, colour-coded paper wristbands for access to different zones, and a medical response preparedness reserved for heads of state helped......

Anil Dharker passes into the ages

Columnist and editor Anil Dharker passed away in Mumbai on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy @anildharker/Twitter   Dharker, 74, was the founder and director of the Mumbai International......

International Children's Film Fest begins in Hyderabad

The 17th International Children's Film Festival opens in Hyderabad today, November 14, and will be on till November 20. Some 150 films from 40 countries will be shown in the course of the week.......

Karisma, Kareena take center stage at Children's Film Festival

The 19th International Children's Film Festival (ICFFI) kicked off on Saturday, November 14, at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad. The inaugural event turned out to be a starry affair as quite a......

Goa for small film festivals

The government of Goa, venue of this year'sInternational Film Festival of India, has decided to organise smaller film festivals on different subjects throughout the year. "We will be holding......

Terrific films at the Toronto Film Festival

Gems from Toronto: Gender conflict in India, revisiting American slavery, and the fount of the Arab spring. A freed slave, who is also a gifted violinist living in a New York city with his wife and......