Divya Nair spent eight hours getting home September 4. Thankfully she reached safe. And was able to appreciate the human side of her journey. Her story is not any more unusual than that of so many other city residents last Wednesday. But why should anyone have to spend eight hours getting home on an average rainy day in Mumbai? Why?
China on Monday opened the second land crossing in Tibet via Nathu La to allow the first batch of Indian pilgrims undertaking the arduous Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra, in the latest confidence-building measure between the two neighbours.
'They were the leaders of my country and the children of Mother India, but they didn't die as martyrs.' 'They were killed, most unfortunately, by a well planned enemy plot, and they were victims of political violence,' states Sudhir Bisht.
10 photos that show it's an odd, weird world out there
Municipality employees kicked, punched and beat Khan with a stick, which led to his death.
Brazil's Olympic women's football team was showered with joyous attention until their heart-breaking semi-final elimination on Tuesday which brought forward a key question: Was the interest the start of something big or another false dawn?
In a premise begging for food porn, there's a shocking scarcity of sensory pleasure or vision. You'll see more gastronomic delights in the two-minute trailer of the original Chef than in this entire movie, feels Sukanya Verma.
The fire sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror.
I Love NY is criminally unremarkable, says Nishi Tiwari.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government was doing everything to rescue her.
Yoga acharya Shameem Akthar takes at a look at what you can do to avoid the pitfall of obesity.
At Rs 2,000, you can gift yourself an awesome sensory experience for Diwali.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com attended the Congress president's rally in Mumbai on Friday, and explains why people who came with high hopes left disappointed.
'No one institution can cleanse it: Not the courts, government or activists.' 'And least of all the Indian Police Service,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
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The film does not touch the high standards achieved by director Aashiq Abu in the past.
The Dangal actor alleged, in an Instagram video, that a middle-aged man sitting behind her on the flight tried to molest her.
The Malyalam film is complicated in parts and oversimplifies matters in others, but is worth seeing
If only Aamir Khan had resisted spoon-feeding his audience...
Less than a week into the Olympics and people are looking tired around Rio de Janeiro.
Take calculated, not blind risks, suggests Ramalingam K.
For a brand that is still heavily reliant on traditional brick-and-mortar channels, airports are its new malls, drawing in young travelling professionals and encouraging impulse purchases.
The raising of the entry age in NPS has opened up an attractive new investment avenue for senior citizens, says Arnav Pandya.
Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
The ruling AIADMK is leaving no stone unturned to win the Vellore Lok Sabha poll and push its tally to two in the state, with its candidate even donning the skull cap to woo minority votes. But the DMK's stars are clearly on the ascendant in the lone constituency that goes to the polls on August 5. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
'The best course for India is to wait out the implosion that is bound to take place in Pakistan sooner than later.' 'We have to ensure that the fallings debris from a collapsing State does not damage us,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Badmashiyaan does not have any real plot to tell so it crams the script with numerous characters, who just enter and leave at will, warns Sukanya Verma.
'Peace talks with Pakistan are like accepting a dinner invitation from cannibals and hoping to return alive,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
BJP MP Vinay Katiyar said those who 'support Pakistan' were behind the violence.
Amid tight security cover, polling began on Friday morning in the second phase of the Bihar assembly elections, spanning 32 constituencies spread over six Naxal-hit districts.
Trump attended his first address to the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.
The Met department forecast heavy to very heavy showers in north coastal Tamil Nadu till Saturday.
Sukanya Verma's pick of this year's 10 most unpleasant is a mix of ghastly gone gaga, bilge that makes one reconsider their profession and faith-shattering misfires from the masters
Of India's sacred rivers, she is the holiest. It is believed that even the Ganga comes in the form of a cow for a purifying bath in the Narmada, says Geetanjali Krishna.
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.
Two devoted J Jayalalithaa followers speak of what the TN chief minister meant to them.
Big Hero 6 is all heart, says Raja Sen.
Prakash Raj's Un Samayal Arayil is a thoroughly enjoyable light romantic comedy set in the backdrop of an intense passion and love for food and cooking.
'We are finicky, extremely detail-oriented, authoritative and we like it like that.'
