Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

History Unfolds At Rashtrapati Bhavan

With the strain and anxiety of the longest Lok Sabha polls now behind the leaders, governance, with consensus, is the next step. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi bows to the guests before he was sworn in as......

Will Modi Contest 2024 Elections From Vellore?

Vellore is one of the two seats that the DMK alliance won by the narrowest of margins in 2019, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Prime Minister Narendra D......

Adityanath, Balyan on BJP 'star campaigners' list for UP; Varun Gandhi missing

Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Varun Gandhi and its former Uttar Pradesh unit president Vinay Katiyar are missing from the party’s list of star campaigners for the first two......

Will content creators drive the next wave of e-commerce?

A host of start-ups are basing entire business models on the presumption that content creators will drive the next wave of e-commerce. Deepsekhar Choudhury reports. First it was called content-led......

Influencing the influencer

'An influencer is expected to have upwards of 100,000 followers across various social media platforms of YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc,' points out brand strategist Ambi Parameswaran,......

Meet The Jewel Thieves of Bollywood

Everyone knows they enjoy a great following among the ladies but diamonds are a thief's best friends too. Our Hindi films can vouch for that thought.  Quite a few plots revolve around a......

When I Attended The Bachchans' Holi Party

The Bachchan family have this knack of going out of their way to make you feel extremely comfortable. IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan with Jaya Bachchan and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda. Photograph:......

What's Missing In Angry Young Men

Angry Young Men misses some important elements of the Salim-Javed story, including an understanding of the duo's creative process.In fact, the two men do not even appear together in the same space......

'India Has Lost The Most Humane Storyteller Of Our Time'

'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kamal Haasan/X As news spread of Shyam Benegal's passing on December 23, heartfelt tributes......