'It was impressive. I did not expect this from Rahul Gandhi'

Rahul would know that fealty can be a fickle thing, and that if the Congress bucks the trend and actually wins the next national election, selfies with him would find their way from phones to......

Being an Indian DREAMer in America

The futures of hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants -- including thousands of Indians -- who were taken to the US as children are now in danger after Donald Trump's repeal of the DACA......

A 9/11 in Trump's America

September 11, 2001 changed everything. Doubly so for South Asians in America.They faced ignorance. They faced bullying. They faced hate deep enough to kill.But they also fought back and gained back......

'The greatest damage to Indian journalism and democracy'

'Though we will raise our voices repeatedly, though we will not keep silent, this is a clear threat to us. What happened to Gauri Lankesh could happen to any of us.'Journalist and activist......

Immigration ban: America Inc vs Trump

US President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting the entry of people from seven Muslim majority nations -- Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya -- for 90 days widened the rift......

Forbes 30 Under 30: A case study for immigration

Of the 600 young change makers who made the cut this year '1:6 are immigrants from 44 countries' -- an important ratio in the age of growing protectionism, Monali Sarkar points. out.Illustration:......

How you paid for petrol, diesel in 2016

From the November 2014 price of $106 per barrel crude oil prices dipped to as low as $26 per barrel in January 2016 and remained flat for much of the year.Did the fuel prices reflect that, asks......

Goldman names 16 Indian-origin persons as MDs

Global financial services giant Goldman Sachs has promoted 266 persons, including at least 16 of Indian-origin as managing director, while three others of Indian origin have been named as Partners......

10 BEST Hindi Songs of 2019

The slump in Hindi film music continues. Between dispensable original soundtracks and a deluge of remixes that sound depressingly alike, the drought in imagination is truly regrettable. 2019 was a......

WATCH Brijesh Sandliya SING!

'If somebody remixes Banno 20 years later, why would I feel bad?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Brijesh Sandiya/Instagram After sleeping on the footpaths of Mumbai and struggling for years, Brijesh......

PIX: Ranbir parties with Sanju stars

The celebrations begin for Sanju. Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju enjoyed the biggest opening in the year so far, and its team came together to celebrate its success.   Ranbir Kapoor told Rediff.com......

The stars applaud Varun, Banita, Shoojit, October

October is being raved about! Shoojit Sircar's October, starring Varun Dhawan and marking Banita Sandhu's debut in Bollywood, has secured a 4-star Rediff Review A special screening was held for......

Indian women's softball set for debut at Asian Games

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Softball Association of India/Twitter Softball Association of India (SBAI) on Monday announced a 16-member Indian women's team, which is all set to make its debut at the......

Shooting coach Monali Gorhe dead at 44

IMAGE: Monali Gorhe (first from right, bottom row) was coach of pistol core team. Photograph: Instagram In a big loss to the Indian shooting fraternity, coach and technical official Monali Gorhe......

Sports Shorts: Ankita crashes out of US Open Qualifying event

IMAGE: Ankita Raina failed to keep her momentum. Photograph: Ankita Raina/Twitter India's top women's singles player Ankita Raina crashed out of the women's singles US Open qualifying event......