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After Bihar, Is It Target Stalin For BJP?

After its big win in Bihar, the BJP is likely to push harder in Tamil Nadu, where the DMK government and the uneasy BJP-AIADMK alliance are preparing for a tense election filled with seat-sharing......

Stalin Goes To Bihar: What Gives?

Like his father Karunanidhi and AIADMK rivals MGR and Jayalalithaa, Stalin would like to confine his real political work to Tamil Nadu, and not want to take after the late Congress leader K Kamaraj......

Under New Bill Modi, Mantris Face Risk Of Arrest Too

BJP strategists are missing something somewhere, and they have not acknowledged it, to be able to repair it in good time, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in......

What C P Radhakrishnan's Choice Means For Modi, BJP

By naming a sworn swayamsevak for vice president, the Modi-Shah duo have sent out a clear and positive message to Nagpur, where the RSS headquarters is located, explains N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

Photographs To Amaze, Stun You!

The 18th Sony World Photography Awards announced its 2025 overall winners at a London gala. British Photographer Zed Nelson won the Photographer of the Year title for his series The Anthropocene......

Succession Vacuum Fuels Family Feuds In India Inc

Unresolved succession plans and informal ownership structures are fuelling bitter family fights across India's corporate boardrooms. IMAGE: Karisma Kapoor with Sunjay Kapoor. Photograph: Rediff......

Who Will Take Over The Godrej Empires?

Pirojsha Godrej, 43, patriarch Adi Godrej's son, is set to take over as chairman of the Godrej Industries Group from 2026 while Nyrika Holkar, Smita Godrej Crishna's 42-year-old daughter, has......

Godrej Split Handled With Admirable Dignity

'Business families like the Godrej group are increasingly realising that an amicable settlement is better.''Else, the wealth of all shareholders gets destroyed.' IMAGE: Clockwise: Jamshyd N......

Cloudy future for Kolkata's great roadside tea

Just as unregulated unauthorised hawkers and their shops can kill a city, some space needs to be carved out for distinctive affordable street food, says Shubir Roy. At Rs 5 per small glass of tea......

Godrej MD reveals how the company beats the blues

It could be his designation or the organisation he represents. Equally, it could be his name: Vivek ‘Gambhir’. At any rate, I was half expecting to meet an intensely serious,......

Did These Films Influence Zohran Mamdani?

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who created history with his big win, ended his victory speech with the song, Dhoom Machale from the Dhoom movies. Why didn't Zohran pick a song......

Will Sexual Abuse Ever End In Film Industry?

Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Worms are daily crawling......

The Difference Between Fawad And Shah Rukh Khan

'I think because India is a bigger country and Bollywood is such a well-oiled machine, the star thing has become so much bigger than the actor thing.' IMAGE: Fawad Khan in Barzakh. Film-maker Asim......

Heeramandi Review: Romance, Revenge, Rebellion

Heeramandi, a passion project that took off after years in development and planning, mirrors Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film-making's finest and frustrating features, observes Sukanya Verma. It's......

Looking At 1999: 25 Years Ago In Bollywood...

1999 in Hindi movies marked the end of a vibrant young decade and a gentle promise of electrifying new things to come in the new millennium. Where madcap masala still reigned supreme, morally......

Wimbledon champion Halep enjoys Romania's adulation

IMAGE: Simona Halep of Romania poses for a photo with the trophy in the Royal Box on centre court. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Romania's presidency and the Orthodox Church......

Children of another dangal

'Dangal gives people the impression that Geeta and Babita Phogat's rise to fame as wrestlers is a one-off phenomenon.''Many young wrestlers in Haryana are capable of reaching the same heights as......

Football backs 'Fergie', the greatest manager of all

Ferguson was immovable for more than quarter of a century re-inventing United as the world's most celebrated club IMAGE: Sir Alex Ferguson in the stands. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters If......