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10 things you need to know about Mahashweta Devi

Writer and activist Mahashweta Devi, who passed away after a prolonged illness on Thursday, authored more than a 100 novels and 20 collections of short stories. She was not only a celebrated writer......

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House reopens after 103 days

The iconic Indian Coffee House in Kolkata's College Street area -- a favourite joint of poets, writers, painters and artists over the years -- reopened on Thursday, 103 days after downing its......

Mahasweta Devi - a voice of the oppressed

The 91-year-old, who died on Thursday, went beyond her role as a writer to help tribals in organising themselves in groups so that they could take up development activities in their own areas. A......

Bengal's tinsel town takes sides in high-octane TMC vs BJP battle

Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in......

'The strike has made us realise the power that youth has'

In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Reema Kaur, one of the students on strike for nearly three months at the FTII. The Delhi resident feels the......

Shah Rukh, Rajinikanth, Alia Make WAVES With Modi

IMAGE: Deepika Padukone's look for WAVES 2025. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram Bollywood's biggest stars arrived at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on May 1 to take......

The 'Alien' Who's Made A Tiger Film

'I am fascinated by the lurking presence of the tiger.' IMAGE: Natesh Hegde with Anurag Kashyap, who his co-produced his film Vaghachipani. Photograph: Kind courtesy Natesh Hegde/Instagram Natesh......

2024 Belongs To Payal Kapadia!

All We Imagine as Light has been on several critics' best of the year lists, including Sight and Sound (Payal Kapadia appeared on the magazine's cover, perhaps a first for an Indian filmmaker), to......

'I Want To Make Serious Films That Are Also Cheesy'

'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.''It's not about actual physical loneliness.''It's the loneliness in the company of others, and I felt that that is a very Mumbai thing.''You can......

'I may be the first actor brand of pickles!'

Mohanlal's latest film Mr Brahmachari has fared well at the box office. The initial response to the Vishu (Malayalam New Year, April 15) release, Kilichundan Mamabazham, from the......

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