'Arthur was a charming, quirky, funny, smart journalist who loved all things about films. And he would change my life forever.'
We looked back at the 10 Recipes Rediff Readers Loved Most.
Stuffed Karela or Bharwa Karela is a much-favoured dish. Bitter gourd is given a neat slit, deseeded, filled with a spiced onion-tomato-garlic stuffing, before frying.
P Rajendran looks back on the 11 plus years he worked with Arthur J Pais, the India Abroad and Rediff.com editor, who passed into the ages on January 8.
Arthur J Pais charmed her and exasperated her. But, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel as she bids him goodbye, it is the 'irrevocability' of death that 'stingingly puts into focus what you never realised you would miss terribly.'
While a lot has been said about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 1941 escape from British India and his perilous 90-day submarine voyage, his marriage continues to remain a secret. In the second part of the four-part interview to Arthur Pais, biographer Sugata Bose talks about Netaji's love story.
In 1941, at the height of the Second World War, Subhas Chandra Bose went to Germany to seek Adolf Hitler's help in organising an Indian army to fight their common enemy, England. In the third part of his four-part interview to Arthur Pais, biographer Sugata Bose talks about Netaji's time in Europe.
In the last part of this four-part interview to Arthur Pais, biographer Sugata Bose dispels rumours that Netaji is still alive.
'It is not by hiding things under the carpet that things improve or change,' says Mallika Sarabhai.
rediff.com's Arthur J Pais lists his favourites.
Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
The classical Middle Eastern snack gets a chicken twist.
Generations of Indian Americans have had Arthur first note their feats and recount it to the world. And that is why so many desis across America have been saddened by his passing.
In the third of a four-part series profiling economist Raj Chetty, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Arthur J Pais interviews his wife Sundari Chetty about being married to a 'genius'.
Check out who Rediff critics are rooting for this year!
Arthur J Pais on author Madhusree Mukerjee's rebuttal of historian Arthur Herman's critique.
In a four-part series beginning today, Arthur J Pais profiles economist Raj Chetty, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, nicknamed the 'genius grant'. Chetty says he hopes his research will help lower income children in India and the United States of America.
In the second of a four-part series, Arthur J Pais profiles economist Raj Chetty, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, nicknamed the 'genius grant'. In this interview, he emphasises how the presence of high value-added teachers in school can go a long way in shaping their pupils' destiny.
In the second part of the series on Indian-Americans who won the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, Arthur J Pais profiles Indra Sen, who through his own programme is waking up Americans to the plight of Palestinian children in refugee camps.
Soros' New American Fellow, Sundeep Iyer's interest in grassroot politics comes from the altruistic outlook he has inherited from his parents, discovers Arthur J Pais
Chitra Amritraj had an arranged marriage, unlike her parents, and her American journey has included challenges very different from what her husband Ashok encountered, discovers Arthur J Pais.
In the twelfth part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Sathvik Namburar whose ten-week stint at a Tamil Nadu hospital made him realise the vast need for health care across the globe.
In the tenth part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Siddharth Gupta whose Quilt for Cure movement is giving cancer patients some much-needed warmth.
Continuing with the sixth issue of our series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles 17-year-old Akshay Rajagopal.
Presidential scholar and physicist Abhilasha Gokulan shares her journey.
In the second part of the series on three Indian Americans who are pushing the boundaries in their respective fields, Arthur J Pais speaks with Kirin Sinha, winner of the prestigious Marshall Scholarships, who fuses dance and maths.
Movie producer Ashok Amritraj maps out his American Journey in making films.
Winner of 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee Sriram Hathwar in conversation with Arthur J Pais on the challenges of winning the competition.
In the final part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Maya Lakshmi Srinivasan who recovered from her shattered dreams of being a national gymnast.
In the eleventh part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Karthik W Rohatgi who is helping low-income children to eat more fruits and vegetables AND promoting small-scale farmers.
In the ninth part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Nina Srivastava who is breaking barriers in the deeply conservative American state of South Carolina.
In the seventh part of the series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles the multi-faceted Meghana Nallajerla.
In the fifth part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Rajet Vatsa
In the fourth part of a series profiling Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais speaks with 15-year-old Surabhi Beriwal
In the concluding part of this series on three young Indians American who are pushing the boundaries in their respective fields, Arthur J Pais speaks with Dr Manu Prakash whose low-cost microscope and oral cancer detector that can save millions of lives were born out of empathy for poor people.
'...And it is a total invasion!' Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and most of Bollywood catch up with Florida. Arthur J Pais reports.
Star debater, trailblazing athlete and Harvard medical student. Sana Raoof learnt from her immigrant family to be the best in whatever she does. Arthur J Pais finds what inspires this newly minted Soros Fellow.
Author Richard C Morais tells Arthur J Pais he is amazed how Om Puri and Helen Mirren have brought his characters to life in the film.
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