With 2016 officially behind us, let's look forward and speculate about the events, people and issues that will shape 2017.
Here's a collection of images of the past week.
Even as the community and the country struggle to come to terms with this attack, stories of survival emerge.
High visa processing fees, social security issues and the decision by Administrative Appeals Office to reapply for H1B on location change make life tougher for highly skilled professionals from India, Nasscom chief BVR Mohan Reddy tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com
The spell that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast over US lawmakers nearly two months during his visit to the United States has still not worn off, as was manifest by the gushing nostalgia of the Modi magic by both Democratic and Republican party representatives at the Congressional Diwali celebration on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
'One per cent of wealthy people have been handed over 99 per cent of our nation's resources. The rest are mute, helpless and very frightened spectators to this loot.'
The company brings its global campaign to India, looks for trust and a way to grow its business in the country
Says more than 120 who lost jobs have approached it; TCS says workforce optimisation leads to some involuntary attrition, nothing out of ordinary
The billionaire businessman beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.
Raja Chari is in training to go to space in 2019. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel presents the story of his journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to NASA. A Rediff.com Exclusive!
Be a fox by temperament and a hedgehog by conviction, Gaurav Dalmia tells Bhupesh Bhandari. Then, he explains why.
On November 2, 2010, in his acceptance speech on being elected Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo declared, 'We got such fantastic help from our brothers and sisters in the labour movement,' and then rattled off half-a-dozen names, including that of labour union activist Neal Kwatra.
'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra.
The characters drawn for the 2016 film have an edge that wasn't present in the 1967 version. This is perhaps why The Jungle Book has been given an U/A certificate in India. For once, Pahlaj Nihalani may be right, feels Aseem Chhabra.
Aseem Chhabra lists the top 10 films at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
'Mumbai is the toughest city to shoot a film. The hard part is executing an action sequence in a crowded street accurately. There are people everywhere and all of them are curious to watch the shooting.' Second unit director Dan Bradley talks about working on Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again.
From the Syrian civil war to the Ukrainian crisis to the terror unleashed by the dreaded Islamic State, there was no lack of news in 2014. In this five-part series,rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world.
Indian Americans speak up about the daunting challenges on the 16th anniversary of the tragedy.
IFFCO is reaching out to the young Indian urban professional.
This and more from the happenings in the world of football
Chennai-born Pramila Jayapal makes history in Washington state; she is also the first person of colour in the Washington State Democratic delegation.
Meet Mona Patel, one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of the Year.
There are 2.5 lakh undocumented Indians across the United States. While President Barack Obama's executive order last week does help, only the US Congress can really address the needs of those caught in the immigration tangle.
The court case in India against Wendy Doniger's book The Hindus was in a way initiated in Atlanta, Georgia, by a group of Indian-American businessmen including Dhiru Shah, who have been fighting against several controversial books on Hinduism by Western thinkers and professors in recent years.
The car can go from 0 to 100 kmph in just 3.9 seconds.
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
'You have to respect nature. You won't respect nature unless you see nature's fury.'
It's been 16 years since Rajeev Samant launched the first Sula wine by selling 50,000 cases. Today Sula is on track to sell a million cases this year.
Rediff.com takes a look at drones as they engage in activities you'd never thought you'd see.
A sadhu's dream, and India's bizarre response, reveals the country's true nature, says Amberish K Diwanji.
'We used to say two things are found everywhere: A potato and a Sikh. I think you can substitute Gujarati for the Sikh because Gujaratis are everywhere.'
'It is also very sad that many of us are yet to discover the Northeastern part of India. After having been to every state of India, people often refuse to believe that I am an Indian,' says Armstrong Pame, the admirable IAS officer from Manipur, who built a 100 km long road in a remote part of the hill state without government help.
The 2017 edition of the Guinness World Records reveals a selection of the most jaw-dropping records and record holders.
Hyderabad-based Pi Datacenters wants to be the first destination of choice for enterprises in data and cloud services.
Actor Kumar Pallana, 94, who passed away on October 10, has acted in films like in Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited. Aseem Chhabra pays tribute.
'At the back of the courtroom the three accused sat trying to catch the drift and fathom the new, inexplicable turn the case could be taking.' 'And the consequences it might have on their lives.'
As Sound of Music turns 50 today, here's a look at its beloved Von Trapp family and what they're doing today.
Cutting through the two-wheeler clutter we list the best value for money motorcycles, across categories, that burnt the Indian roads in 2015
Here's the latest from the inauguration day of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
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