George Acland from Great Britain ran a coffee plantation in Sri Lanka and set up India's first jute mill in 1855. He raised capital and imported the machinery for the mill on the banks of the Hooghly in West Bengal. His company wasn't a great success, but his pioneering work paved the way for India to dominate the jute industry.
It's been 19 years since Kal Ho Naa Ho released!
Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar captures glimpses of the stars over the weekend.
Aditi plays with her pet... Mouni looks stunning...Ajay Devgn directs Bholaa...
'I'm the daughter of both one of the oldest civilisations in the world (India) and one of the most multicultural societies in the world (Australia).'
The beauty of kindness is that it can only be repaid with more kindness, notes Aarti David.
Mamta reads a script... Krystle becomes a Love Guru... Shanaya takes a selfie...
Kartik holidays in Goa... Sobhita visits the gym... Juhi promotes her film...
The lemon is marinated for six months in a jar with sea salt.
The incident happened when the plane was taxiing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
K L Rahul seems to be enjoying the sunny weather in England.
'I run four times a week -- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.'
'I'd rather eat a hearty meal, meet deadlines, make money, meet a friend for coffee or even tend to that long-neglected corner in my oddly-shaped living room, than spend my Saturday morning romping in bed.'
Which stars caught Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's eye on Tuesday?
Disha takes a walk on the beach... Siddhant gets a new bike... Keerthy tests positive...
Add more fun to your Christmas weekend.
Try getting to know them better before allowing yourself to develop any feelings, or your judgment will get clouded by emotions running high, suggests Ravi Mittal, CEO, Quack Quack, an online dating app.
The question arose after Athiya shared a black-and-white picture on Instagram.
'When you sneak in a quick breakfast and feel mighty victorious.'
'An eerie similarity with 2019 inflation trajectory could now mean that the RBI and market inflation estimates could go awry.'
Stunning images featuring NSG commandos using death-defying spider-man technique for intervention to an insight into anti-hijacking operations are shot by ace photographer Pravin Talan and his associate Rupali Saagar.
Trends that added colour to workplace culture in 2022.
The actor is currently in Himachal Pradesh, thoroughly enjoying its scenic beauty.
Atique Ahmed is one of the most feared dons of Uttar Pradesh today. There was another don who preceded Atique and had he survived, Atique wouldn't have been around today, recalls Sudhir Bisht.
Twelve days of movie madness and 36 films later, Aseem Chhabra lists his top 10 favourite films from this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Ekta Mohanani Kamra, travel enthusiast and founder, Hop & Bop, lists places and activities to add to your monsoon bucket list.
Viewed as India's most eligible bachelor by some, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says he'll get married when the right girl comes along and part of the problem is that his parents' "really lovely marriage" has set the bar very high.
It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back.
Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's cameras captured these stars on Thursday.
Garvit Kawatra, 19, from Delhi tells us how he changed his diet and lifestyle to lose 45 kg in four months.
"V G Siddhartha, chairman and managing director of Coffee Day Enterprises Limited is not reachable since yesterday evening. We are taking the help of concerned authorities," Coffee Day Enterprises said in a regulatory filing.
'The pandemic helped me to shift my focus to the medicinal qualities of food.'
Coffee shops support a huge and growing workforce that cannot or will not be tethered to that piece of real estate that we all recognise as a formal office.
'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode might take,' observes Sreehari Nair.
"We are waiting for the post-mortem report which will make it clear how the death happened," Patil told reporters at Mangaluru.
Banerjee, on a visit to Maharashtra, was scheduled to meet Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray earlier, but as he is unwell, she met his son and minister Aaditya Thackeray, sources said.
Siddhartha's knack for value investment dates back to 1995 when he infused capital in Kshema Technologies, which was acquired by MphasiS. He also took an early exposure in Mindtree way back in 1999. Since 1995, he had invested in more than 15 technology companies including chip-designing firm Ittiam Software, and GlobalEdge Technologies, among others, says Debasis Mohapatra.
Single Indians are now planning to keep first dates 'active' with a walk in the park or an outdoor picnic.
