Sprinter Revathi Veeramani is part of the 4x400m Indian mixed relay team in the Tokyo Games, starting July 23.
'My kids think it's very cool they will see me on Netflix.'
'When we go to war, we also take our families.' 'It's not just fighting the war ourselves, but our families are doing that too. And that's the biggest sacrifice.'
'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
Be mindful of your tone while you try to calm down your child and refrain from yelling, shouting, or hitting, advises Asha Vaghasia, founder, We Positive Parenting.
Hercules Singh Munda's father used to open the gates to a forest. Today, Hercules leaves for London to open the gates of his many dreams.
'Our future is in limbo. The government saved us with Operation Ganga; now, they must save our careers.'
Aarti Sondhi from Dubai tells us how she fought cancer and got back in shape during the pandemic.
Chef Aditi Handa, who is deeply invested in baking, makes the most delicious sourdough.
Criticised for being too big, Janette Tirkey is winning hearts on the ramp.
Zelda Pande recounts the specialness with which Diwali was celebrated in her home in Ranchi.
'As his close associate Som Pal told me, "Mandal was never V P Singh's brainchild. It was a Janata Party commitment he inherited".' 'He would have done it anyway at some point, but the specific timing of his decision was dictated entirely by political exigency -- his government was threatened.' 'It also turned out to be a game changer in Indian politics.'
'Have ghee with rice, roti or dal, and remember to enjoy and cherish its impact on your life and the life of your child.'
Celebrating the brother-sister bond.
It's not every day that an undergraduate from India wins a scholarship to study at one of the prestigious universities in the world.
'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.' 'But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha.
'The awareness of how big my father's sacrifice came to me when we went for the Republic Day parade and my mother received the Ashok Chakra,' Rukmini Vasanth, whose father Colonel Vasanth Venugopal was killed in action fighting terrorists, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih.
Modi said no regime had honoured Dr B R Ambedkar the way his government had.
'My brother broke down because he thought I was letting go of years of hard work.'
Unless you've been hiding under an Internet-blocking rock, you must have chanced upon some of the crisp, polite, informative and frequently witty posts crafted by the Mumbai police. Mrigank Warrier meets Sunchika Pandey, the brains behind the Mumbai police quips.
Contrary to the picture of a mother looking fondly at the child in her arms, experts stress that many women go through severe anger, insomnia, self-loathing and even suicidal thoughts after giving birth.
When was the last time you watched your sister's wedding film or browsed through your childhood photo album?
'Every day that God gives me to spend with Sahib is a great celebration of a day well spent.'
'The feeling that you can go out for a coffee, that feeling of freedom would be nice.'
Auroville just turned 50. Aurovilians who grew up in The experimental city speak of how their childhood was marked by a sense of openness and possibility.
Tackle your hair and skin problems with expert help from Dr Dinesh Jain.
The dashing IPL anchor will give you fatherhood goals.
'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall.
In Indranee Ghosh's latest book you will discover some untold secrets about the hill station in the north east of India.
'I play a suicide bomber and while doing this job if my character suddenly breaks into song and dance, it won't look good.'
'Am I going to take my money with me when I die tomorrow?' asks Kadar Shaikh when asked about the money he spent to develop two COVID-19 isolation centres with 145 beds by spending more than Rs 1 crore.
'There are times in your life where you have to pause a little bit.' 'The kids are growing up, and I want to be with them.'
Rediff reader Sherfudeen Mohamed, 41 from Canada shares his inspiring story:
'Who will give me that (lost) time?' 'The stress I have gone through, the stress my family has gone through.' 'We have not laughed in seven, eight years.'
'We have a huge responsibility of being so-and-so's daughter... you are compared to your parents who are these legends right from your first film, and that can get hard.'
'But again, do we have a choice? Absolutely not. The entire world does not have a choice. Everyone has to deal with patience. It is a global issue so the awareness is global, too.'
'It was a privilege to work for the country.'
'I teach my students for one hour every day. At night, I teach science to students from other countries. I have got requests from more than 70 countries in the last three years and more than 80,000 students have benefited from my online classes.'
Babychakra's online community has 500,000 mothers seeking advice and support and who share lessons learnt on their journey through pregnancy and parenthood.
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