'Be you. Be goofy and silly and don't be ashamed of it,' says Akshara Ashok who uses comics to talk about body positivity.
Srinagar like any other part of Kashmir is witnessing the longest spell of curfew since July 8 when unrest broke out in the Valley.
US national Deep Rai, 39, was working on his vehicle outside his home in Kent on March 3 when he was approached by a stranger, who first argued with Rai, and then shot him in the arm.
Old songs, retro fashion, 1980s pop culture, childhood icons and sharing space with Kundan Shah on paper, the theme of Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was consistently nostalgic.
Abhijith Gopinath aka A.B.I was mocked through school and college. He found solace in hip-hop and chose love over hate.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Monday.
The difference between watching a movie on a laptop in your apartment and watching it on a big white screen is almost spiritual, notes Sreehari Nair.
Rediff reader Dr Ravi P Bhatia tells us how his daughter fought the odds in her life.
'We cannot believe the police encounter story at all.' 'They were in the hands of the police and they were de-weaponised.' 'They didn't have weapons. How can you kill them?'
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Andy Murray reprised his familiar role of being the last British singles player heading into Wimbledon's second week.
'The Swiss show their love of cows by letting them graze in meadows, plump and healthy, instead of by killing minorities.' 'Women drink and kiss their dates in public while wearing tiny skirts, yet walk home unraped.' Mitali Saran on how much she misses Switzerland.
'There is no audience anymore for my graphic novels. Few people seem interested in what I find interesting,' Sarnath Banerjee tells Uttaran Das Gupta.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America.
'What Kamala Harris' rise and rise underscores is that our old ways of identifying the Indian-American Diaspora need to change...' 'None of this detracts from her Indian-American identity, which makes us feel as if we are Americans too,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The mohalla committee movement in Mumbai celebrated its 25th anniversary last weekend. The movement, which was born in the wake of the horrific Mumbai riots of 1992-1993, has played an important role in ensuring that Hindu-Muslim riots do not recur in the Maximum City.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Skip Fifty Shades of Grey. Watch these well-made films recommended by Aseem Chhabra.
Many of them carried candles and signs reading, "We don't support politics of hate."
'Trust me, it's a disadvantage because people don't take you seriously.'
Presenting our list of ten influential and best-dressed Indian women across professions.
'What Siddhartha's life teaches us is something very true about life; that life is a circle, and what goes up will come down. What is on top today will come down tomorrow, and what is down will go back to the top.'
'I swayed my arms in the air with strangers when George Michael sang Careless Whispers' 'I was in heaven.'
The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year.
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
'As the convoy crawled towards Manali, the night got darker with no street lights to guide us. The road ahead too got narrower and rocky.'
The Silence's message is so overpowering, so overwhelming that a stellar cast, with all its charisma, aura and star power, pales in comparison to the subject at hand.
After news of Lou Vincent's ex-wife's match-fixing testimony came out, former New Zealand Test cricketer Chris Cairns has continued to stay firm on the stand that he is innocent.
'The beautiful valleys dotted by standing trees, white rocks and gushing streams were an instant respite for our sleep-deprived eyes.'
Of the two brothers in Kapoor & Sons, Fawad Khan's is the more successful, the better-earning, the more polite, the apple of his parents's eyes. Beside this perfection sits his homosexuality and the film forces us to question if we can look at Rahul as perfect, inspite of that fact.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists 10 instances when the BJP didn't pull its punches.
Beautifully shot and easy on the eyes, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is thoroughly engaging, writes Paloma Sharma.
'I see liberal men shocked at the flood of #MeToo on their timelines, men who rail against these terrible things, but who haven't had the slightest idea how many of their friends and family have suffered under their noses, nor how much,' says Mitali Saran.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
'Our only child. A Communist.' 'There was an encounter by the police inside this room, five years ago. He was shot in one arm, but managed to escape.' 'Missing since then. May Jesus keep him alive.' A revealing excerpt from Asim Mukhopadhyay's Half Man: A Novel On The Naxal Movement.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days.
On a field trip to Bharatpur at the peak of the summer, author realises that every season has its own charm
What's in store for Ash and Jazbaa?
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