News for 'Divya Nair'

Fighting Workplace Harassment? What You Can Expect

Fighting Workplace Harassment? What You Can Expect

Rediff.com29 Oct 2024

'Filing a workplace harassment case against a well-known company or professional can bring risks like retaliation, harm to your career and emotional stress,' warns Smita Shetty Kapoor.

Astro Forecast: Life Advice for 2022

Astro Forecast: Life Advice for 2022

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

Celebrity astrologer, tarot card reader and life coach Janvi Gaur tells you how each of you can optimise your talents to make the most of 2022.

Philip's Review: Worth A Watch

Philip's Review: Worth A Watch

Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

Philip's is a light-hearted film you can enjoy with your family and safely recommend to your friends, endorses Divya Nair.

Is Diwali Making You Sad, Lonely?

Is Diwali Making You Sad, Lonely?

Rediff.com10 Nov 2023

rediffGURU Anu Krishna tells you how to deal with your emotions in a positive way during the festive season.

Recipe: How to make Broccoli Pops

Recipe: How to make Broccoli Pops

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

This grilled appetiser is easy to make, hard to resist.

Recipe: Mayur's Ragi Dosa

Recipe: Mayur's Ragi Dosa

Rediff.com17 May 2023

Make the ragi batter in advance and store it in the refrigerator. It comes handy when you're short of time in the kitchen.

'I'd Be Very Happy Not Being In The Spotlight'

'I'd Be Very Happy Not Being In The Spotlight'

Rediff.com23 Oct 2024

'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'

Priyanka Nag: How I Won The Best Designer Award

Priyanka Nag: How I Won The Best Designer Award

Rediff.com20 Jan 2025

'The jury panel said that my collection should not be limited to a college fashion show; it had much more potential. They encouraged me to sign up for the annual National Designer Awards organised by the World Designing Forum.'

Ariyippu Review: Must See Drama

Ariyippu Review: Must See Drama

Rediff.com29 Dec 2022

Ariyippu is not a movie where you ask for a happy ending and you are served it on a platter. As situations change, the central characters conceal and display their vulnerability as any other real-life couple, observes Divya Nair.

Why DU's 4-year programme should not be implemented

Why DU's 4-year programme should not be implemented

Rediff.com24 Jun 2014

Delhi University's four-year undergraduate programme in its current form will inconvenience students as opposed to benefiting them.

A fashion week virgin's first tryst with glamour

A fashion week virgin's first tryst with glamour

Rediff.com18 Aug 2011

Divya Nair never went to a fashion show nor had she crossed paths with a supermodel in her life. And then Lakme Fashion Week happened to her. Nair writes about her experience for rediff.com

Why DU's 4-year programme should not be implemented

Why DU's 4-year programme should not be implemented

Rediff.com23 Apr 2013

Delhi University's four-year undergraduate programme in its current form will inconvenience students as opposed to benefiting them.

Pics: How many of these tasty dishes have you eaten?

Pics: How many of these tasty dishes have you eaten?

Rediff.com22 Nov 2019

Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week. You can share yours too! Simply click on this link #RediffFoodies.

This company aims to employ 150 mn youth by 2022

This company aims to employ 150 mn youth by 2022

Rediff.com2 Nov 2012

Globsyn Skills, a Kolkata based vocational training organisation is far from complaining about the unemployability of our graduates. Besides having mentored and trained thousands of technical graduates to identify their aptitude, they now aim to employ 150 million youth across various Indian states by 2022. They tell us how.

Why India needs feminism

Why India needs feminism

Rediff.com20 Aug 2014

Feminism doesn't mean being 'anti-men' it means being 'pro-women', says Hyderabad-based jewellery designer Suhani Pittie who was named among the 35 most powerful women of India under-35 by Femina magazine.

Raayan Review: Dhanush Works His Magic Again

Raayan Review: Dhanush Works His Magic Again

Rediff.com29 Jul 2024

Dhanush deserves credit for imagining a visually rich, edgy action thriller which is enhanced by a fascinating background score from A R Rahman, observes Divya Nair.

SEE: How Radhika Apte shut down body shamers

SEE: How Radhika Apte shut down body shamers

Rediff.com11 Feb 2020

Radhika Apte believes that no one should be schooled on what to wear or what to do, based on how they look.

SEE: How to amp up your winter style

SEE: How to amp up your winter style

Rediff.com14 Oct 2020

Designer Monisha Jaising tells you how to pick fabrics, colours based on the season.

Captain Miller Review: Dhanush To The Rescue

Captain Miller Review: Dhanush To The Rescue

Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

When you leave the cinema hall, what stays with you is the message of inclusion and the need to stand up for your freedom, observes Divya Nair.

SNAP 2011 'goofs ' SHOULD NOT affect students!

SNAP 2011 'goofs ' SHOULD NOT affect students!

Rediff.com22 Dec 2011

The SNAP 2011 exam allegedly featured questions taken from Web sites of coaching institutes, repeated answer options, incomplete information besides spelling and typography errors. Divya Nair checks if these allegations have any merit.

'You cannot fake your talent'

'You cannot fake your talent'

Rediff.com21 Aug 2014

Model Meenakshi Khari shares her greatest learnings with Rediff.com's Divya Nair. Read on!

He beat cerebral palsy to help tigers with music

He beat cerebral palsy to help tigers with music

Rediff.com8 Nov 2013

Hans Dalal overcame the limitations his condition posed to become a successful sound engineer. Then he fell in love with tigers, and decided to merge his passions. Divya Nair digs deeper.

'I Quit My Job Because I Was Miserable'

'I Quit My Job Because I Was Miserable'

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

Delhi-based Shubham Chakraborty, 32, a management graduate from XLRI, Jamshedpur, tells us how he fought anxiety and stress due to poor workplace management.

Bridgerton Season 3 Review: Penelope-Colin Keep The Heat On

Bridgerton Season 3 Review: Penelope-Colin Keep The Heat On

Rediff.com20 May 2024

While Season 3 is no match to the previous seasons, it would be fair to expect there is a lot more for the season to reveal in terms of romance and suspense, observes Divya Nair.

Quick fix recipe: How to make Idli Upma

Quick fix recipe: How to make Idli Upma

Rediff.com2 May 2014

Try this instant recipe made from leftover idlis and impress your guests.

'We Were Fighting With Our Backs To The Wall'

'We Were Fighting With Our Backs To The Wall'

Rediff.com13 Jul 2024

'There is a sense of achievement but it has come at a great cost.'

'You don't need a godfather to make it big'

'You don't need a godfather to make it big'

Rediff.com26 Mar 2014

'When I started my career, I was told that if you don't have a godfather, it's difficult to survive in the industry. Now that I have spent a fair amount of years in this profession, I can tell you that it's not the case.' Top model Amit Ranjan's lessons to make it in the fashion industry.

Mandira designs saris for women who rule the world

Mandira designs saris for women who rule the world

Rediff.com13 Mar 2014

Mandira Bedi, who presented her first-ever collection of saris on Day 2 of the Lakme Fashion where nine extraordinary women - including her mother Geeta Bedi - showcased her designs, speaks candidly with Divya Nair about her inspiration for choosing to design saris, how she manages to stay so fit while sharing two cents of advice on how to drape the nine-yard.

Wedding diary: Amma, I'll miss you the most!

Wedding diary: Amma, I'll miss you the most!

Rediff.com23 Jan 2014

Today, I should tell Amma what she means to me because tomorrow I'll be married and gone, says Divya Nair in her last column before her wedding.

Kushi Review: Decent Watch, Good Performances

Kushi Review: Decent Watch, Good Performances

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

If you are looking for a fluffy rom-com without much pravachan, Kushi is worth a watch, recommends Divya Nair.

Wedding diary: Things I'll miss the most after marriage

Wedding diary: Things I'll miss the most after marriage

Rediff.com17 Jan 2014

As the D-day draws closer, I realise that the list of pending things instead of decreasing is piling on. Now, it's a race against time says soon-to-be-married Divya Nair.

Wedding diary: Amma's advice on what makes a marriage last

Wedding diary: Amma's advice on what makes a marriage last

Rediff.com10 Jan 2014

In her tenth column, Divya Nair shares the best pieces of advice she got from her mother for a happy and healthy relationship.

Wedding diary: How I met his parents

Wedding diary: How I met his parents

Rediff.com3 Jan 2014

In her latest entry, Divya Nair talks about the nervousness she encountered while meeting her parents-in-law for the first time and how it helped her decide whether or not she would live with them post marriage.

Wedding diary: Love, sex and other things

Wedding diary: Love, sex and other things

Rediff.com27 Dec 2013

In her next entry, Divya Nair shares what she learned from her interaction with a gynaecologist. Illustration by Uttam Ghosh.

The bride's dressing room: No family please!

The bride's dressing room: No family please!

Rediff.com20 Dec 2013

In her seventh entry Divya Nair talks about the chaos in the bride's dressing and why she prefers an expert to help her get dressed for her wedding.

Click click click...smile please!

Click click click...smile please!

Rediff.com13 Dec 2013

In her sixth entry Divya Nair discusses the embarrassing things conventional wedding photographers and videographers ask newly weds to do and wonders whether or not she is ready to let them invade her privacy.

Wedding sari under 5k? You must be joking!

Wedding sari under 5k? You must be joking!

Rediff.com6 Dec 2013

In her next entry, Divya Nair shares her bitter-sweet experience of shopping for the wedding saree and why she disapproves the age-old tradition of binge buying.

'I'm finally getting married and you're all invited'

'I'm finally getting married and you're all invited'

Rediff.com21 Nov 2013

In her next entry, Divya Nair discusses some events from her life that have made her realise how difficult it is to please everyone and why it is important to learn to take things in the right spirit and move on.

'Have you bought enough gold?'

'Have you bought enough gold?'

Rediff.com15 Nov 2013

How does one justify mortgaging property and going out of their way to buy gold and gifts for a daughter's wedding? In her second column, Divya Nair talks about the unreasonable practice of elaborate gifting and exchanging gold in the name of tradition and why it bothers her so much.

Why I am looking forward to Papa's box of sweets this Diwali

Why I am looking forward to Papa's box of sweets this Diwali

Rediff.com1 Nov 2013

Soon-to-be-married Divya Nair will celebrate her last Diwali at her parents' home. She looks back at some of her most memorable festive memories growing up.