Divya Nair speaks to an Indian teenager who skied across Greenland to raise funds for an institution for leprosy patients' daughters.
Rediff.com's Divya Nair visited the IBSAR centre at Belapur on the first day of CAT 2011 and spoke to students to find out how the first day went by. While most students do not prefer to take the CAT on the first day, we spoke to some students who braved it on the D-Day.
Fashion Week first-timer Divya Nair recounts her fifth and final day attending Lakme.
Fashion Week first-timer Divya Nair recounts her fourth day attending Lakme.
Fashion Week first-timer Divya Nair recounts her third day attending Lakme.
Fashion Week first-timer Divya Nair recounts her second day attending Lakme.
As we celebrate women achievers who are excelling in their careers, here are incredible tales of hard work and perseverance to inspire you this week.
Readers share their food pics. You can share yours too!
On July 13, 2011, Bapi Motilal Khetu had barely sat down at a shop in Khau Galli in Zaveri Bazaar locality of Mumbai when a bomb placed in a Honda Activa scooter exploded. A year later, he is scared of leaving his home and complains that life will never be the same for him. Divya Nair reports.
rediffGURU Namita Piparaiya, wellness coach and founder of Yoganama, answers your yoga-related questions.
There is nothing exceptional in the plot that will blow your mind away, warns Divya Nair. Yashoda Review
This is the kind of essential saas-bahu banter we don't mind tolerating on our screens, Divya Nair tells us.
Half Pants Full Pants will instantly warm your heart, Divya Nair tells us.
'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.' 'It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.' 'Whether it's a series, a movie or even a Korean film, the audience has access to all of it.' 'Slowly, the boundaries are blurring, so that's great for actors.'
Rasam is my Amma's go-to solution for all ailments, be they a cold, cough, fever or a headache.
Best served hot with idli podi, these delightful fluffy idli balls make for an interesting snack with tea/coffee.
Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna explains why parents and teens struggle to have a healthy conversation.
Divya Nair lists 2023's Malayalam movies that can be enjoyed by all ages.
Mental health coach Anu Krishna offers advice on how to cope with the sudden loss of a loved one.
'He was truly an athulya abhinaya pratibha (exceptionally talented actor),' director Fazil tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com, as he mourns his friend's loss.
'Upgrade your skills to adapt to the ever changing work dynamics and adopt new skills to remain employable and relevant in future.'
At Ganesh Galli, one of Mumbai's oldest pandals, a team of more than 60 workers came together to create Ayodhya's Ram Mandir.
A temple on the mountain top. A lake and a waterfall. All in one day!
Mental health coach Anu Krishna offers advice on how to have a healthy conversation with teens.
Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan is a good respite from the dark, violent films we have seen in recent times, observes Divya Nair.
International hip-hop artiste Raja Kumari talks about fighting criticism, her love for India and finding the country's next big talent.
Rediff reader Ramanunni Nair shares a simple tricolour recipe.
'If you batted an eyelid and drifted the vehicle a little, you'd certainly hit the unsteady rocks and meet your end. Or so it seemed.' 'By the way, did I tell you that we were cruising at approximately 12,000 feet and above?'
Rediff readers shared their best monsoon memories.
'All those photographs I had seen before about Ladakh were not photoshopped.' 'Ladakh, truly, was nature's masterpiece.'
Readers share their unusual summer pics. You can share yours too!
Atlee gives temporary relief from reality, by blinding us into a make-believe world where the perfect family hero and messiah makes the world a safer and equal place for all, explains Divya Nair.
A Mumbai-based pandal has designed an idol that reduces pollution and ocean waste and urges its visitors to contribute smartly towards a social cause.
Autorickshaw drivers and families from Kalyan reveal how the lockdown has rendered them jobless and deprived them of bare necessities.
Mental health guru and life coach Anu Krishna explains why physical intimacy can decrease after marriage.
I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence. This is an altogether different version of a brutal Ra1jinikanth, something you and I had probably never imagined before, observes Divya Nair.
Maamannan could have been so much better with an alternate lead actor and a tighter, more gripping storytelling, sighs a disappointed Divya Nair.
Lahu Kapduskar is always under pressure to produce something marvellous and piping hot daily. On a rainy day, he was running short of ideas and options, when inspiration hit.
'It is important to understand that the disability is not in the person.' 'The problem lies in societal attitude and the discriminatory treatment given to disabled people in our country.'
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