Waking up to death threats and abuse on the social media has become a regular occurrence for the Indian-American education advocate. Nikita Puri reports.
For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz, was a partner, mentor. And family.
The list of exempted goods from central excise duty has shrunk from 400 items in 2011-12 to 300 now.
N Suresh pays tribute to a consummate politician who passed into the ages on Monday.
This time, let's visit France with Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar.
"Virat is fabulous," says 27-year old model Ritu Chauhan from New Delhi... but that doesn't make her think of dating her favourite cricketer. Speaking to Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com, Ritu throws light on her journey into modelling and how she thinks couples should work hand-in-hand.
Sreehari Nair could not put up with turgid and self-serious ones like Super Deluxe and Gully Boy. His list of favourite Indian movies of 2019 contains just five names.
Indians at large harbour a notion that their country is cherrypicking out of the American basket of goodies, but the policymakers in Delhi and the political leadership are well aware that it can only be a pipe dream since a military alliance with a superpower is a profound irrevocable commitment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
McDonald's problems couldn't have surfaced at a worse time. Cut-throat competition, rapid expansion and a slowdown in consumer spending in the wake of demonetisation have seriously dented the overall quick-service restaurant business.
Speaking to Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com, model Amit Ranjan gives his views on Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma's relationship, the concept of house husbands and what he thinks aspiring male models should do.
We decided to have some fun imagining potential phobias of Bollywood's biggest stars and here are the results.
You don't need to visit a super-expensive restaurant for great food. The Bohri Kitchen is one such unique dining option says Harnoor Channi Tiwary
Eating out was never so much fun and seldom so strange.
Monica Sindhwani left Rangoon for India at 20. Married to a retired Indian Army officer, she relives her memories of the pagodas, greenery and the home she left nearly 40 years ago.
'This proved that whatever was growing in the mosquito's gut was a parasite -- it was almost certainly the malarial parasite.'
'In one mansion we visited, I was told the doors in the back courtyard had to be kept closed because to have the front and back doors open at the same time would result in Chettiar wealth flowing away,' notes Rahul Jacob after a memorable visit to Karaikudi.
From food to skin, allergies in India are rapidly on the rise, says Nikita Puri.
I'm still rooting for you, because you may yet be able to do something good for Delhi. But you and your party will have to get a reality check and some discipline, says Mitali Saran.
One of India's foremost wildlife photographers Rathika Ramasamy shares her most favourite photographs that'll make you go 'wow'.
'It's a dream, but will I give it up? No bloody way,' Umesh Pandey, the former Bangkok Post editor turned Opposition candidate, tells Rahul Jacob.
Harnoor Channi-Tiwary visits the spanking new restaurant and returns impressed.
The biggest winner was Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who ran her ship with self-confidence and aplomb.
These yummy recipes are excellent for a New Year house party.
There's more to the cuisine than just vada pav and kanda poha.
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.
Rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world
'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.
Star of the upcoming film, Roy, Arjun Rampal fields rapid-fire questions!
Taking a strident position on the matter, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said, "We will ensure there is no ban on sale of meat for the eight days."
The IIM-B's 'Karnataka innovation report' has become the basis for the Congress party's election narrative, particularly to distinguish it from the 'Gujarat model of development', reports Archis Mohan.
The amount saved in a PPF account is actually saving for a rainy day.
God forbid, if bad days fall upon someone and debts pile up. A fascinating excerpt from Anil Lamba's Financial Affairs Of The Common Man: Master The Art Of Personal Finance Management.
Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and these had already disappeared from the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by the 1970s. In all of Bhitarkanika, there were only 96 of them left. The census this January noted their count at 1,682.
With Tibet to the east and home to three stunning Himalayan ranges, Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh boasts of a colourful culture and beautiful people, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Killa is a deep film with lofty ambitions and brilliant performances, raves Raja Sen.
Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced his decision to take on Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in this temple city while appealing for support to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate.
This restaurant channels the spirit of laidback Goa in the heart of frenetic Mumbai.
A curious fox cub, an inquisitive orca all play starring roles in images from the finalists of Wildlife Photographer of the Year's fifty-second competition.
A former US military lieutenant travels to India to fight a battle of another kind. Archana Masih/Rediff.com met Robin Chaurasiya and the girls whose lives she is changing -- one day at a time.
Dr P Jagannath shares some interesting facts about dengue, debunks popular myths, and throws light on necessary steps to take in case someone contracts the dreaded disease.
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