October 22 marks a month since Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi passed into the ages following a brief illness. Veteran journalist K Satyamurthy looks back on some cherished moments he was privileged to share with the former India captain, in conversation with A Ganesh Nadar.
'This is not the first time I have refused to stand for this particular song and this will not be the last time,' Lok Sabha MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar. 'I have no problems with Jana Gana Mana.'
A ride in an auto rickshaw in suburban Mumbai turned out to be an unexpected educational experience for Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
A Hindu caste group has built a fence around a Dalit colony to prevent them from venturing onto their fields and using sanitation facilities. The reason: The SC community protested against their oppressive employers six years ago. Ganesh Nadar brings attention to the plight of 50 families from Velayuthapuram in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district
A Ganesh Nadar recollects the unsual last weekend he spent in Mumbai before returning to his native village in Tamil Nadu
A Ganesh Nadar expresses anguish at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to play host to Pakistan, barely days after the nation observes the fourth anniversary of the bloodbath in Mumbai.
A Ganesh Nadar reports on the Jayalalitha government's crackdown on land grabbing in Tamil Nadu. Many of the accused are DMK leaders, including former ministers and MLAs.
A year after the 13/7 blasts, rediff.com correspondents fanned out across Mumbai to trace the forgotten victims. In the ensuing conversations, a mention of the financial assistance given by the Tata group emerged as common thread. A Ganesh Nadar, who then set out to find out about Tata's involvement with the terror victims, came back amazed and inspired. Here's his report.
When Praggnanandhaa plays, he does not allow his confidence to fluctuate, irrespective of who his opponent is, says his father.
After keeping quiet when the Lankan army mowed down Tamil civilians four years ago, M Karunanidhi has no right to shed tears over the community's plight, and certainly not at a time when Tamil Nadu is plagued with problems of its own, says A Ganesh Nadar
From being open minded to having a better understanding of the suffering of the masses to shedding the secrecy over the Vatican's activities... the expectations from the next Pope reflect the times we live in, discovers A Ganesh Nadar
The Maria/Patekar character is shown as the first police officer to interrogate Kasab after his capture. Mahale was not happy with this scene. "I was the first to question Kasab," Mahale said. "I asked him, 'Kitne aadmi the?'"
Kanyakumari has the highest per capita income in Tamil Nadu and the second highest literacy rate. There are 23 candidates the fray.
Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, Surya, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra are all cheating youngsters by endorsing skin-lightening products, says A Ganesh Nadar.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar's report on the fishermen arrested by Iran gets government moving, MEA sanctions money for their flight home
National Award winning director Vetrimaran talks about his film.
Redif.com's A Ganesh Nadar travelled to Rameswaram to meet fishermen harrowed by the Sri Lankan navy, which has been resorting to stone pelting to drive them away from what it claims as its territory
During his meetings with the UPA boss and the prime minister, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader is expected to discuss two thorny issues affecting Dr Singh's government -- the 2G spectrum row involving Telecom Minister and DMK MP A Raja and the continued absence of his son M K Alagiri, the Union chemicals and fertilisers minister, from Parliament and Cabinet meetings.
India is one of the few friends Iran has in the world. So how come 29 Indian fishermen have been detained in an Iranian prison for over two months?
A unique singles club for people over 27 years has been making heads turn in Mumbai. A Ganesh Nadar explores the dynamics behind running this unique enterprise.
Mumbai Police Commissioner D Shivanandan is on a mission to ensure that the law enforcers get into shape.
Professor Badri Narayan Tiwari, social historian and anthropologist at Allahabad's G B Pant Social Science Institute, is clearly not surprised by the UP electoral results. He tells A Ganesh Nadar why.
Tamil Nadu's political parties may be regretting their earlier tactics of bribing voters and buying votes. A Ganesh Nadar finds out why
Rajat Mukherjee, chief corporate officer - Idea Cellular, says that they were not part of the group of companies which started out in 2008. In fact, they had applied for licneses three years earlier. "It is unfortunate that we were clubbed with the others."
With the Election Commission keeping a hawk's eye on affairs, the usually flamboyant campaigning for Tamil Nadu polls has turned somewhat colourless, finds A Ganesh Nadar
Do you want a washing machine or a fan? This question may well become the crucial factor that determines which party -- the ruling DMK or the Opposition AIADMK -- wins the Tamil Nadu assembly election.
Amrita Raichand and her family were rescued from the Taj Mahal hotel while it was under attack. Recounting her experience to Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar, she feels Kasab's execution is a beginning in the fight against terror.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar speaks to three victims of Mumbai's 26/11 terror attack, as they react to LeT terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging.
Senior Inspector Nagappa R Mahale, who was in charge of the D B Marg police station, was the first police officer to question Ajmal Kasab after his capture.
The Indian state of Rajasthan is known for its hospitality. It is, as many would agree, also a state of palaces and havelis. A Ganesh Nadar visited the Pink City of Jaipur and stayed at a charming hotel called Mahal Khandela. He shares with us his experiences.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday told the ongoing Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Jaipur that Non Resident Indians should be allowed to vote and participate in the election process. Some NRIs at the event tell A Ganesh Nadar what the PM's statement means to them
Uttam Singh -- the music composer of Dil Toh Pagal Hai -- pays tribute to Yash Chopra.
For the villagers of Anjani, a not-so-small village tucked away in north Bihar's Vaishali district, India's ambitions mean little. Anjani is yet to see the light, literally so.
'It's a topic everyone likes -- Love,' A Ganesh Nadar is told.
In the rest of Tamil Nadu, Christians are six per cent of the population but in Kanyakumari they constitute 44 per cent of the population. So why is there a high rate of rejection of permission to build prayer halls/churches in the district? A Ganesh Nadar finds out
'Amitabh has signed for another season...An average of around Rs 32 lakhs per episode... About Rs 18 lakhs per contestant.... As far as I know no other show has given out as much in the history of Indian television.' Quizmaster Siddharth Basu tells us what went into the making of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5.
As Tamil Nadu reels under power cuts, A Ganesh Nadar wonders: Is the crisis being manipulated?
Fuel is being loaded in the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Outside, the agitation continues, though to most observers it seems futile -- the fishermen continue to fast, stand in knee deep water one day and neck deep water the next day. A Ganesh Nadar reports
India should reach out to Sri Lanka and not push it into the dragon's arms, says Ganesh Nadar
No one in the Tamil Nadu government really seems to know much about its flagship freebie scheme, discovers A Ganesh Nadar
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