Fadderbaba is a stark look at the tragedy that rules the lives of tribals in rural India, says A Ganesh Nadar.
How long can you look at Ajith sitting with a machine gun on his lap? asks A Ganesh Nadar.
Do you know Sameer has written 4,000 songs for 500 movies? A rare interview.
By fasting during Ramzan, Kader Mohideen carries forward the faith of his forefathers. His knowledge of computers has not dimmed his belief in the Quran. In that there is a lesson for this materialistic world.
But sooner or later, the victims must return to work, says C V Shankar, the official in charge of relief.
Mudiyor Kitchen serves food free of cost to the single, widowed and elderly who have no one to cook or care for them.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com brings you some fascinating facts and photographs from India's first international rail exhibition.
'When you weigh anti-incumbency against the Centre against anti-incumbency against the state, anti-incumbency against the Centre will triumph as this is a parliamentary election.'
'I am not ashamed that I have AIDS. I once announced that I am HIV+ on national TV.'
Visible symbols of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have undergone a dramatic change and on Thursday, the most dramatic of them all was seen when V K Sasikala was made the face of the party on the posters, replacing late J Jayalalithaa.
'Hopefully, by May 1, we can start construction. The land has already been identified.'
'Our objective is to reach a localisation rate of 50% in the span of five years.'
Thanjavur collector J Radhakrishnan recalls the horrifying tragedy.
'Rajinikanth has fans in every political party. They will not change their mind because the BJP prints posters of him with Modi.'
10-year-old Praggnanandha is the world's youngest chess International Master. His sister Vaishali is a Woman's International Master.
'Sukh Pal Singh is not very rich where money is concerned, but his heart is rich.'
Adman Rahul da Cunha fondly remembers his uncle, who passed into the ages on January 7.
In the new year be careful online as there are many scamsters lurking in the cloud, warns A Ganesh Nadar after twice escaping being scammed.
'People don't know about the immense pressures that come with this position -- every decision a judge takes affects real people and their lives.' 'This is not a job that one can take lightly.' A
The Lingayat community will be appeased if the next chief minister is also a Lingayat.
M Preetham, 22, a hard-core Vijay fan, watched Master first-day-first-show, and loved every moment of it.
A banker from Jaipur in Rajasthan tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar what he would like to see in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget.
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.
'Hygiene is very bad, there is no medicine and there is no electricity.' 'I fear that there will be a breakout of some disease.'
'The families of those who die during operations are looked after very well by the army, but those who die in non-combat situations do not receive the same attention.'
'The blasts in Lanka are against our ideology.'
United Against Hate started as an on-and-off campaign against lynching; today, with the passing of the Citizen (Amendment) Act, its members are on the street, protesting.
At President Kalam's Rameswaram home, his family hold a prayer ceremony of the eve of his first death anniversary.
When Santosh Muruganantham quit his job in the United States to return to India, he knew he wanted to become an entrepreneur.
'In Tamil Nadu we head the NDA, the BJP is a junior partner.' 'As long as they know that, all will be well.'
S Bhagyalakshmi, an AIDS counsellor, has been "living with the HIV virus for 20 years now." She is an inspiring example of how AIDS should not stop anyone from living a fulfilling life.
Priya Rajan is Chennai's third woman mayor, and at 28, its youngest.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on a revolutionary wedding in Tamil Nadu at which guests were exhorted to gift only school books -- and got 1500 of them!
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