Local residents, who were watching the operation with baited breath, cheered with joy after the boy was rescued.
Send us your pictures of your Lord Ganesha
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
The last of Ganpati revelry in Bollywood.
'At the end of the day, we are all humans.'
Rediff readers share their best Ganesha photos.
The 10-day Ganesh festival began on Saturday under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, with devotees restricting celebrations to their homes and using online platforms to get 'darshan' of the Lord at temples, amid strict COVID-19 restrictions imposed by governments.
Paloma Sharma/Rediff.com sets out to discover a group of murti makers in Mumbai for who life comes to a halt with visarjan.
Rediff readers from across the world send their photographs of Ganpatiji
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Lata Mangeshkar was my introduction, the beginning, the basic, the identity of film music. Sukanya Verma salutes The Legend.
We bring you glimpses from one of Mumbai's oldest pandals, Mumbaicha Raja.
Rediff readers tell us how they're celebrating the festival.
We aren't talking about the weather guys, but Priyanka's first Hindi film in three years.
Lord Ganesha is back!
'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.' 'This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today, tells Subhash K Jha in an exclusive interview.
Guests trouped out of Arpita Khan's party and into Mukesh Ambani's, on the other side of Mumbai.
A bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Madhav Jamdar gave permission after the Maharashtra government granted hearing to a local Shia Muslim organisation that had petitioned the court seeking permission for a symbolic procession for Muharram amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
'If I don't act for a week I become edgy, restless and moody.' Subhash K Jha salutes Manoj Bajpayee, actor extraordinaire, on his 53rd birthday.
The Shortcut Romeo actress walks the streets, and binges on its delights.
Readers' PHOTOS: Dazzling Ganeshas from Baroda to Jammu
They live on the road under a temporary, plastic roof. But, for 11 days, Lord Ganesha finds a home in their abode.
Married women pray to Goddess Gauri for marital bliss and the long life of their husbands. Unmarried girls worship her in order to get virtuous husbands.
Satish Bodas goes pandal hopping and discovers these historically significant ones.
In this series, InstaStories, we let pictures on social media tell their beautiful back stories.
The Ganpati from the Lalbaug pandal being taken for immersion
We asked our readers to send their favourite photographs of Lord Ganesh. We present some of the best images
As the number of COVID-19 cases is witnessing a spike in India, religious places across the country remain closed to encourage social distancing, a key component in preventing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Reader Vivek Dadhe has sent us this photograph of the actor.
Mumbaikars once again proved their love for the city when school kids, college students, professionals from different walks of life turned up on a rainy day to clean up Juhu beach after Ganpati Visarjan.
'I preferred theatre rather than going to production houses and giving photographs. I didn't have that kind of temperament. I didn't think I was unfortunate as I have struggled so much. I feel whatever happened was for my good.'
The star actor was flanked by thousands of fans as he went pandal-hopping recently.
The best and the worst of Bollywood fashion.
It's party night for Bollywood!
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his cabinet colleagues Pankaja Munde and Vinod Tawde, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, state minister Sadabhau Khot, former Union Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi were prominent among those who installed Ganpati idols at their homes.
It is Mumbai's favourite festival and is celebrated each year with fervour and frenzy. But when the city welcomes "Ganpati Bappa" this Friday, the celebrations will be low key. With a cap on the size of idols, ban on processions and restrictions on devotees visiting pandals, celebrations are toned down for the second year in a row. Festival budgets have shrunk and as a result, corporate sponsorships have dried out.
Ghoomketu's distracted, disjointed, narrative acquires the tone of a dream whose quirk stems from naivete, not narcotics, complains Sukanya Verma.
