It took one bomb to change the course of the Second World War. It took one bomb to obliterate and entire city and its residents. It took one bomb to redefine the meaning of the term super power.
Cristiano Ronaldo might have become a father lately, but the Portuguese footballer, who is a popular pin-up boy among the gay community, has been is very much in touch with his feminine side.
'Made in Heaven plays well as a busy show; when it's hip, but without being hopeless,' feels Sreehari Nair.
A Delhi Police head constable, Ratan Lal, was among the nine killed in the violence that erupted on Monday over the amended citizenship law.
Ethiopia's world indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba broke the 22-year-old world women's 1,500 metres record on a sultry night at the Monaco Diamond League meet.
Welcome To New York is a mishmash of IIFA footage that intermittently targets Bollywood's vanity, feels Prasanna D Zore.
Here are some of the best images clicked across the globe in the month of August.
'We demonise the Others.' 'We are constantly reminded that they are different and are an existential threat to Us.' 'The toxin of Nellie in 1983, Delhi in 1984 and Gujarat in 2002 is not yet flushed out of our body politic,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
Rather than talking about Khajuraho and Shikhandi, the argument should be about a Constitution that promised rights to all, says Mihir S Sharma
'We all live very intense lives. S*** goes down all the time.' 'This 'eureka moment' doesn't really happen.' 'The discipline of writing and polishing a song is way harder,' Prateek Kuhad, the singing sensation, tells Veer Arjun Singh.
On December 15, Mohammed Mustafa, an MBA student and IAS aspirant from Jamia Milia Islamia University, was among the students who were dragged out of the library and lathi-charged by policemen. In a conversation with Rediff.com's Divya Nair, the 26 year old recounts the ordeal he faced for a protest he says he didn't participate in or volunteer for.
Tech Mahindra said the company believes in diversity and inclusion, and condemns "discrimination of any kind in the workplace".
'Alia Bhatt is very intimidating. We talked very little off screen because she's a very busy actor. She would come on set, work long hours, go to sleep and then leave for her other project.' Fawad Khan discuss his Kapoor & Sons co-star, and much more.
The flying Jamaican took a massive 0.11 seconds off the previous record mark he ran to win the Olympic gold medal in Beijing one year ago to the day. That left defending champion Tyson Gay a distant second even though the American's time of 9.71 was the third-fastest ever. Asafa Powell of Jamaica was third in 9.84.
'The situation has improved because oxygen tankers are now coming.' 'Before this it was chaotic.'
'Mumbai is very different from the rest of India. It can be ruthless if you don't have work or friends. The struggle time and times of disappointment are horrific and can break you.'
'God will give you your due.' 'I don't want my due from people.'
'I know of at least one techie who quit his job to join the AAP in Delhi. Many others traveled to India to volunteer during the election. If you ask these volunteers why they were doing it when they can't even vote in India, they say, "We want a corruption-free India".' Ritu Jha looks back on the year that was; it was party time, she says, for news junkies like her.
Yet another honour for Javed Akhtar.
California State Attorney General Kamala D Harris Friday filed a brief with the California supreme court in response to the petition filed by proponents of Proposition 8. In the brief, Harris urged the court to deny the proponents' request to stop counties from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
'Around 15 crore poor people have lost their money.'
The new development came following the case of 31-year-old Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died in agony from blood poisoning after doctors refused her repeated requests for an abortion while she was having a miscarriage at a Galway hospital in 2012.
Vibhor Sen tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com about the struggles he faced before he finally accepted his sexuality.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
The actor is becoming one of the most bankable Bollywood stars.
Five things to watch out for at the French Open on Wednesday.
Raqeeb might not be a unique tale, but has enough twists to keep you hooked.
'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against the state of affairs,' remembers Mohammad Sajjad.
Only world indoor record holder Christian Coleman has run faster than Baker's 9.87 seconds over 100 metres this year, and Baker was more consistent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the accolades for the Indian kabaddi team after it triumphed in the 2016 World Cup, its third in a row, on the back of a memorable second-half fightback against Iran, in Ahmedabad, on Saturday.
"India not supporting it in UN shows you are homophobic and a biphobic. I demand the prime minister to break his silence to speak about an inclusive society. Any kind of fundamentalism and criminalism is unacceptable."
To this day, the shadows of the victims lay imprinted on the walls of these cities. Here are some interesting facts about Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how that tragedy changed the world.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja got another opportunity to perform his traditional celebration of bat brandishing during his career-best knock of 90 runs during the ongoing third Test of the five-match series against England at the Punjab Cricket Stadium (PCA) in Mohali on Monday.
'The reopening of the petition shows that there was something that was flawed in (the earlier) Supreme Court judgment, and this means another step forward.'
Section 377 is a colonial relic of a law that makes it criminal to have "carnal intercourse against the order of nature," says Mitali Saran
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The general masses have high expectations from the Budget.
Mariya Kuchina won thewomen's high jump with a clearance of 2.01 metres on Saturday to become Russia's second gold medallist at this world championships. The 22-year-old from Moscow had a blemish-free card to that height, her lifetime best performance.
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