As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
Rhea Kapoor and long-time boyfriend Karan Boolani had an intimate wedding on August 14, attended by family and close friends.
From surprise weddings to intimate ceremonies amid the coronavirus pandemic, these cricketers said 'I do' in 2021.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
''I don't revisit any of my work once it's complete because I'm very self-critical.' 'I will probably exclaim, "Oh God, such bad acting!"'
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
The Duchess of Sussex who is due to give birth to the couple's second child, a girl, in early summer will stay home in California on her doctor's advice
Though the lies hardly go beyond extramarital affairs and conception problems, they are laid out by arresting storytellers who raise the stakes while speaking in tongues not wiped clean to make progressive points (No Made in Heaven-type diddling, here), notes Sreehari Nair.
This comes hours after Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra issued a "24-hour ultimatum" and threatened to send the police after him.
The B-town beauty got married on February 29.
'He was a sentimental man, but his commitment to the Olive Green always came before anything else, including his family.' A fascinating excerpt from Rachna Bisht Rawat's Bipin: The Man Behind The Uniform.
'In this day and age when love is just a swipe away, Shiddat talks about love in its purest, most honest form.'
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
A day after the Patna high court slammed the Bihar government for its poor handling of the second wave of the pandemic and sought to know whether it was enforcing lockdown or not, the administration on Tuesday announced imposition of lockdown from May 5 to May 15.
'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.' 'The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.' 'So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to the TV.'
It beats Netflix any day, exclaims Prithvi Singh.
'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode might take,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Most often what creates issues is HOW things are being said as compared to WHAT is being said, explains Pooja Khera, happiness, wellbeing and relationship coach.
'I know we will keep meeting, Appu, on gym floors that I visit, every time I listen to a song of yours and in that grin that I will always carry in my memory.'
What happens when sports stars have all the free time at hand and no play?
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
A diamond bracelet and jewelled decorative elephants from Jaipur are some of the Indian heirlooms that made up a collection of 350 personal items belonging to Patricia Mountbatten, Lord Louis Mountbatten's eldest daughter, which fetched over £5.6 million (Rs 56 crore) at an auction in London.
'I joined Hrishida when I was 17.' 'He left me with a lifetime of memories.'
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of the most admired people in the world, her status secure as a style icon -- as is her legacy of having forever changed the British monarchy.
'I don't want to be known just for my kissing,' Jay Bhanushali tells Sonil Dedhia/ Rediff.com
Nisha Tandon, 49, Dubai tells us how hostel life prepared her to deal with challenges and enjoy life.
Hussain will now be deported as his visa expired in August.
'We have known each other for the last five years.' 'He patiently waited for me and finally proposed last year.' 'It was beautiful, just the sort of thing I had always imagined.'
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite frames from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
The UP CM didn't deign to attend the actor's nomination.
'Deepika has got a lot to do with whatever I have achieved in the last six years.' 'She has kept me grounded. Otherwise, who knows what I would have turned into?'
'I was in love and so I got married very early. Love makes you do crazy things. If I had not married then, my life would have been different. Today, I see women balancing their careers and homes. They are giving equal importance to their personal desires and their families, and that is great. I haven't been able to find that balance.' Bhagyashree, close and personal.
Barack Obama will still be in the Oval Office till the morning of January 20, but gosh, we are already beginning to miss him.
Before finding their 'happily-ever-after', some Kapoors have endured and inflicted heartbreak.
The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves
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