Ahead of Mother's Day, Rediff readers write about their mothers and tell us what they mean to them.
We're celebrating Father's Day, and Namrata Thakker decided to take some helpful tips from our very own filmi daddies.
Rediff readers share their special moments with their mother.
Bollywood's star moms celebrated Mother's Day with adorable pictures of their children, spreading love at a time when we really need it.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
'They (my parents) have no inkling that people across the country know me now.' 'Recently, a fan turned up at my parents' home with gifts for them and my annoyed father called to ask me why I had sent him.'
Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word. Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.
We invited you to share your memorable pictures with Mommy Dearest! Here are a couple of responses.
What does Udhayanidhi's induction as minister mean? For the DMK, it indicates the future course, direction and leadership. It is continuity with change, and change with continuity, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.'
As we celebrate 20 years of the epic, Namrata Thakker takes a look at the cast and sees what they have been up to since.
Aamir shoots for a song...Toofan gets a release date...
'You knew that Shetty hai aur tere saath hamesha rahega. Then why???'
The good old days... Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan's is a bonding that is special and rare in an industry where friendships are ephemeral. Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is their sixth film together, after Guddi, Samadhi, Phagun, Chupke Chupke and Sholay.
Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend.
'People sometimes ridiculed him for the way he looked or dressed.' 'Sometimes they ran down his music.' 'But I have never heard him say one bad word about anyone.'
Gastronomic tourism is the act of travelling for a taste of the place, in order to get a sense of the place.
Here's what happens when Bhai is NOT in action mode!
What is the best thing you learned to cook from your mother? Tell us!
Is it the end of the sauteli maa syndrome? Here's a look.
'Everywhere, people would ask me why I had left films. They wanted to see more of me.' 'Their words were music to my ears.'
'I am a private person but over time I have figured there are certain things people want to see, which people want to know.'
Readers share their special photographs with their mothers.
Ankit Sharma, 26, had been missing since Tuesday and might have been killed in stone pelting, officials said.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The Congress' top leadership realises the former cricketer's utility and mass appeal. His oratory skills and ability to whip up mass hysteria in election rallies is acknowledged as an asset
Because really, there isn't anything quite like being with her, is there? :-)
We celebrate Independence Day with this special feature, published on Rediff.com in January 2013.
Bollywood celebrated Children's Day with the cutest pictures on social media!
'My chowkidar and the paanwala near my house have seen Mirzapur.' 'They may have missed Delhi Crime but they have seen Mirzapur.' ''Delhi Crime won Emmy, people know me from Mirzapur'Sometimes I feel I have done so much work, why do people know me only by this role?'
From cool to cocky, fun to furious, stern to sanskari, here are all the crazy lessons you can learn from Bollywood dads this Father's Day.
Bollywood stars continue to post pictures with lovely messages on Earth Day.
Sukanya Verma celebrates its grandeur and grandiloquence in 25 glorious frames on its diamond anniversary.
All his disciples across the globe feel he was closest to them. All his friends believe he loved them the most. Just like every gopi in Brijbhoomi felt Krishna was closest to her. Pandit Jasraj didn't have acquaintances; he had friends, recalls his biographer Sunita Budhiraja.
Mahipal, who has worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.
