Shobhaa De recalls the splendid glowing Diwalis of her childhood.
'The world needs Gandhi now more than any other time in history.'
B-Town's memorable fashion moments this week.
You can have a traditional Diwali celebration with your family at these special spots.
A look at the several varieties of Misal Pav you must try.
If you want to look GLAMOROUS as a newlywed bride, take a cue from these fashionable divas!
Spice up your Diwali style with some interesting ideas from your favourite television stars!
'Smiling, looking at the fruits in hand and the roots underneath my feet...'
Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores. The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A fascinating excerpt from Gurcharan Das's Another Sort of Freedom.
Kajol looks at complete ease in the colourful nauvaris, which she also wore during her wedding to Ajay Devgn in 1999. Sukanya Verma looks at other Bollywood beauties, who have rocked the nauvari look.
After 20 plus years of threatening to offer us new sensations, Nagesh Kukunoor has finally let it rip, raves Sreehari Nair.
Ahead of Bollywood's big fat Punjabi wedding, Namrata Thakker looks at other Bollywood celebrities who hosted their nuptials in Mumbai.
"Those words stung me to such an extent that the following morning itself I started, seriously, learning Urdu with the sole idea of proving the great Dilip Kumar wrong."
Living away from home can be tough, especially if you have to cook on your own or rely on takeaways. Simple solutions for you!
Photographer G Venket Ram brought celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma's paintings to life for his 2020 calendar.
Whoever thought an Australian chef would represent India so beautifully in the MasterChef kitchen?
After working on Mr India and Sagar, Partho Sen-Gupta left to study filmmaking in France at 26. He returns with the dark and moody Sunrise.
'I have gone through my share of depression, drug addiction and professional failure but it has made me stronger.'
Designer AD Singh shows you two twists on the traditional sari drape.
Priyanka Chopra looks stunning, eight times over!
A roundup of the best and worst styles your favourite stars endorsed this week.
Go for a nauvari, try the lal paar shada sari or twist it like a madisar.
Hot vadapavs served in corporate style with a 'Jai Maharashtra' greeting from an assured Maharashtrian vendor - Shiv Sena will now take the popular snack to the Marathi Manoos their way. Announcing a state-wide network of Maharashtra Vadapav Vikreta Sena, the party mouthpiece Saamna said on Tuesday that the Shiv Sena sponsored association of vendors would be selling the popular spicy preparation comprising bread and potatoes at various stalls in hygienic conditions
Ethnic designer AD Singh tells you how to look after your saris and preserve them so that you can get a lifetime's wear out of them.
Ethnic designer AD Singh shows you how to drape a sari in two different ways so as to show off an ornate blouse.
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, it's time for another magnum opus to spread its wings into the regional market.
From a small team of five weavers, Karagiri now works with 1,800 weavers from across India. Pallavi Mohadikar, co-founder of Karagiri, shares her incredible success journey.
I cannot think of another Hindi movie that has, without so much as a hint of cynicism or speechifying, brought out that fundamental fact of Muslims being an integral part of the Indian culture while being at the same time a subculture with its own polite niceties, observes Sreehari Nair.
Want to try something different? Sukanya Verma looks up the pages of Bollywood to give you amazing bindi styles!
Take a few style tips from Bollywood!
Hrishi Satawane, who found love in Vinh from Vietnam, says "Society is more open minded than you think."
When Bollywood puts its right fashion foot forward.
Rajesh Karkera journeys through verdant countryside to the little-explored pristine Lonar lake in eastern Maharashtra.
The home-chef put Indian cuisine on the world map with her cooking experiments on MasterChef Australia.
The Mumbai rapper shares his story with Rediff.com's Hemant Waje.
The Caring with Style fashion show was organised to raise funds for children suffering from blood cancer.
'Kriti Sanon is a superb actress, she looks Maharashtrian, and has not done a historical either.' 'Sanjay Dutt has gone to another level of persona. He hasn't done a historical either.'
Was Kerkar duped by his employees, as he claims, or did a cocktail of greed, poor cost control and bad management bring the travel firm down, wonder Pavan Lall and Aneesh Phadnis.
Ironically, many in the BJP were critical of repeated paroles and furloughs granted to Dutt while he was serving the sentence at Yerwada jail in Pune.
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