The men in my family left early. The women stayed. And somewhere in between, they made me whoever I am, notes Binu Alex.
In a scathing attack on the Congress in his address in the Lok Sabha, Modi also called it parjeevi (parasitic) party and claimed that it ate into the votes of its allies.
Dharmendra's demise means the loss of one of the biggest icons ever in the Hindi film firmament.
Shabnam Mausi has accused the BJP of betraying Uma Bharti.
'Editor M S Shinde deserves full credit because, I'm told, Ramesh Sippy had shot 300,000 feet of footage, which was brought down to 18,000. 'He died in 2012, in a 126 square foot flat in Dharavi, penniless, a forgotten hero.'
The Jagannath temple has fostered Odisha's regional cooking styles and preserved local food traditions.
A Delhi court on Monday denied interim bail to Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavitha, arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, saying prima facie she not only destroyed evidence but was also instrumental in influencing witnesses and there is 'every likelihood' of her continuing to do so in case the relief is granted.
A marriage of stuffed eggplant or brinjal and South Indian-flavoured rice has a new outcome.
Mother's Day reminded me of how my mom learned to cook Indian food.
A unique snack recipe for masala potato-stuffed cabbage rolls.
'Today is a special day for me! Dharamji is here in Mathura to campaign for a whole day on my behalf'
The girl was shifted to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital after her condition deteriorated and she died on Monday.
Interestingly, Pooja Bhatt is directing Kajra Re, which stars Himesh Reshammiya in the lead role and Ashutosh Rana in the role originally played by Saadashiv Amrapurkar.
This April Fool's Day, Sukanya Verma kickstarts the month on a light note with this list of Bollywood's most memorable pranks.
After a good dose of dance and masti, the episode gets explosive as Asim Riaz and Siddharth Shukla got into a physical fight during a rather fun task.
Sukanya Verma gives 10 ways our stars engaged in them.
Betaal does scare the wits out of you in certain sequences but as a whole, fails to make a mark, sighs Moumita Bhattacharjee.
'Sholay wallah kahani hai: 'Gabbar Singh aayega, Gabbar Singh aayega.' 'But what is inside Gabbar Singh nobody knows.'
One of the most successful screenplay writers of his time, Salim Khan looks back at his most popular work.
Dharmendra was fascinated by Gabbar's role, then he said he would like to play Thakur. 'I told him he won't get Hema Malini.' 'He laughed and said okay (to play Veeru).'
Celebrating Bollywood's most loved film of all time on its 40th anniversary.
If Happy Bhag Jayegi succeeds in delivering a few laughs, it's entirely to the credit of the actors, says Sukanya Verma.
Madhu Kinnar, newly-elected mayor of Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, speaks to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com.
On his 73rd birthday, here's celebrating 10 hilarious moments when AB cracked us up with his lively antics.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Madhubala and Kishore Kumar's Half Ticket (1962).
In reel life, folks. Meet bubbly Ishita Dutta.
Cartoon characters created and developed in local animation studios are enchanting Indian kids like never before, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Elect the eunuchs and they will prove their honesty in contrast to a practicing politician. Without any kith and kin, they can at least be a catalyst sorely needed for minimising, if not uprooting nepotism and favouritism that breeds corruption, says Ram Ugrah.
The amazing Shraddha Kapoor on Rock On 2, acting as Dawood's sister and why she thinks journalists are unfair sometimes.
Looking at how the idea of gift giving and taking on Diwali has changed
Rediff.com celebrates 40 years of the beloved movie classic.