Off-road driving allows you to get to remote places which are likely to be less visited and unpopular. It's also fun and a challenge and will give a rewarding experience.
Twenty people were gunned down in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district in a police operation said to be against red sanders smugglers that came under severe attack from the government and political parties in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, which claimed 12 victims were labourers from their state.
'If enough of us take up the issue with their elected representatives, politicians will get the message.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Find out how well you know these similes.
A little ahead of Shimla, the town of Fagu is an idyllic escape from the crowd
Heavy snowfall has shut major cities like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, leaving thousands of travelers stranded in airports across the nation and prompting warnings from officials urging residents to stay off the roads.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
Three enthusiasts, who now run cycling ventures in Bengaluru, write about biking trails in and around the city
Ivan Crasto offers his family's recipe for Goan semolina cake and Chocolate Fudge.
There is nothing India-like about Sikkim and nothing Sikkimese about, well, large parts of India.
You wouldn't want to miss these unexplored, mesmerising snow hamlets in India.
The painstakingly created Buddhist temples and gardens of Japan are a work of art, says Anjuli Bhargava.
'Anything that is anti-growth is demonised because growth is the biggest religion.' 'Growth is synonymous with progress. In fact, it is the opposite.' 'Exponential growth is cancer.'
Hundreds of people trapped in floods-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir with some left marooned on rooftops and others clinging to trees are in dire need of water and food.
What is it about the charm of the Northeast and its mountains that it takes prisoners?
Coffee is a very small part of the magic that envelopes this beautiful land.
'If you are doing something to our national democratic space which involves serious amounts of land, the public should have been consulted.'
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
Somewhat weird, these offbeat villages will assuredly put to rest the notion that village life is uninteresting.
An obsession with being 'neat, tidy and stylish' almost led her to archery, says world champion and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who feels a chance meeting with her eventual coach changed her career plans.
The charming town of Pelling can strike a balance between commerce and conservation
Samuel Stokes made India his home and participated in the freedom struggle. He was the only American to be imprisoned for sedition; the British CID maintained a special file on him.
He ran past beautiful villages, stunning deserts, verdant fields... running 4,400 km in 64 days on the Spirit of India run.
'As I went around Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Jaffna and Mannar, my mind went back to my visit in January 1990 at the fag end of the IPKFs mission in Sri Lanka,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A temple on the mountain top. A lake and a waterfall. All in one day!
As the weeks go by in this trial, it has emerged that Shyamvar Rai is that rare species of driver whose knowledge of distances, directions and routes surprisingly would not even fill the back of a postage stamp.
Travel bloggers Amrita Das and Rutavi Mehta list out their recommendations.
You must visit these wonderful places across the globe to experience their rich and vibrant culture.
Hema Malini goes back in time, and recalls some beautiful moments from her life.
Auroville just turned 50. Aurovilians who grew up in The experimental city speak of how their childhood was marked by a sense of openness and possibility.
The Battle of Pratapgad can be termed the turning point in Indian history as it interrupted the continuous chain of Muslim successes on the battlefield.
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Promoters have not proved they mean well for the community.
'In being dismissive of Naveen, his colleagues showed incredible naivety.' 'On the few occasions that he put his foot down, the overconfident party leaders, who believed they were using him and not the other way around, failed to read the signs of what was to come.'
'Kumbalangi Nights is a movie that respects women, but most importantly, it's a movie that loves them,' says Sreehari Nair.
