World champion Anand spoke exclusively from Sofia after beating Veselin Topalov 6.5 to 5.5 to retain the title he won in 2008.
Ajmal Amir shares her experienceand the biggest challenges she faced while shooting for Ko
A 22-year-old girl, born as an unpleasant surprise to her Tamil Brahmin mother and Thevar father, who later abandoned her, and who is now looked after by an NGO tells Shobha Warrier about two dreams she wished somebody could fulfil.
Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier keeps up pace with India's oldest election candidate K R Gowri Amma, who has been campaigning vigorously in her 17th election
'What is to prevent the speaker of the assembly finding somebody guilty and sentencing to death and immediately ordering execution through a warrant by the speaker?' asks The Hindu Editor-in-Chief N Ram.
Everybody falls in love in his or her teens. So has Ravi, a 19-year-old AIDS patient. On the eve of World AIDS Day on December 1, Ravi shares his feelings with rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
'The country must learn to sacrifice some rights to fight terror. While fighting terror, you cannot have the same freedom,' says intelligence specialist Colonel R Hariharan (retd).
'I don't think Karunanidhi's problem was power sharing. The CBI was closing in on the family. It was reported that the CBI was about to grill Kanimozhi," says political analayst Cho Ramaswamy.
C K Ranganathan, chairman and managing director of Cavincare, talks about the current global economic crisis
Karthi, who plays a double role in Siruthai, talks about his experience.
Janaki Viswanathan tells Shobha Warrier about her movie Om Obama.
Son of a police inspector father and a music teacher mother, Pradeep Kumar talks about how tough it is to get a foothold in the Carnatic music scene without a name to back.
S Sreedhar has given a dignified final farewell to 600 abandoned bodies in the past 24 years. Continuing our series on Extraordinary Indians.
Director Rajeev Nath is sure his next film will create controversy.
Director Vijay talks about his upcoming film Madhrasapattinam.
Sohan Roy on helming a Hollywood film in India.
'As long as the government does not want to let go of the public sector companies they will not get value for their shares and the companies will grow in such a competitive environment. It will be a national loss,' says G V Ramakrishna.
Asin tells Shobha Warrier about her new Tamil film, life in Mumbai and her new films.
'Political personalities use reservation as one more plank to catch votes. Their heart is not bleeding for the poor.'
Part two of an exclusive interview with the MDMK leader.
An interview with Sadanand Menon, a close friend and confidant of dancer Chandralekha.
As A R Rahman received his Oscars at the 81st Annual Academy Awards, everyone back home was cheering -- including his older sister Reihana, who is the mother of budding music composer G V Prakash. She talks to Shobha Warrier about the excitement at home.
Meera Kathiravan's debut is creating waves in Dubai.
Director Radhamohan talks about his beautiful film, out this Friday.
The actress is enjoying her stint in Tamil cinema.
The National-award winning director talks about what motivated him.
Son of veteran Tamil actor Sathyaraj, Sibiraj talks about his first negative role.
Actress Nandita Das talks about her choice of films and life in general, in this interview with Shobha Warrier.
World champion Viswanathan Anand, who turned 40 on December 11, looks back on the year gone by and his upcoming World Championship match with Veselin Topolov.
Being disabled does not mean the end of the world. Shobha Warrier narrates G J Siddharth's inspiring story.
Newcomer Babusivan talks about directing the much awaited Tamil film starring popular actor Vijay.
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