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25 POETIC FRAMES of Parinda

25 POETIC FRAMES of Parinda

Rediff.com25 May 2020

Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.

Review: Kutrame Thandanai is an interesting crime thriller

Review: Kutrame Thandanai is an interesting crime thriller

Rediff.com2 Sep 2016

The director has kept the narration simple without any unnecessary drama and both - the situations and the characters - appear real, says S Saraswathi.

Father of Akshay Thakur to appeal to higher court

Father of Akshay Thakur to appeal to higher court

Rediff.com13 Sep 2013

The father of one of the rapists sentenced to death by a Delhi court for the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic in the national capital last December, on Friday said he would explore the option of appealing to a higher court.

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?

'Ram Uncle's zest for life was incomparable'

'Ram Uncle's zest for life was incomparable'

Rediff.com9 Sep 2019

Gitanjali Gurbaxani, whose family has known Ram Jethmalani since their Pre-Partition days in Sind, recalls the legal luminary and 'the pride of the Sindhi community'.

First action in Khashoggi 'killing': US to revoke Saudi visas

First action in Khashoggi 'killing': US to revoke Saudi visas

Rediff.com24 Oct 2018

The US has identified at least some of the individuals responsible for Khashoggi's death.

Sheena Bora Trial: The Accidental Witness is Stumped

Sheena Bora Trial: The Accidental Witness is Stumped

Rediff.com13 Jul 2018

After ten minutes no one could keep track of the legal team's questions on the geography of the route Sandeep Patil took on his Pulsar Bajaj motorcycle, on the morning of April 25, 2012. Not the judge. Or the onlookers. Least of all Patil.

Would you say 'open your kimono' at work?

Would you say 'open your kimono' at work?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2018

Jargon-heavy management bluster is taking over everyday office chat.

Sheena Bora Trial: And the witness brandished her shoe

Sheena Bora Trial: And the witness brandished her shoe

Rediff.com31 May 2018

Finally to end the dispute, Sharma threatened to show her shoes. Pasbola declared regally that he would like to forgo that particular honour. Sharma ignored him. Instead, she bent down, took off her shoe and triumphantly held her prize aloft, and said delightedly, "Yeh dekhiye! (Have a look!)"

How to tackle fake news

How to tackle fake news

Rediff.com21 Apr 2018

The ability to make out fake news from real could save the coming generations a huge amount of conflict and heartburn, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

Real Life, a game like none before: Sri Sri, Jaggi

Real Life, a game like none before: Sri Sri, Jaggi

Rediff.com29 Nov 2017

'A small number of players like Sadhguru and Ravi Shankar claims to possess high wisdom attributes, allowing them to unplug from the game, like in The Matrix,' says Ashish Sharma.

'We love peace': Hundreds march in support of Indian killed in Kansas shooting

'We love peace': Hundreds march in support of Indian killed in Kansas shooting

Rediff.com27 Feb 2017

Many of them carried candles and signs reading, "We don't support politics of hate."

Oozham is a mediocre film

Oozham is a mediocre film

Rediff.com11 Sep 2016

Initially we sit tight in our seats expecting something very gripping to happen but, nothing of that sort happens.

Review: Haseena Parkar suffers from Lima Syndrome

Review: Haseena Parkar suffers from Lima Syndrome

Rediff.com22 Sep 2017

'Shraddha tries hard to rescue the film, but the script totters so badly in the second half that any salvage seems impossible,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

How Akhilesh wants to make a comeback

How Akhilesh wants to make a comeback

Rediff.com3 Nov 2016

'Akhilesh's plan is simple.' 'He wants to lead the party on the strength of the infrastructural development his government has done, capitalise on the massive sympathy wave of young people in the state who dream of doing what he has managed to do -- defy a feudal, greying orthodoxy that occupies and sits on posts and positions never to leave.'

Sheena Bora Trial: When did Sheena marry?

Sheena Bora Trial: When did Sheena marry?

Rediff.com15 Aug 2018

The question being silently telegraphed around the court room was: When did this happen? Wasn't this trial about Indrani murdering her daughter to prevent her from marrying Rahul Mukerjea, her husband Peter Mukerjea's son from his first marriage?

Sheena Bora Trial: The Shrink Testifies

Sheena Bora Trial: The Shrink Testifies

Rediff.com30 Jan 2019

As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something. Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut in, wondering what he was up to: "Please, please, please." Dr Matcheswalla, looking innocently startled, said: "I was asking if I can order for tea."

Why the Maratha rallies have rattled politicians

Why the Maratha rallies have rattled politicians

Rediff.com29 Sep 2016

'The participants and organisers have rejected their own political leadership and shown the door to leaders who have tried to claim power at these rallies.' 'Instead, the Maratha masses have reclaimed their power and stakes in the larger scheme of things.'

Sheena Bora Case: So was it Sheena's skull?

Sheena Bora Case: So was it Sheena's skull?

Rediff.com10 Jan 2020

The software had, perhaps unknown to Dr Tripathi, tracked the changes he had made. The 'morph track' feature of the software provided a trail of what had been done and also indicated that the doctor had, it seemed, opted to morph Sheena's face with the provided skull, much in the same manner that Fantamorph can turn a woman into a cheetah.

Indian shot dead in Kansas bar, shooter yelled 'get out of my country'

Indian shot dead in Kansas bar, shooter yelled 'get out of my country'

Rediff.com25 Feb 2017

Adam Purinton, the shooter who is a navy veteran, later told a bartender in Clinton, Missouri, where he was hiding that he had killed two Middle Eastern persons.

Where did the statement vanish?!

Where did the statement vanish?!

Rediff.com14 Aug 2017

The attempts to unearth the document started getting more and more frantic. The clerks began to flip pages of files full of documents, some hand written, some bearing thick seals or multiple stamps, some in Hindi, some in Marathi. Several junior lawyers joined in, perusing different files and dockets. But in spite of the best of efforts the document was not to be found.

An Indian soldier challenges Jaish

An Indian soldier challenges Jaish

Rediff.com18 Feb 2019

'The brainless 'fidayeen' you have been breeding are going to hell to rot and not to any heaven.' 'No one can get away after messing with the Indian Defence Forces,' Major Mohommed Ali Shah, an Indian Army veteran, tells the Jaish e Mohammed.

India's controversial 'messengers of God'

India's controversial 'messengers of God'

Rediff.com25 Apr 2018

A look at few gurus who have attracted controversy in recent times.

The 27-year-old lawyer fighting for Adivasis

The 27-year-old lawyer fighting for Adivasis

Rediff.com2 Mar 2016

'In the districts of Jagdalpur and Dantewada, the only time the accused walked out of jail was when they were acquitted. There is no concept of bail.' 'The women were very clear -- they had to fight. Remaining silent any longer was not an option.'

Sheena Bora Trial: Now, the secretary has memory loss

Sheena Bora Trial: Now, the secretary has memory loss

Rediff.com4 May 2018

Over the weekend and Labour Day, a change seemed to have come over the former secretary and her memory had all but deserted her. Not unexpectedly, Kajal Sharma had lost much of her exactness. Her vocabulary had shrivelled to four or five words.

365 days. 319 films

365 days. 319 films

Rediff.com21 Jan 2019

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen?

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

Rediff.com21 Aug 2019

'Quite the raconteur, much to the dismay of Courtroom 51's CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale, Christopher 'Doglis' Marquis, a Bandra dog-breeder who was Prosecution Witness No 57 and a panch or witness, seemed to move into the witness box with glee, embellishing every answer that he gave to the lawyers' questions with a variety of additional details.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.

Sheena Bora Trial: Where did Sheena's brain vanish?

Sheena Bora Trial: Where did Sheena's brain vanish?

Rediff.com27 Jun 2019

Shivade: "You didn't find any brain inside the brain cavity?" Dr Thakur nodded. The judge shocked: "Huh?!"

India's controversial 'messengers of God'

India's controversial 'messengers of God'

Rediff.com25 Aug 2017

A look at few gurus who have attracted controversy in recent times.

Why Meghna Gulzar made Talvar

Why Meghna Gulzar made Talvar

Rediff.com2 Oct 2015

'The fragility of this case is that taking a side could be a fallacy to do. Because you don't have all the answers. So how do you take one particular side?' Meghna Gulzar asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com

The MOST MEMORABLE roles of Pran

The MOST MEMORABLE roles of Pran

Rediff.com12 Feb 2017

At the peak of his popularity and charisma, filmmakers considered him a bigger draw than the leading man and often remunerated him with a higher fee than the hero.

Sheena Bora Trial: A Tale of Two Witnesses

Sheena Bora Trial: A Tale of Two Witnesses

Rediff.com19 Jun 2018

Shyamvar Pinturam Rai and Pradeep Waghmare. Both erstwhile employees of Peter and Indrani Mukerjea. In the witness stand on Monday, Waghmare came across as a cheerful, straightforward man who is attempting to clamber his way towards prosperity. In the witness stand on Friday, Rai shed his customary jauntiness and broke down weeping, begging forgiveness from CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale.

If this is not anti-nationalism, what is?

If this is not anti-nationalism, what is?

Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

'We in the Anglicised middle class are unconcerned about the vast majority of Indians. We insist on only our concerns and anxieties being debated. All other Indians are irrelevant,' says Aakar Patel.

Dhoni and the Roar of the Lion

Dhoni and the Roar of the Lion

Rediff.com5 Apr 2019

'Very few are lionised like Dhoni anywhere in the world, perhaps not even Messi,' says Dhruv Munjal.

Indrani informed Peter about disposing of Sheena's body: CBI chargesheet

Indrani informed Peter about disposing of Sheena's body: CBI chargesheet

Rediff.com22 Oct 2016

Indrani kept Peter informed on phone about the selection of spot for disposing her body and recce conducted for the same.

'The new year will bring good tidings. It will, I know it will'

'The new year will bring good tidings. It will, I know it will'

Rediff.com29 Dec 2017

'My husband will never forget the torture nor forgive those responsible for it.'

'The lady told me her name is Sheena Bora'

'The lady told me her name is Sheena Bora'

Rediff.com7 Jul 2018

That answer, the strangest of all till date in this courtroom, set off a ripple of excitement, surprise and muted amusement among those present, including Accused No 1 Indrani Mukerjea.

Review: Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a waste of time

Review: Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a waste of time

Rediff.com7 Nov 2014

Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a tedious comedy drama that attempts to highlight the inhumane working conditions of factory workers in our country.

Delhi gang rape: 'My son can't do such a thing, let him live'

Delhi gang rape: 'My son can't do such a thing, let him live'

Rediff.com10 Sep 2013

Family members of Akshay Thakur, one of the four declared guilty in the December 16 gang rape and murder case, burst into tears after learning about the court's verdict and hoped God would be kind when punishment would be pronounced on Wednesday.

'This is like a genocide and dictatorship'

'This is like a genocide and dictatorship'

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

In a year of the Yogi Adityanath regime in Uttar Pradesh, the state has witnessed 1,500 police encounter in which 58 criminals have been killed. On July 2, the Supreme Court sought a reply from the UP government on the issue of police encounter killings after advocate Sanjay Parekh appearing for the People's Union for Civil Liberties pointed out that gross human rights violations were being carried out through these killings under the Adityanath rule. Speaking to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, PUCL's advocate Sanjay Parekh said that police encounters are not permissible in a democracy.