It took a lockdown for us in India to even recognise that the plight of migrants needs to be addressed. They were faceless and unrecognised. They were unappreciated and even hounded. They were poorly paid and exploited, notes Ramesh Menon.
'You will never be able to do any work for society if you wait to make enough money.'
Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
'How can one bring jihad into a relationship? How can one be restricted on the grounds of religion in marital things?'
A new Congress leader may make an electoral impact by his very presence. Congress voters who had moved away from the party, after being influenced by the BJP's 'family rule' campaign, can now return with a certain moral satisfaction, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'We have only ourselves to blame.' 'For selfish reasons and greed, we have obstructed many outlets, preventing the water from flowing out, be it rivers, tributaries or small drainage systems.'
In 2020, Hindi cinema had a tough time staying on par with its southern counterparts.
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
'These people want to create fissures among the Hindus and they have been trying to do this for quite sometime.'
The actor said the film industry has the power to stay independent and wished they had enough courage to do so.
KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the performer, observes Sreehari Nair.
Rajeesh Ravi shares his '2 States' story.
The Congress party continues to be racked by arbitrary decision-making and the absence of accountability.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
'The advocate tells me not to worry as truth will prevail one day.' 'I don't know... I am losing all hope...'
Deaths are significantly less in the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison to the second wave, and the current surge is not witnessing increase in severe illness or death following high vaccination uptake, the government said on Thursday.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant shared ten best practices in a bid to bolster India's efforts against Covid-19 pandemic.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
From a contestant on a reality show to a judge, Dilin Nair aka Raftaar shares the secrets that worked in his favour.
Ramya Nair tells us how she found love in Arun.
The success story of six young engineering graduates who came together to build a unique product.
Diva Aur Baati Hum gets a sequel, and Bhabho is an important part of it!
On this day, February 1, in 1976, the Kerala-born poet released her autobiography, My Story.
The BJP believes that the only party still capable of leading a credible challenge against it is the Congress. Please note how BJP campaigners in states where the Congress may count for a cipher or thereabouts, mostly attack the Congress, observes Shekhar Gupta.
They were strangers who met on a bus. They believe God brought them together. Shobha Warrier reports on an incredible story of kindness and giving from Kerala.
'It is because we treat them as our own people, and there is no difference between owners and workers here.'
Malayalam actor Sharafudheen talks about the films that defined his career.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
'What motivated us was that a lot of people, especially youngsters, had a negative image about India.'
Rediff reader Thomas GK who recently travelled to Gavi, an eco-forest in Kerala with his family shares his experience.
'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'
Tata's small car might just have managed to steal the thunder from the annual boat racing festival in Kerala. For a special offer for Onam, Keralites have decided to give oars a rest, and test-drive the Nano instead.
'The first time a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 entering Sabarimala came was in 1991 and was by a high court judgment.' 'So, it is only a 27-year-old ban.' 'The high court can fix customs and the Supreme Court can overturn it.' 'I don't see this as an attack on religious freedom or the practice of a religion.'
'Politics and religion can be a combustive combination, but this once I am pleased that Pinarayi Vijayan made an issue of a rather innocuous tweet by Amit Shah.' 'It provided the perfect excuse to seek respite from political pronouncements and take (temporary) refuge in the classics,' says T V R Shenoy.
Caught in the devastating floods in Srinagar, a social worker refuses to leave his autistic students behind and swim to safety.
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka had the most number of minor rape victims in 2016.
Biryani, appam, dosa, upma, vada pav...name it and you'll find it here.
The measures include an information search prompt with the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) and State Election Commissions to provide reliable information around the elections, a custom emoji to encourage participation, a series of pre-bunks and debunks to tackle election-related misinformation, and a youth discussion series titled #DemocracyAdda aimed at voter literacy and civic participation among young Indians for the upcoming elections.
Gandhi said a "true leader" would be completely focused on averting the massive crisis about to be unleashed by the potentially deadly virus on the country and its economy.
