'Nobody is killing you in Kerala because you are Hindu unlike in North India where Muslims have been killed only because they are Muslims and were carrying some meat.'
Bollywood-Malayalam actress Swetha Menon recently accused Congress leader N Peethambara Kurup of molestation at a public event in Kollam, Kerala.
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who served as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee during his tenure, salutes the statesman and political legend, who passed into the ages on Monday.
In a series of tweets, Sawant questioned the selection of the team and urged Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Himanta Biswa Sarma to look into the matter.
Oru Vadakkan Selfie is produced by Vinod Shornur under the banner of Cast n Crew.
The investigation agency said during the custody, Suresh had disclosed that she had kept proceeds of the crime at the bank lockers and invested as deposits in various banks.
Archana Kavi talks about making her Telugu debut in Back Bench Student.
Rediff reader Rahul Kapse tells us how he met and fell in love with Ashwini.
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention provides a unique platform for overseas Indians to interact among themselves and with central and state governments. The eleventh edition of the convention is being held in Kochi, Kerala, from January 7-9
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention provides a unique platform for overseas Indians to interact among themselves and with central and state governments. The eleventh edition of the convention is being held in Kochi, Kerala, from January 7-9
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention provides a unique platform for overseas Indians to interact among themselves and with central and state governments. The eleventh edition of the convention is being held in Kochi, Kerala, from January 7-9
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Rediff readers take the 10YearChallenge and tell us what has changed since 1999.
Malayalam film Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala is like a TV serial on the big screen.
Manoj Bajpayee simply lives, and loves, the role -- of a man who life is fast passing by, and who continues to live the lie of a simple government servant, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'In China there is capital punishment for heritage theft. That is how they treat criminals, unlike us.' 'Here we treat them like it's a house-breaking theft.'
The social comment in Sanalkumar Sasidharan's Ozhivudivasathe Kali could well make it a success at the box office, feels Paresh C Palicha.
'The politics of Goa is moving around a sole entity, which is land.'
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
The letter alleged that some of the recent articles written by the award-winning writer amounted to "misleading" the Muslim youth. It also warned that Ramanunni would meet the same fate as that of professor T J Joseph, whose right arm was chopped off by the members of a radical Muslim outfit for allegedly hurting their religious sentiments through a question paper he had set.
Paswan was a minister under six different prime ministers, hardly out of government since he was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1977, observes Virendra Kapoor.
'The roadmap ahead seems very difficult especially in the rural areas where there is very poor infrastructure, vaccine reach and hesitancy.' 'These are a deadly cocktail for the next wave.'
A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem by Kavalam Narayana Panicker where a hymn about nature descends into a musing about cheating, depression and death, feels Sreehari Nair.
Tamaar Padaar is a below average, barely watchable film.
Mohanlal's Loham is not original at all, warns Paresh C Palicha.
Even though the overall death rate of children under the age of one in India has decreased by 7 per cent, the number from rural India is disturbing.
Rediff Labs team analysed the data on tobacco use in India.
The film cuts a sorry figure as a mass entertainer, mixing up various genres, and lacks cohesion
Rediff readers send in their photographs posing with a sanitary napkin.
Director V K Prakash's latest is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The film has some strong perfromances from Indrajith and the supporting cast.
Bhaktajanangalude Sradhakku has Kavya Madhavan and Irshad in the lead.
West Bengal, on Sunday, lifted the Santosh Trophy for the 32nd time after Manvir Singh struck in the 119th minute for a 1-0 win over Goa, extending their domination in the premier domestic football tournament.
Thayil, the author of 'Narcopolis' and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, will join his fellow judges to look for the best works of translated fiction, selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between May 2019 and April 2020.
Procrastination and diversions are part of our existence. Given a chance we will play rather than work. The author tells us how to fight the habit.
The film's premise does not inspire confidence and even the humour does not have the requisite fizz.
In Sandelerbil village alone in the Hingalgunj block in the Sundarbans, around 36 families from the Scheduled Caste community migrated from Tamil Nadu in March, where they had been working in a gas oven factory. A majority awaits dues promised but not paid. The story is no different in the villages of Manipur, Atapur, and Amtoli under the Sandeshkhali block in the Sundarbans.
