Kerala Tourism has drawn up God's Own Country 2.0 and the department is going all out to repair the state's image and infrastructure. Apart from being a damage control exercise, it is also an opportunity to reimagine the state as a tourism brand.
'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.'
The new service will travel through 18 countries and each bus will accommodate 20 passengers.
Bishan Singh Bedi once invited Pakistani cricketers Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar and others for dinner in Australia and cooked delectable food for the 25-odd guests, says a new book.
Some of the world's elite shooters will transform their living rooms into competition ranges on April 15 for a first-of-its-kind international online championship, the coronavirus lockdown triggering another out of the box thinking. An electronic target setup, beside a mobile phone with internet connection, is all they require to shoot in the championship.
Bengaluru's Namratha Nandish has trekked to 50 high altitudes lakes in Kashmir in one season to earn the sobriquet of 'Alpine Girl'.
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.
For all of us who have been through the different challenges of the pandemic, each of the stories will evoke your senses in its own way, notes Divya Nair.
'The propagation of an absolutist narrative that shuts down any dissent is dangerous, irresponsible, and unbecoming of India's proud democracy.' 'The government must do better.'
The prime minister in his intervention at the session on "global economy and global health" also flagged the issue of facilitating international travel and talked about the mechanism of mutual recognition of vaccine certification as a means of achieving this, according to the text of his intervention shared by his office.
'Fashion will be more clean, minimal, utility-oriented.'
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.' 'But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are gone.'
Travel portal Yatra is planning to come up with a luxury travel vertical, where celebrities such as sports persons, actors, famous chefs or social media influencers will act as guides to travellers. If you like to travel in 7-star style and yearn for that extra bit of star value, this could be just up your street.
'If the international travel ban in reality exists for six months, then it becomes a logistical nightmare. At least, for the T20 tri-series before the World T20.'
In Aspirants, Abhilash, SK and Guri chase the IAS dream from Delhi's bustling Old Rajendra Nagar. They are like the tripod; we are constantly reminded about their deep bond, but I didn't feel the closeness, observes Sukanya Verma.
The possibility of a restart next month was given a boost when the government said elite sport could return behind closed doors after June 1.
Meet Michael Lyngdoh and Anirudh Gupta who ditched the prospect of high-paying jobs to start up a cool new travel website.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Aryna Sabalenka expressed more concern over the vaccine than her quarterfinal opponent No 1 Ash Barty
'Somewhere, I have to be true to myself. At this point in life, I am more interested in human drama.'
'This is a film that speaks to the spirit of women who have been cast into the bottom of India's social hierarchy, and how they have navigated their way to redefine the meaning of power.'
Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com heads to south Mumbai to discover why Kitab Khana is considered one of the best bookshops in the world.
Kamala and her younger sister Maya are incredibly close.
So, what's the problem if our present is screwed up when the future promises to be profitable? It's an Indian habit, notes Shyam G Menon.
'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'
Devaki Vijayaraman shares her inspiring journey from a homegrown baker to being the first winner of Masterchef India Tamil.
Subway riders across the world got an eyeful on Sunday as thousands of commuters across several countries, including the United States, Britain and Czech Republic, stripped down to their underwear in celebration of the 19th annual No Pants Subway Ride. 'The idea behind No Pants is simple: Random passengers board a subway car at separate stops in the middle of winter without pants,' the event's website says. The silly tradition was created by Improv Everywhere, a comedy performance art group, in New York City in 2002. Take a look.
Unless you know what you are and what you are not, how will you get an appropriate job?
Amar Singh and Ram Dev, sons of Arjun Gopal alias Tshidawa, said their father had suggested the construction of the tunnel to the former prime minister.
Stuck in a training centre in locked-down Thailand's Phuket, ace Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash has found a silver lining in the extra time he is getting to recuperate from an injury amid the gloom of coronavirus pandemic. Sajan, who travelled to Phuket in February to train for swimming meets, had hoped to achieve the 'A' qualification mark for the Olympics. However, the national record holder has been left stranded in the city following the lockdown in the country.
'The whole state is very proud of me.' 'I have been home twice after the release of the movie and I could feel the pride in the people's eyes.'
The ICC Events Committee will meet to discuss three options with regards to holding the ICC T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in October this year.
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
Food is one of the biggest incentives for travellers to start a vegan tour.
The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader also said that the troubles of the hapless workers grew manifold, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, as their employers did not implement the provisions of the existing Inter State Migrant Labour Act, 1979.
'There is an unsaid bond between Ranveer and me.' 'We just have to look at each other to know if something is not working.'
Behind the state's success in containing coronavirus positive cases is one novel initiative -- Active Case Finding or ACF, which even Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsed for the bigger states to follow. The ACF campaign began in April with 16,000 basic health personnel, ASHA, anganwadi workers and auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM) out on foot trekking to most mountain valleys, snow-bound districts and remote passes of the state, reports Ashwani Sharma.
Each region in India has its own culinary narrative that speaks through its distinct dishes. Each cuisine packs within itself, textures, layers, ideas and historical nuggets so that all of Indian food cannot be pigeonholed together to say that there is one Indian cuisine. A fascinating extract from Sonal Ved's Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?.
Having taken up Test captaincy from M S Dhoni in the middle of a series in Australia back in 2014, Virat Kohi changed the way India played the five-day game.
