'Villagers are people without masks.' 'That is why I call them genuine human beings.' 'As an actor, I have been inspired by many such genuine characters.'
He was the lone survivor of the crash in which Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 armed forces personnel were killed.
Ranveer is loud, but not shrill, notes Subhash K Jha. As in singing, in acting holding your pitch in the higher notes is a Himalayan task. Ranveer resides on the highest notes of the musical mountain and still manages to be coherent, fluent and persuasive.
DIVINE's journey reveals four important lessons.
'I have been lucky to be able to show my talent more as a sports anchor, and I could do this for life!'
Goodbye makes ordinary places, ordinary people and ordinary events become interesting, observes Mayur Sanap.
In a corner of Kolkata lived a man who made Latin American music cool before urban India became hip to salsa. Sumit Bhattacharya remembers Monojit Datta, ace percussionist, guru and unknown legend
Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I.
In five years, Naezy aka Naved Shaikh went from being a gully boy living in a Mumbai slum to rocking India's underground rap scene. When he started off his rap career with Aafat! in 2014, he knew he would find success. Little did he imagine the obstacles he'd have to encounter.
Soorarai Pottru HELD A Ganesh Nadar'S attention till the last frame.
'While narrating a scene to Amitji, Akshay and Tusshar, they learnt that Aishwarya was not the heroine opposite Akshay as they had presumed.' 'She had a negative role.' 'They were shocked, more so when they learnt that she didn't know this.' '"Shooting will stop midway, she won't do the film", I was warned.'
Our true nature is tranquillity; that is how we are; we need to shed away what we are not and whatever is causing stress, advises spiritual coach Modmonk Anshul.
The legendary dancer did not just take Kathak to the world but also passed on his craft to generations of students
'I was like a scattered necklace; Indian Idol put the pieces together.'
To say Aretha ticked all the boxes when it came to voice technique is like calling Cristiano Ronaldo an efficient footballer, says Kanika Datta.
If you want to see what India should be like and how Indians should live, you have to see Bhilai, says Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd).
'For all of us at Amazon, it is 'Bharat first'.' 'We are keeping the Indian customer at the centre of what we are doing.'
August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released. Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
Will Covid-19 permanently change higher education, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
I wondered how being scientist-mathematician helps one cycle better. Perhaps the self-discipline helps; perhaps it is the scientist-technologist perspective of breaking down the whole into separate pieces, identifying specifics and working on them for improved results, mulls Shyam G Menon.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
'I always thought that if you play a negative character, people will tend to hate you.' 'But the reaction has been amazing, especially after Season 2.'
Singer Pink wrote this heartwarming speech for her little girl.Read it here!
Do not sugar coat your relationships, see it for what it really is, advises psychologist and spiritual coach Modmonk Anshul.
'Every day that God gives me to spend with Sahib is a great celebration of a day well spent.'
Last year, Nikhil Kamath and his brother Nithin jettisoned into a club of the country's 100 wealthiest with their net worth pegged at around Rs 24,000 crore
'My definition of a true star is when they enter a room, the energy of the room changes.' 'She has the aura of a true star.'
'When Kamal Haasan came into the room, I was literally shivering. I am just an ordinary head load worker and there, I was standing next to a legend like him. I didn't know what to do. Not even in my dreams did I think of meeting Kamal sir or talking to Shankar Mahadevan sir. I was living a dream.'
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.
Hidenori Ish talks about his fascinating journey, from a small town in Japan to Tamil Nadu in India, for the love of music.
A combination of demonetisation, a poorly and hurriedly implemented GST, and more recently the "botched up" lockdown of the economy to control the spread of Covid has brought the economy to its knees.
'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
Lovers Rock is sexy, romantic, charming and hugely entertaining -- a perfect gift for movie lovers in these tough times, feels Aseem Chhabra.
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
'... 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.'
'Trust me, I don't even enjoy the company of friends who live in regret.' 'You either own your decisions or just let it go and work harder to get something better.'
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