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Kohli's Brain Fade: How India Lost The Plot

Kohli's Brain Fade: How India Lost The Plot

Rediff.com27 Dec 2024

Those three wickets for six runs, in a manic final 15 minutes of the day's play, undid all the good work that had gone before, asserts Prem Panicker.

Why did Google doodle Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay?

Why did Google doodle Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay?

Rediff.com3 Apr 2018

India's freedom fighter's interest in arts led to setting up several institutions of learning in independent India.

The Fabelmans Review: Spielberg At His Best!

The Fabelmans Review: Spielberg At His Best!

Rediff.com9 Feb 2023

Spielberg was born with a camera in his eye. And this one movie, he'd been recording all his life, observes Sukanya Verma.

'RBI may hold rates on Jan 28 policy review'

'RBI may hold rates on Jan 28 policy review'

Rediff.com6 Jan 2014

In the mid-quarter review on December 18, the Reserve Bank left key policy rates unchanged but said it will hike interest rates if inflation does not subside.

4-month-old's surgery cancelled due to Trump's travel ban

4-month-old's surgery cancelled due to Trump's travel ban

Rediff.com3 Feb 2017

The gravely ill baby is Iranian, but Fatemah's family has decided they did not want her to have surgery in her birth country due to concerns about the quality of medical services.

32 years on, toxic waste still lying in Union Carbide factory

32 years on, toxic waste still lying in Union Carbide factory

Rediff.com3 Dec 2016

Activists burnt the US flag and logos of Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals - as they have done nothing to end the sufferings of the victims for the last 32 years.

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

Rediff.com15 Feb 2022

'There is a part of me that says it is a great time to tell stories from my own land.' 'But then opportunities are coming my way from all over the world.' 'So one foot is here and one foot is in the West.'

What the Fed rate hike means to you, and your wallet

What the Fed rate hike means to you, and your wallet

Rediff.com17 Dec 2015

One small interest rate hike of one-quarter of a percentage point is unlikely to have much impact on your budget

Men Who Fought To The Last Bullet And Last Breath

Men Who Fought To The Last Bullet And Last Breath

Rediff.com11 Nov 2022

'Rezang La was a unique battle.' 'It was not a large scale battle like the Battle of Kohima which involved a large number of troops.' 'Here there was just a company that fought it out till the last man.'

Mercury Review: Ghost movie with no spirit

Mercury Review: Ghost movie with no spirit

Rediff.com13 Apr 2018

There's something very pompous about the basic pitch of this movie that slowly chews away at its core, feels Sreehari Nair.

5 things to watch out for at French Open on Day 4

5 things to watch out for at French Open on Day 4

Rediff.com31 May 2017

Five things to watch out for at the French Open on Wednesday.

The hungry children of Mokhada

The hungry children of Mokhada

Rediff.com2 Nov 2016

The malnourished children whose condition has attracted the attention of India's apex court.

Review: Spectre is a long film, short on thrills

Review: Spectre is a long film, short on thrills

Rediff.com20 Nov 2015

At 148 minutes, Spectre feels like the longest Bond film of all time, says Raja Sen.

Kerala man cycles 4000km to Russia to watch World Cup

Kerala man cycles 4000km to Russia to watch World Cup

Rediff.com18 Jun 2018

He flew to Dubai from Kerala on Febraury 23, bought a cycle, took a ship to the port city of Bandar Abbas, the capital of Hormozgan province on the southern coast of Iran, before embarking on his cycling odyssey to Russia.

Pakistani Punjab must pay the price for terror

Pakistani Punjab must pay the price for terror

Rediff.com3 Aug 2015

'The target for all our counter-terror operations ought to be Pakistani Punjab's population,' argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

The soldier who won India's first Param Vir Chakra

The soldier who won India's first Param Vir Chakra

Rediff.com3 Nov 2020

Major Somnath Sharma was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations on November 3, 1947.

Won't allow BJP-RSS to attack Assam's identity: Rahul

Won't allow BJP-RSS to attack Assam's identity: Rahul

Rediff.com28 Dec 2019

The Congress leader said he had warned the people of Assam before the Assembly elections in 2016 that hard earned peace would be hampered if the BJP came to power.

Ajit Pawar stands alone politically

Ajit Pawar stands alone politically

Rediff.com26 Nov 2019

By ditching his uncle, the towering Sharad Pawar, and taking his party to the verge of a split, has Ajit Pawar over-reached? asks N Suresh.

Is India reluctant to take its place in the new world order?

Is India reluctant to take its place in the new world order?

Rediff.com30 Apr 2014

'Crafting a coherent, transparent and consistent policy vis-a-vis our neighbours, leave alone the rest of the world, is unlikely to be high on the priority list of the new Indian government, which will be sworn in before June,' says Ramananda Sengupta.

Keep up the demonisation, and you'll get the government you deserve

Keep up the demonisation, and you'll get the government you deserve

Rediff.com4 Nov 2015

'What if Modi becomes the fascist the leftists paints him as? What if he does suspend the Constitution and declares himself the ruler, with support from the army? What exactly will you do, Mr Leftie?' asks Rajeev Srinivasan.

How Monsoon Wedding became a musical

How Monsoon Wedding became a musical

Rediff.com30 May 2017

Going behind the scenes with director Mira Nair.

Why BJP and AIADMK got swept away in TN

Why BJP and AIADMK got swept away in TN

Rediff.com24 May 2019

The DMK combine has won 37 of the 38 LS constituencies in Tamil Nadu, and bagged 13 of the 22 assembly bypolls. What swept away the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the southern state was not dravidian ideology but job loss and graft bias, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Davis Cup Roundup: Federer helps Swiss win

Davis Cup Roundup: Federer helps Swiss win

Rediff.com21 Sep 2015

Roger Federer guided Switzerland to victory in their Davis Cup World Group playoff tie against the Netherlands with an easy 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Thiemo de Bakker on Sunday.

My days as a prisoner of war in Pakistan

My days as a prisoner of war in Pakistan

Rediff.com27 Feb 2019

During a war, there are just four possibilities a soldier faces. One: Victorious and safe. Two: Wounded. Three: Killed in action. Four: Prisoner of War. It was my fate to face the fourth, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) on the year spent as a prisoner of war in Pakistan during the 1971 War.

'It is always possible saboteurs will swing into action'

'It is always possible saboteurs will swing into action'

Rediff.com28 Dec 2015

'When it comes to India-Pakistan relations, seminal moments of progress invariably bring out saboteurs of peace -- whether we're talking about fresh provocations along the LoC, or even a terror attack in India.'

A morning with the first Indian in space

A morning with the first Indian in space

Rediff.com4 Aug 2017

The remarkable story of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, will be seen in a film featuring Aamir Khan.

The hero who won a Param Vir Chakra on Siachen

The hero who won a Param Vir Chakra on Siachen

Rediff.com11 Feb 2016

Honorary Captain Bana Singh won the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest ranking gallantry award, for recapturing a Pakistani post on the Siachen Glacier. Living a retired life in a quiet village in Jammu and Kashmir, he makes you feel that his act of phenomenal courage was part of a soldier's day at work.

'If he moved to India, he could never return to Pakistan'

'If he moved to India, he could never return to Pakistan'

Rediff.com28 Jun 2016

'The biggest advantage for India was its seasoned and experienced political leadership who had spent decades struggling against the Raj and had spent years behind bars.' 'Not a single prominent leader of the Muslim League spent one day in jail.' 'Gandhiji, Nehru and Sardar Patel were intelligent, shrewd men with their hands on the popular pulse.'

Kal Penn: I would love to shoot five Bollywood films simultaneously

Kal Penn: I would love to shoot five Bollywood films simultaneously

Rediff.com4 Dec 2014

'...But my strong suit will not be dancing,' Kal Penn tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com, in the concluding part of the interview.

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