Mamta Mohandas fought a seven-year-long battle with the big C but has only inspired smile and positivity.
The actor unveiled Yamaha's annual calendar featuring some of India's hottest models.
'Two years ago, had I been given even a tiny hint that my genes were tipping the scale for the development of a disease that would lock me into my body, unable to move or breath normally on my own, I would have been sad, and probably mad.' 'So now I'm running as fast as I can -- from my wheelchair.' P Rajendran on the amazing but brief life of Rahul Desikan, medical pioneer.
'He is busy building an image on the social media as an anti-right-winger.' 'But remember: An actor is only good at what he was born to do,' observes Subhash K Jha.
The two were arrested by the police for allegedly trying to breach peace and posting inflammatory material on social media.
A generation of youngsters are waiting in the wings, ready for their shot at being the Next Big Bollywood Star. Meet Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan's 'dude child'.
You aren't dealing with a normal, civilised, law. The NDPS Act, in its preconditions for bail, and insistence on evidence of innocence rather than guilt, is worse than UAPA. Imagine yourself or your child at the other end of this, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'There are more young people in Assam who are unemployed than possibly anywhere else.'
At a time when thousands of our farmers are sitting on the roads in bitterly cold December nights, protesting another policy measure that 'tightens the noose around their neck', ironically sold as 'beneficial' for them, it becomes all the more necessary for us to watch Gabhricha Paus to understand their problems better, says Utkarsh Mishra.
'My mom, dad, sister and husband often yell at me to get off the phone. but I say, let me check this picture for the last time...'
The new Louvre Abu Dhabi puts NO Islamic restrictions on what it displays.
'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'
'Luminous souls Sufi and Soleil are expanding us in ways we never thought possible.'
Reader Nikhil Kulkarni sends us photographs.
Reader Ajay Panwar met former Australian fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz at the University of Queensland.
Rediff readers wrote emotionally about the passing of Dr Abdul Kalam while others sent in pictures of chance meetings with this humble physicist who was always available with an easy smile and some gentle words.
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.
The doctorate is being confereed upon by Singhania University in Udaipur.
'His relationship with Sridevi was not meant to work out, especially since both of them were ambitious, driven and passionate.'
A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.
Taking to Twitter, the army said its mountaineering expedition team spotted the 'mysterious' footprints on April 9 close to Makalu Base Camp.
Public intellectuals who frame the ideological antipathy between the RSS & Co and Jawaharlal Nehru in the light of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and Hindu Raj alone, miss the point by a yard, argues Shaan Kashyap.
'KRN's journey from a humble cottage in Uzhavoor to Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi was no less spectacular than that of Abraham Lincoln from the log cabin to the White House'.
Despite repeated appeals from the police and the varsity authorities, the protesters refused to end their agitation. Police said the protesters did not have permission to march towards Parliament.
Nat Geo nature photographer of the year Varun Aditya shares some of his best pictures.
The external affairs minister, a JNU alumnus, condemned the attack on the university campus. He said it's completely against the culture and tradition of the university.
Madrid hailed as 'Masters of the Universe' after crushing Juve
Here's what your favourite Hollywood celebrities have been up to.
'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.' Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.
Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here!
The protest by farmers at the Delhi border points entered the sixth day and is set to continue as the critical talks between three Union ministers and farmer groups ended in a stalemate on Tuesday after they rejected the government's suggestion of a new committee to look into issues raised by agitating farmers.
Readers tell us what the Taj Mahal means to them.
Ayodhya is decked up for the bhoomi pujan that will be attended at the Ram Janmabhoomi by 175 people, who figure in a select guest list of seers and politicians topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Reader Ranjan Banerjee, 62 from Baripada, Orissa takes us back in time.
Females who dressed sexily at their graduation, according to a study, were perceived as less competent.
It housed around 20 million artefacts, including varieties of rare exhibits relating to the history of America.
'The images of mass cremations and crowds of people at hospital doors brought me to tears.' 'I started this initiative because at the end of the day India is my home.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
If this trend continues, 2018 may end up as the worst year in terms of number of youths joining various terror groups, according to the officials.
Celebs at Manish Malhotra's house for Ganpati celebrations!
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