'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.' 'If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all ethnicities and genders -- would be out of a job,' observes Indira Kannan.
May's visit is likely to coincide with the India-United Kingdom Tech Summit in New Delhi between November 7 and 9
India's observatory will be the fourth in space, after the Hubble, Russia's Spektr R and Suzaku of Japan.
American Airlines confirmed on Saturday that a 30-something woman expressed suspicions about Menzio. She said she was too ill to take the Air Wisconsin-operated flight 3950.
'India need to look beyond the economic prism.' 'China had no qualms in taking the Kashmir issue to the UN Security Council last year -- not once, but thrice -- thus violating Indian sensitivities,' observes China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
The biggest change his administration will make is to increase the proportion of highly-skilled immigration from 12 per cent to 57 per cent, Trump said.
For the first time in its history, Cirque du Soleil is premiering a new show, Bazzar, outside Canada -- first in Mumbai and then Delhi.
'As an actor, it gave me such a great role that after that whatever, work I was offered, it was never fulfilling.'
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
Who gets more than six million personalized letters every year? Santa Claus -- also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas and Ded Moroz (Russia), according to the United Nations Universal Post Union.
After healthcare and frontline workers, priority will be given to those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 crore, it added.
'It is going to be a lifelong thing for me.'
As part of a study, young couples revealed different condom negotiation strategies to cope with unprotected sex.
All of 102, 'miracle' woman Man Kaur ran her way to a track and field gold medal at a world masters meet in Spain earlier this month, and in true never-give-up sportsperson spirit is already in training for her next competition.
Photographer Pravin Talan's 2016 Calendar is a page-turner which celebrates talent.
In an online chat with readers, Sri Akella, director of Dream Seekers Academy shared advice on how to pick the right international course and career.
Experts say Indian students will have to accept that international space for them is shrinking.
An Indo-Canadian professor has been appointed as British Columbia's regional research chair on Canada-India Business and Economic Development.
The Bollywood heavyweight will be conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, on Friday.
Top Careers and You, exam experts, answer questions about the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
The ambitious Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission aims to provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families.
The United World College invites applications for its two-year International Baccalaureate programme in its colleges in India, Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, UK, USA and Venezuela.
Selected students from India will win a fully funded scholarship to pursue a master's programme at the Oxford University in the UK in 2014.
If you are serious about your future, here are some MBA programmes and short courses you can consider, advises Arun Jagannathan is co-founder and CEO, CrackVerbal.
Education consultant Karan Gupta hosted a chat with rediff.com readers on study abroad issues. The transcript.
Two competitive examination experts give advice on the Graduate Record Examination, necessary for postgraduate studies in the US and Canada. What's an ideal score? When should you start preparing? Read on
There are very few people in the world who qualify to be called a living legend. Astad Deboo is one of them.
'The government is making more reservations for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. That, I believe, will ruin Indian industries,' says Professor Baldev Nayar.
England, Canada and Israel remained the nations generating the warmest feelings among Americans. Americans' warmth toward China, India and Israel grew the most.
BlackBerry is planning to develop a bacteria-free phone, specifically for use in hospitals.
Obesity worsens the effects of ageing on brain function, says study.
The organic nickel compounds created by Rajsapan Jain and his colleagues at the University of Victoria, Canada, display magnetic properties spontaneously at room temperature.
According to the annual HSBC 'Value of Education Learning for Life' report, India has the world's highest proportion of parents (88 per cent) who are willing to send their children abroad for higher studies, ahead of Turkey (83 per cent), Malaysia and China (82 per cent each).
Pradhan met Energy Secretary Rick Perry during an unscheduled trip to the US Capitol and discussed energy cooperation between India and the US, Indian investment in Liquefied natural gas and shale sectors, and the possibility of the US exporting LNG to India from early next year.
'If Amazon's officials had secured their visas through proper paperwork, under what rule or law was Swaraj threatening to cancel them?' 'If she felt a crime had been committed, as a law abiding citizen she should have registered a first information report or a complaint.' 'Instead she fired off a twitter fatwa, acting like a despot.'
Readers discuss whether an international education is good for the individual and the nation.
The ones who came more recently were clutching the green cards that gave them an escape hatch through which to return to green pastures: Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian and other perfectly honourable gentlemen like them, points out T N Ninan.
Prof Banerjee and his team found that microbes seeking vital minerals in the volcanic glass, had drilled the tubules in the same way, they drill basalt lava, which squeezes out of the ocean floor in volcanic zones, today.
Taking a leaf from the US, Canada and the UK, where students and research scholars get to work with Parliamentary panels, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is pushing for induction of interns in the Parliamentary standing committees.
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