'How better can we depict the Mughal heritage?'
'We don't know about our own treasures because we are a colonised people. We are unable to break away from that mindset because it is designed as a mouse trap - and colonised people become pigmies/mice on their own soil. We have lost the eyes to appreciate ourselves.'
'Designing the Bigg Boss sets is total dhamaal!' 'They are so happy with the way I design the sets that no questions are asked.' 'Contestants live there for three months, and so, the sets also become a character.'
The rising popularity of Heritage Walks is uncovering forgotten historic sites all over India.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel -- who covers the Sheena Bora murder trial for Rediff.com -- reports on a day in a Ranchi court.
The blaze started on the second floor of the Arpit Palace Hotel in the heart of the national capital around 3.30 am, trapping many guests who were in deep sleep.
When the North Korean athletes took over, it became a more austere affair.
Over ten lakh devotees witnessed the world famous annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath held in Puri on Sunday with fanfare, religious fervour and enthusiasm amid tight security as the practice of people climbing the chariots was stopped in a major reform initiative.
On May 7 this year, they celebrated their 100-year milestone. Mukhtar Ahmad reports
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken in the week gone by.
This is not a film worth recommending, says Raja Sen.
A sneak peek into how residents of the Keshavji Naik Chawl in Girgaum, Mumbai, welcome Lord Ganesha.
Bharati Dutt witnessed life-changing events that shaped India on the threshold of freedom. Her memories are an account of how ordinary Indians saw India change.
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Guwahati even as the PM appealed for calm, assuring the people of the state that the govt will protect their interests.
'Our grandparents' generation knew one another.' 'In our generation, you could go a lifetime without meeting someone from the other country,' British Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie tells Rahul Jacob.
Badmashiyaan does not have any real plot to tell so it crams the script with numerous characters, who just enter and leave at will, warns Sukanya Verma.
Organising the logistics for a festival that attracts nearly 500,000 devotees is not easy.
'When Sushma Swaraj was campaigning like a one-man army against Pakistan for the treatment meted out to Chetna Jadhav and her mother-in-law, India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval was secretly huddled with his Pakistani counterpart in Bangkok.' 'It is becoming impossible to make rational judgments about our government's Pakistan policies,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A man who was ready to die for the country in his youth waits for his government to recognise his sacrifice and pay him his due in his old age.
It is a sight that both warms and breaks the heart. The women of Shaheen Bagh seem oblivious of the cold, these women and their children, the latter ranging in age from 19 days to early teens, who have been occupying the road for over two weeks now. Some of them have not gone home for days, but their faces are clear, unlined by fatigue, their eyes bright and fierce as those of the falcon, shaheen, the area is named for.
A mother-daughter duo is working tirelessly to revive the art and empower rural artisans too.
Guys! Add a mean masculine spin to your workouts, burn fat and build lean muscle with this exercise routine.
On the second day of his Japan tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited two prominent ancient Buddhist temples in Kyoto -- Toji and Kinkakuji -- offering prayers and mingling with the common people and tourists.
Diu, along India's west coast, is one of the most beautiful and serene places in the country says a Rediff reader
Jack Bauer would approve, says Raja Sen.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be the second Indian prime minister to visit Fiji after Indira Gandhi, comes at a time when the islands are moving to consolidate the new democratic system
Tension prevailed as the next of kin of two of the slain in Andhra Pradesh staged protests in Tiruvannamalai district
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on the Sheena Bora Trial.
Ranbir's daku aspirations, Alia's magical transformation, Aishwarya's mommy love and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
'I don't take being a Nawab very seriously.'
The Obamas got a glimpse of Indian culture and ethos at Rajpath on Monday
'George was a politician with a difference. He had the ability to stand alone, take a position, however extreme, and sustain that position,' remembers Arun Jaitley.
There were incidents of stone-pelting and burning of vehicles and sundry items at various places in protest against the police action.
Balbinder Singh Dhami, who has played an inspector, for over a year, in The Zee Horror Show, took on the role of a witness on Monday. It was a part he had no experience of.
Several parts of Drishyam work but the film is more tackiness than craft, says Raja Sen.
The 79-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, did not explicitly refer to the Islamic State terror group.
India must streamline reforms, only then it will see success.
WhatsApp hoax triggers lynching of two others in Maharashtra's Aurangabad.
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