'I thought this generation was no good, will not be able to do much with all this social media etc. But then, they surprised us.'
'Back then, Shah Rukh Khan had no style, but he understood his strengths.' 'He knew he was appreciated for his energy and that boosted his confidence.' Rediff celebrates Shah Rukh Khan's 60th birthday on November 2 with a special series that introduces us to the man behind the superstar.
'Those who say the Indian Army is persecuting Kashmiris... I will tell them that the reality is that the Kashmiri loves the fauj and what all the Indian Army has done.'
Ace Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was awarded 'Best Male Athlete of the Year 2025' at the inaugural Indian Athletics Awards. Chopra expressed his emotional connection to the award, given in the presence of multiple generations of athletes. The ceremony also honoured Parul Chaudhary as Best Female Athlete and P T Usha with a Lifetime Achievement Award, recognising significant contributions to Indian athletics.
Satinder Singh Sandhu, a supervisor with 108 Emergency Services, recounts the horrific scenes and his biggest regret from the AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad, which claimed 260 lives.
Alpha is a botched up opportunity, rues Sukanya Verma.
On Raj Kapoor's 38th death anniversary on June 2, 10 soundtracks that reflect the creative crescendos scaled by RK and his musical team.
The Devil Wears Prada is getting a sequel in 2026, and reminding us how Bollywood has consistently delivered films and shows that are not just memorable entertainers but also major trendsetters in fashion.
January has quite a few interesting movies lined up for release. But with the new, there's also a sprinkling of the old.
Much, much, much before Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani fussed over What Jhumka, Asha Bhosle trilled in her alluring voice and teased us with tantalising details about the events leading to her precious Jhumka's loss.
'That is why 9000 IPL runs is only a stopover for Virat Kohli, not a destination,' says Irfan Pathan.
A member of the audience participates as Sumo wrestlers perform during the Nissan Konnichiwa Japan 2022 event in New Delhi.
'If you're so sick, so ill, how will you show that power?'
'When you reach a good point in your life, you should never forget the struggle that got you there. I haven't. That is why I have not become swollen-headed.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Today, if 50 songs are composed, one or two work. In the 1970s, all 50 would work.'
Thousands of seagulls have arrived on the banks of the Yamuna river.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Before playlists, podcasts, streaming apps, YouTube, television took over, radio was the centre of everyday life.
Yeh Hai India: Capturing Events And Moods Across Our Incredible Country.
Shri Ram is the country's oldest annual dance-drama and has been performed consecutively for 66 years.
The newly launched tri-weekly Toy Train with a Vistadome coach and restaurant coach on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
A woman weeps over her loss after a a major fire broke out at the Rajiv Nagar area in Patna on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
More than 100 students at the Women's Christian College in Chennai donated their hair to cancer patients.
Peta activists ride a beautiful Victorian-style electric carriage, an eco-friendly vehicle during a test drive, in Kolkata.
Lamborghini super sports cars queue before the start of the Lamborghini Bull Run in Kolkata
An idol of Lord Ganesha made with onions by farmers in Washim, Maharashtra.
A statute of an elephant being carried on top of an cargo vehicle on the busy Nungambakkam High Road in Chennai.
The Kinnar convention is happening after almost 50 years.
A 40-feet-long Veena -- the Indian classical music instrument -- weighing 14 tons, arrives in Ayodhya on September 16, 2022 to be installed at Lata Mangeshkar Smriti Chowk.
Some say the traditional Indian kindness these days has been replaced with hate and suspicion of one another.
Devotees dance and throw ladoos at each other. The ladoos are later consumed as prasad.
An army officer measures the chest of an aspirant during the Indian Army's Agniveer recruitment programme.
Women tie rakhis to Indian Army jawans as part of Raksha Bandhan celebrations in Prayagraj,
The 133-feet Thiruvalluvar statue was recently maintained by the Tamil Nadu government with chemical coating for saving the granite monument from the sea's salt wind in Kanyakumari.
Artist Santosh Kambli gives finishing touches to the Thailand Cha Raja idol of Lord Ganesh in Mumbai, July 19, 2022.
Shamila, a Coimbatore-based post graduate mechanical engineering student turned poultry farmer, holds an egg laid by one of the hens at her farm, which measured 3.1 inches in size and had a circumference of 5.5 inches and weighed 90 grams, in Coimbatore, January 5, 2023.
Did you know India is the only country where lions and tigers can be found in the wild?
Rubber snakes, resembling real reptiles, hung by police personnel around the Cumbummettu police station in Kerala's Idukki district. The reason? To frighten monkeys who pester the cops!
Here are the key quotes from his Independence Day address.
