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Mumbai's Street Life, As Not Seen Before

It has been two years since Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who worked with the news agency Reuters, was murdered by the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July......

Wedding in the time of coronavirus, courtesy Pune cops

The wedding date had been fixed, as was the venue.But what this young couple from Dehradun didn't plan for was the lockdown that prevented them from going back home to get married.Not to worry, the......

Why did Kerala governor fast against dowry?

'What we see today is bargaining.''The man's family sets a price for him and then they start bargaining.''He is sold to the family that offers the highest price.''In this market, a woman is just a......

Karnataka imposes weekend curfew, shuts schools, colleges

The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to impose weekend curfew and extend the night curfew for two weeks in the state in view of the alarming rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. IMAGE: A......

Karnataka to have total lockdown on Sundays starting July 5

The Karnataka government on Saturday took a slew of decisions including imposing total lockdown on Sundays starting July 5 in view of the spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the state. It......

Why's There Turmoil In The Start-Up World?

The turmoil, if you read the headlines, is about the so-called funding winter.Deep down, though, the question is one of the common direction in which founders and investors need to pull, points out......

HDFC-HDFC Bank: Great Marriage, But...

But there are challenges, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Photograph: PTI Photo In Samuel Beckett's classic, Waiting for Godot, two tramps, Vladimir (nicknamed Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), are engaged......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

Are we Indians technology-averse?

Some examples that show we may be call for introspection, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day, a very senior banker I was in conversation with said to......

Hotels roll out red carpet as big fat weddings return

Cash registers are ringing more frequently at hotels and resorts with the return of the big fat Indian wedding after a two-year hiatus. Photograph: Yogita/Wikimedia Commons This comes even as the......

The F-Word Rules OTT This Week

Food, feminism, fights, father-son issues, famous rivalries, OTT is as loaded as it gets this week. Sukanya Verma lists your options. Baby JohnWhere to watch? Rent on Amazon Prime......

Shah Rukh Khan: I Will Leave Films If...

Gauri wasn't very happy about living the Bombay life.With no friends in the city, she wanted her husband's films to flop so they could go back home, to Delhi.A unique slice of Shah Rukh Khan's......

Motichoor Chaknachoor review

Athiya Shetty springs a surprise in this otherwise tedious film, says Sukanya Verma. It's like there is nothing to small towns except boys and girls and their pesky families consumed by the......

The perfect match made in Heaven

'It is difficult to pin down any singular factor but marriage does invite the emotional investment of viewers,' observes Chintan Girish Modi. IMAGE: A scene from A Suitable Boy streaming on......

Review: Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is a snoozefest

The melodrama is too much, the pace is too slow and the second half is unbearable, says Urvi Parikh. Lately, Bollywood has been making love stories that focus on social issues, leading into the......