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Stories our grandmother told us...

'What we really need is a revival of storytelling at bedtime.'Avantika Bhuyan reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a child, my favourite event of the day was the power cut. That's......

How Congress is targeting 150m first-time voters

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has taken to invest in young people from non-dynastic backgrounds to build a core team of 100-odd youths in every state who believe in the Congress party’s......

Pakistan allows Jadhav to meet wife, mother on Christmas day

Pakistan on Friday said it will allow convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet both his wife and mother on December 25, months after India sought a visa for his mother on......

Pak allows Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife

Pakistan on Friday said it will allow convicted Indian death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife, months after India had requested Islamabad to grant a visa to his mother on......

'India's stand on Rohingyas is despicable'

'What kind of world player are you trying to be?' EXCLUSIVE: No country for the Rohingyas A directive by the Union ministry of home affairs has earned the ire of human rights activists......

The man who sold Nirav Modi's art

Saffronart managed the auction of Nirav Modi's art collection, raising Rs 593 million for the government.Founder Dinesh Vazirani tells Avantika Bhuyan how he built Saffronart into an institution.......

The Stanford graduate who left Oracle to make wine

It's been 16 years since Rajeev Samant launched the first Sula wine by selling 50,000 cases.Today, Avantika Bhuyan reports, Sula is on track to sell a million cases this year. Rajeev Samant of......

PIX: Sonam-Anand's date night

Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja celebrated five years of the latter's clothing line Bhaane with a party. The Kapoors came up in full strength in support. The hosts Sonam......

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is here at last!

Vasan Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota -- starring Abhimanyu Dassani, Radhika Madan, Gulshan Devaiah, Mahesh Manjrekar and Jimit Trivedi -- releases this Friday, and a special screening was held on......

How Aamir got married, the first time

'I got married to Reena secretly, with three witnesses.''My wedding was most economical.''I took Bus 211 and bought a ticket of 50 paise.''I got down at Bandra station, crossed the bridge and......

Rubaru Roshni: Starts tough, ends soft

Though it is a little too neat and a little too light, Rubaru Roshni is important because it is telling us stories of people who have experienced an 'Inner Migration' in their lives, notes Sreehari......

PIX: Nora, Sophie, Pooja watch Why Cheat India

Emraan Hashmi's first production releases on Friday. A special screening of Why Cheat India was held on Wednesday night. Nora Fatehi. Sophie Choudhry. Pooja Hegde. ......

PHOTOS: India's gold-glut continues at South Asian Games

IMAGE: Indian women's squash team members Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Karthik, Sumyana Kuruvilla hold national flag after winning gold medal by defeating Pakistan in Womens squash team event at......

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