'Why Can't Mr Modi Reopen The Passes To Tibet?'

On August 5, 1953, Jawaharlal Nehru sent a strange note to the foreign secretary. It is worth mentioning because it was symptomatic of the lack of knowledge about Western Tibet in India and in......

Why So Much Hatred For English?

There is no guarantee that if we speak in only Indian languages, all our faults will be washed away and India will shine. questions Shyam G Menon. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Why does the......

Kerala: The Puzzled Book Of Questions

Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? asks Shyam G Menon. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff First week of January. My first rail......

The Scotsman Who Loves India

'You have to separate the concept of India as a nation State which is very young and the Upanishadic wisdom which is timeless.' In the second part of his conversation with Rediff.com's Archana......

Devdas wins MTV's Best Asian Foreign Language Film

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Rs 500 million film, Devdas, won MTV's Best Asian Foreign Language Film Award at a ceremony held on January 24. The director, now in Singapore, says happily, "For me, the......

The Good Road misses Oscar short-list for Best Foreign Language Film

Gyan Correa's film The Good Road has not made it to the nine films that were short-listed for the 86th Annual Academy Awards. Correa, who recently returned from Los Angeles after promoting......

The Top 10 Foreign Language Films of 2013

The best of the year lists are a good way to bid farewell to what we loved, held close to us. But it is also the time to revisit memories of what took us through good times and especially bad......

Top 11 Foreign Language Films, 2014

Beautiful movies, from across the world. The year 2014 was big when it came to foreign language films, as many film festival award winners played in theatres in New York City. This year 83......