A meeting with Che Guevara

1965 was a very eventful year in Algeria. Jammu and Kashmir leader Sheikh Abdullah, who had been released from prison in India, under the pretext of seeing Algerian Revolutionary leader and......

50 Years On: Remembering Che

October 8, 1967: Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was taken prisoner by Bolivian soldiers near the town of La Higuera in Bolivia.The next day, 'El Comandante' was executed.50 years later, in the remote corner......

Ever Seen Shivraj Chouhan Batting?

What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.   IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan -- who will turn 64 on March 5 -- shows us an unfamiliar side......

The IITians in UP poll fray

At 28, he sports a beard just like Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara. He also rides a motorcycle like Che but not in South America but from Lucknow to Kanpur and back. Meet Ajit Shukla, an......

The man who cost Greece billions

Once again Alexis Tsipras (see left) was struggling to make a decision. For hours on July 13, the Greek prime minister and Europe's leaders had been trying to thrash out a new deal to bail out......

Rajkumar Santoshi speaks to Syed Firdaus Ashraf

When you enter director Rajkumar Santoshi's office in Versova, north-west Mumbai, you don't see any posters of his latest hit, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Posters of his early films -- Ghayal,......

Akira Review: Badass Sonakshi cannot rescue a bad film!

Sonakshi moves, feels and looks the part in an effort that's empty heft because the script is extraordinarily dated and bereft of punch, feels Sukanya Verma. One of the greatest gifts of marketing......

Review: Rajinikanth has an infectiously good time in Kabali

Kabali has nothing new to say or offer, besides Rajinikanth playing his age, feels Raja Sen. Nearly halfway into the new Rajinikanth release, Kabali, a student mockingly asks Rajinikanth’s......

Review: Lootera is a beautifully wrapped gift

Lootera reminds us why we like to watch films, writes Aseem Chhabra. How do two people fall in love? When do they first realize it is love and not just infatuation or physical attraction? In life......

Why Dhoni's Rs 210 crore deal makes sense

Brand gurus explain to Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande Mahendra Singh Dhoni's appeal, which resulted in a landmark endorsement deal for India's cricket captain this week. Sometime last week Indian......

Cubans set world record

Cuba broke its own world record for the number of people playing chess at the same time in the same place on Thursday, with 13,000 players at the foot of Che Guevara's tomb, organizers said.Former......

Messi's hopes of leaving Barcelona dealt a huge blow...

La Liga said the only way a club can sign Lionel Messi is if he triggers a release clause of 700-million euros ($833 million). IMAGE: Lionel Messi's lawyers plan to invoke a clause in his......

'Maradona leaves too soon, but leaves a legacy'

IMAGE: A shirt with the image of former football star Diego Maradona hangs on a fence on November 26, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maradona, considered one of the biggest football stars in......

Diego Maradona: The genius who saw heaven and hell

'In our collective imagination Diego Maradona represents a certain glorious past, he's a symbol of what we might have been.' IMAGE: Diego Maradona reacts after receiving a yellow card during the......