"I wanted to be a model since childhood. But as I am dusky, in North India, it's a taboo. People made me feel that I am not pretty." Aspiring model Neha Verma opens up to Rediff.com
The 25 year old beauty from Bhilai talks about the moment that inspired her to switch careers.
'Siddaramaiah was openly taking on the BJP's communal agenda, which very few non-BJP politicians do.'
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
That Benafsha Soonawalla is multi-talented is a given. And she can really rock the bikini.
'The sense of fear generated by indiscriminate and unwarranted filing of FIRs prevents people from exercising their fundamental rights; people go silent or give up the fight as the legal process is itself the punishment.'
These gorgeous girls promoted fashion and art from across the world.
Mind The Malhotras is like a bus that skipped a few stops on its route, observes Deepa Gahlot.
After shedding the extra weight, Kareena has become quite a clothes horse.
How Shibani Bhagat plans to rewrite the rules of the Indian sneaker business.
'In trying to dress up, girls forget to dress comfortably.' 'At the end of the day, you should be able to dance and enjoy.'
The actor who walked the ramp for Asa Kazingmei has some fashion tips for men.
'These days girls are quite independent. They are scared to settle down as they feel their freedom will be taken away. In Pesarattu, what the girl goes through is representative of the new-gen woman. They have this fear of life and marriage, Nikitha Narayan tells Radhika Rajamani/ Rediff.com
'A dream does not become a reality by accident, it is the result of sweat, commitment and hard effort.'
Ready to Flaunt: Campus Trendsetter Look
Mother-daugher duo Bhumika and Minakshi Ahluwalia will present their collection at LFW's GenNext.
The Lakme ambassador closed the show for Shantanu and Nikhil at the Lakme Fashion Week.
8 Type of Bags Every Woman Should Absolutely Own
Should we not be creating roles in India for the talented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
"We sponsor faculty awards, sabbatical grants, student fellowships, workshops and internships," said IBM India Research Lab Director Dr Daniel Dias.
Sita Ramam is a subtle reminder that, in a world where you can be anything, the best thing you can be is kind
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com tracks Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's project-launching spree with just about three months to go for the assembly election in India's most populous state.
'Sooner or later the right kind of guy will come along, who likes you for who you are, not based on the clothes you wear,' says Love Guru.
The beautiful people and their hot styles from the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2016
After another hiatus that lasted a decade, the actress makes a comeback once again, this time in JugJugg Jeeyo, where she taps into her comic side to play Anil Kapoor's wife.
Rannvijay Singh and Ananya Birla showed off their cool dance moves as they flaunted their label.
'Today, as a film personality, he is bigger than Dharma Productions.' 'But he is still warm and loyal to his friends from school, college and work.'
Unless you know what you are and what you are not, how will you get an appropriate job?
"I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion," Obama told CBS News in an interview.
Presenting the winners of the Miss India-Canada 2011 beauty pageant.
The latest addition to Antim is Pragya Jaiswal who makes her big Bollywood debut with it.
Mahsa Amini's tragic custodial death in Tehran has triggered protests across Iran. Defiant, jean clad women minus their tunics and hijabs are marching in unison and shouting 'Down with the dictator' Women in Iran have been pushed to the wall and are no longer willing to abide by the restrictions placed on them, explains Rashme Sehgal.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are.
Twenty five-year-old designer Jelin George fresh from the London College of Fashion tells us how she got selected to showcase at Lakme Fashion Week, why she's ambitious enough to launch her own label right away and shares tips with youngsters aspiring to a career in fashion.
Mumbai-based Dimple Mehta has been using her Instagram handle to decry fat-shaming.
The comedy is stale, but there are bits that make you laugh, notes Divya Nair.
Hanan Hamid walked the ramp wearing a traditional half-saree to promote Khadi products here.
Bollywood can teach you a thing or two about education.
'When I used to shoot my friends or cousins, I used to tell myself: I want to make them look a better version of themselves.' 'That's how I started: "I don't care who you are or who you think you are. When you are in front of my camera, I'll make you look better than what you think you are".'
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