Kashi Dazzles With Over 2,600,000 Diyas

Once a quiet riverside ritual, Dev Deepawali has evolved into UP's largest soft-power spectacle -- merging faith, art, enterprise into a global cultural brand that reflects state's growing......

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......

When Gujarati Muslims Dominated Bombay Politics

'They wanted the city to be a great business hub. They didn't like the fact that taxes collected in Bombay would go outside the city.' IMAGE: Anjuman-E-Islam was established in 1874 by a group of......

'Land Dispute May Be Behind Khemka's Killing'

The murders of Gopal Khemka and his son Gunjan, seven years apart, bear a striking resemblance, reports M I Khan. IMAGE: Police teams examine the crime scene where Gopal Khemka was shot dead, July......

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......

Forecasting media's future

Ajit Balakrishnan recalls some lessons from the last time people talked of 'convergence' -- the mid-1990s. Image: In the 1990s, convergence itself was a word used in two different senses.......

Re-inventing Khadi, the independent label way

The appeal of the natural fabric, which now comes in a variety of beautiful colours has seen an upsurge Khadi is attracting small upcoming fashion labels who are exploring possibilities to reinvent......

The 'manufacturing nationalism' of Modi and Trump

Both have made factory jobs the centre of their economic agendas. Kanika Datta explains the practical limits to their ambitions. IMAGE: The branding versus manufacturing trade-off poses rather......

'Bharat Is Blessed To Have Bhupen Hazarika'

'That a song can carry the weight of a people's dreams and move hearts across the world.'On Bhupen Hazarika's 99th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays rich tribute to the legendary......

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting. Here's looking at the Web series that you will be watching this year! Do Read: Watch Vijay......

'Ardh Satya wasn't conceived to showcase Om's talent'

'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.''I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.''Bahut zyada defeatist ho......

Immortals: When an atheist made an epic movie on gods

Filmmaker Tarsem Singh's most extravagant film till date, Immortals opens in theatres worldwide tomorrow.From his early days at the Bishop Cotton School in India, Singh's passion was to make......

Diving Champ Manjari Bhargava Passes Into The Ages

Over five decades ago, when swimmers from Rajasthan participated in the National Swimming Championships, competitors from other states would look at the Rajasthan squad in awe. They wondered how a......