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Secret Of Long Marriages: Appetite For Forgiveness

Secret Of Long Marriages: Appetite For Forgiveness

Rediff.com1 Jun 2022

'In a marriage, you must wipe the self-helpy, holier-than-thou grime off your forgiveness to see what it truly is.'

Dolph Lundgren: I was scared of Sylvester Stallone

Dolph Lundgren: I was scared of Sylvester Stallone

Rediff.com22 Aug 2012

The actor shares his experience of working in The Expendables 2.

5 Asanas To Improve Your Immunity

5 Asanas To Improve Your Immunity

Rediff.com1 Sep 2021

Celebrity yogini and wellness entrepreneur Ira Trivedi suggests a few postures that will help activate and improve your immune system.

Can Channi's caste, Sidhu's ploys win Punjab for Cong?

Can Channi's caste, Sidhu's ploys win Punjab for Cong?

Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

After many years, intricate caste calculations will dominate politics in Punjab.

EXCLUSIVE! The Secret Of Modi's Success

EXCLUSIVE! The Secret Of Modi's Success

Rediff.com2 Aug 2022

'In the course of my interactions with him, Modi insisted that he does not believe charisma alone can sustain people's trust for long.' 'That is why Modi consistently refers to Mahatma Gandhi to contextualise his politics.' 'He believes in taking his ideas to the masses and getting their acceptance as an index of approval.'
A revealing excerpt from Ajay Singh's The Architect of the New BJP: How Narendra Modi Transformed the Party.

FAT to FIT: How I lost 30 kg in less than a year

FAT to FIT: How I lost 30 kg in less than a year

Rediff.com27 Dec 2021

Alan Baptist reveals how he went from 95 kg to 65 kg.

Change Your Life! Ask Questions!

Change Your Life! Ask Questions!

Rediff.com12 Aug 2022

By framing the right question, Satya Nadella directed his team's attention to searching for the right answer, which opened up a treasure trove of new business opportunities, which would have remained undiscovered but for framing the right question.

UK ends 20-year military campaign in Afghanistan as troops fly back

UK ends 20-year military campaign in Afghanistan as troops fly back

Rediff.com29 Aug 2021

A Royal Air Force plane left Kabul airport on Saturday night and arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, including with British ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Laurie Bristow who had been assisting the evacuation process.

If you have elderly parents, please read this

If you have elderly parents, please read this

Rediff.com2 Jul 2021

The life insurance kind of 'statutory nomination', which confers final ownership on the nominee, is the need of the hour for all assets, suggests Harsh Roongta.

Why the Hindutva Project Will FAIL

Why the Hindutva Project Will FAIL

Rediff.com17 Nov 2021

The modern world will not accommodate bigotry of the sort India is showing the world today, argues Aakar Patel.

India Has Lost The Way Economically

India Has Lost The Way Economically

Rediff.com1 Dec 2021

India has the lowest labour force participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world, points out Aakar Patel.

'Level playing field may not be possible at Olympics'

'Level playing field may not be possible at Olympics'

Rediff.com19 Mar 2020

Ensuring a level playing field for athletes during their Olympic preparations may not be possible due to the coronavirus pandemic but it is a challenge World Athletics will strive to overcome, its president Sebastian Coe said. Europe has become the new epicentre of the flu-like virus that originated in China late last year and restrictions on movement in several nations have hit the training plans of athletes ahead of the July 24 to August 9 Tokyo Games.

Djokovic survives scare as Musetti retires in Paris

Djokovic survives scare as Musetti retires in Paris

Rediff.com7 Jun 2021

It was unclear exactly what happened to world number 76 Musetti whose stylish game was threatening to send Djokovic to his earliest Roland Garros exit since 2009.

Jason Statham, Tom Hardy: Britain's MANLIEST stars!

Jason Statham, Tom Hardy: Britain's MANLIEST stars!

Rediff.com19 Aug 2014

Take a look at the five celebrities the English think are the hunkiest of all.

Perarivalan's Release Explained

Perarivalan's Release Explained

Rediff.com19 May 2022

The Rajiv Gandhi assassination, investigation and trial were all jinxed in parts, recalls N Sathiya Moorthy.

Ministries face cash crunch as winter session scrapped

Ministries face cash crunch as winter session scrapped

Rediff.com28 Dec 2020

The health and family welfare ministry spent 70 per cent of its allocation till October. The ministry may need additional funds for the vaccination drive which is expected to be kicked off from January.

Your weight loss can kill you too. Read this!

Your weight loss can kill you too. Read this!

Rediff.com1 Dec 2018

The repeated loss and regain of body weight has been associated with a higher risk of death.

Help your child grow during the lockdown

Help your child grow during the lockdown

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

Let the kids just idle out their time. Their minds are always working. Let that mind develop naturally, says Dr Himani Kulkarni.

HC refuses to stay release of films on Sushant's life

HC refuses to stay release of films on Sushant's life

Rediff.com10 Jun 2021

The Delhi high court on Thursday refused to stay the release of several movies, purportedly based on the life of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, including Nyay: The Justice which is scheduled to be released on Friday, saying these films are neither portrayed as biopic nor factual narration of what transpired in his life.

Indian Army's shopping list worth Rs 300 billion

Indian Army's shopping list worth Rs 300 billion

Rediff.com27 Aug 2020

'The equipment that you make for us must be the best in the world so that it complements the Indian soldier who is without doubt the very best in the world.'

PNB expects to restructure loans worth Rs 40k crore

PNB expects to restructure loans worth Rs 40k crore

Rediff.com24 Aug 2020

The RBI had on August 7 announced a five-member expert panel under former ICICI Bank chairman Kamath to make recommendations on the required financial parameters for recasting corporate loans.

View from Kashmir:  Lengthening shadow of the gallows

View from Kashmir: Lengthening shadow of the gallows

Rediff.com11 Feb 2013

The impression in the valley that Kashmir is not only 'expendable' for buttressing New Delhi's partisan interests, but also a preferred choice to do so, is getting strengthened, feels veteran Kashmir commentator Mohammad Sayeed Malik.

Why Modi is unperturbed by Pawar's meeting

Why Modi is unperturbed by Pawar's meeting

Rediff.com28 Jun 2021

Pawar and his Manch can deliberate to their hearts' content, but so long as the Congress does not play ball the BJP has little to worry, asserts Virendra Kapoor.

ICICI Bank net profit up 21%, meets forecasts

ICICI Bank net profit up 21%, meets forecasts

Rediff.com26 Apr 2013

The bank posted a net profit of about Rs 2,300 crore.

Most consumers just want better features

Most consumers just want better features

Rediff.com20 Jun 2012

The research team that comprised Myungwoo Nam of INSEAD in Singapore, Jing Wang of University of Iowa, and Angela Lee of Northwestern University, detailed their findings in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Want to improve English? Listen, read, practice!

Want to improve English? Listen, read, practice!

Rediff.com2 Apr 2013

In an online chat Chander Madan, CEO of eAge Software Services addressed reader queries on how to improve English language skills.

Bollywood's Best Films of 2012

Bollywood's Best Films of 2012

Rediff.com26 Dec 2012

Sukanya Verma gives us her picks.

Forget Pak, let's first strengthen our internal security

Forget Pak, let's first strengthen our internal security

Rediff.com5 Sep 2012

Let us not expend our energies and waste our time pleading with the Pakistan government, an entity that is either helpless or not helpful. Let us focus on fortifying our internal security: a proposition totally under our control, says Vivek Gumaste

Is India's consumption story good enough?

Is India's consumption story good enough?

Rediff.com3 Feb 2015

Almost half of that market is in India's villages.

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

Rediff.com6 May 2022

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.

CBI books Amnesty for FCRA violation; conducts raids

CBI books Amnesty for FCRA violation; conducts raids

Rediff.com15 Nov 2019

After the case was registered, the CBI carried out searches at four places in the national capital and Bengaluru.

Power game in Afghanistan: Will General Kayani have his way?

Power game in Afghanistan: Will General Kayani have his way?

Rediff.com7 Nov 2011

Pakistan's secreted nuclear 'jewels' has hugely burdened the economy as billions of dollars of scarce resources were being expended on modernising and upgrading atomic warheads and delivery systems by the megalomaniacal and paranoid military, says Rahul Bedi

Jairam & Bill: The odds couple

Jairam & Bill: The odds couple

Rediff.com23 Feb 2012

Not that his odds are particularly strong at 66/1 -but they're the same as Bill Clinton's! For what it's worth former Brazilian President Lula Da Silva has slightly stronger odds at 20/1.

Why we need to respect the SIT report on Modi

Why we need to respect the SIT report on Modi

Rediff.com11 Apr 2012

We cannot afford to continue expending our logistic resources on the riots of Gujarat, an exercise that has run its full course. The nation demands closure in the form of acceptance of the SIT report. To do otherwise is to indicate a lack of faith in the institutions of our country, in effect a lack of faith in ourselves, says Vivek Gumaste

Jaya spent Rs 9.6 lakh to win Tamil Nadu, DMK spent Rs 4.4 lakh

Jaya spent Rs 9.6 lakh to win Tamil Nadu, DMK spent Rs 4.4 lakh

Rediff.com22 Jun 2011

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalithaa, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M Karunanidhi, his son M K Stalin. and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam chief Vijayakanth spent far less than the limit set by the Election Commission for poll-related expenses during the April 13 assembly elections.

Why railway budget, ministry must be done away with

Why railway budget, ministry must be done away with

Rediff.com25 Jan 2011

The time is opportune for doing away with the practice of a separate rail budget, and for replacing the railway ministry with an umbrella ministry of transport.

'Humans have never learned from history'

'Humans have never learned from history'

Rediff.com17 Dec 2021

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.'

26/11 terror attacks: 'Half of the cops weren't armed'

26/11 terror attacks: 'Half of the cops weren't armed'

Rediff.com12 Jul 2010

Labelling the 26/11 terror attacks as 'deceptively simple and highly coordinated with little money expended', the Federal Bureau of Investigation has said the crippling flaw in the Mumbai police's defence against the initial assault was that its officers didn't even carry weapons.

Will hold tricolour when J-K flag is restored: Mehbooba

Will hold tricolour when J-K flag is restored: Mehbooba

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

Jammu and Kashmir's mainstream political parties, including the National Conference and the PDP, formed the Gupkar alliance on October 15 for restoration of special status of the erstwhile state and also to initiate a dialogue between all the stakeholders on the issue.

Pearl's father opposes mosque near 9/11 site

Pearl's father opposes mosque near 9/11 site

Rediff.com27 Aug 2010

Joining the debate on the controversy over the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the father of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded by militants in Pakistan, has said the mosque should not be built there and should be moved to another location.