E-commerce companies are seeing an increase in demand for products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, flour, rice, and lentils, and personal hygiene items like sanitisers and soaps and household cleaning products. Other products include instant noodles, baby food and Ayurvedic items. "There is even a huge spike in pet food," said a person.
'Tragically, compassion is in short supply in our ancient capital city, as the horrific violence in recent weeks testified,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
What Director Mahesh Narayanan captures perfectly in C U Soon is the texture of our online conversations, observes Sreehari Nair.
Dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.
You struggle because, first you 'try' and second, you, 'talk', says mind coach, NLP trainer and Zen Lifestyle Expert Anu Krishna.
The eye-popping cover has her posing in just a bodysuit!
Srinidhi Shetty on her journey from small town girl to the toast of the world.
With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair.
'Our Lockdown Life has a sort of schizophrenic, Dr-Jekyll-and-Mr-Hyde personality about it,' says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'Back then, being religious and devout was not a compulsion.' 'It was a voluntary and totally instinctive impulse.' 'So the impact of the Ramayan and the reverence it generated came from a place of complete sincerity.'
'I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that this could happen to me.'
We may never admit it but the truth is that most of us judge people on the basis of their looks. A corporate biggie may ruin his impression if he is wearing inappropriate attire or sporting stubble.
Dil Chahta Hai revolutionised the language of Hindi films. Sukanya Verma shows us how.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Aseem Chhabra lists the films that won his heart at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
Small-town India shines right through in these movie gems.
'Veeruji and I worked together in most of my films where he did the action.'
Chef Aditi Handa, who is deeply invested in baking, makes the most delicious sourdough.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
'Gone too soon, Astad, but I know whenever we meet in that world beyond, I will watch you dance.' Swarupa Dutt remembers a remarkable human being and a magnificent performer who left the world poorer when he passed into the ages on Thursday.
'I am not a future guy.' 'I just owe it to my audience here.' 'I never want them to wonder why this guy did this role.' 'Even for my bad films, I want them to think that he was trying at least.'
Gupt's greatest success lies in how attractive it remains despite the suspense becoming common knowledge, feels Sukanya Verma.
A 20-year-old Kshamaya Daniel has her first experience of an Indian fashion week. She survives it to pen this photo diary of her colourful, adrenaline-packed experiences.
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
Presenting the top models who worked the ramp for ace designers at the recently concluded Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2017.
Alarming but true: Cosmetic surgery to get back at an ex is not uncommon. Ranjita Ganesan explores brutal beauty trends like "revenge surgery" and "vampire facial".
'Shaheen Bagh is no longer a mere ghetto of lower middle class Muslims.' 'Now, it is a metaphor for resistance, secularism and struggle,' notes Md. Zeeshan Ahmad.
'I mean, that was one thing that I promised myself coming on to the court today, that I need to stay calm and composed, because I knew that the atmosphere would be as it was'
There's never a bad time to visit Japan.
Sridevi had updated her art to become more contemporary than current actors. She was new-age and yet vintage. By making the predictable so precious, she makes it a scene that could hold its head high anywhere in world cinema.
This Diwali, induce the diva like oomph into your own look with these easy and handy tips.
A good deal of the 92nd Academy Awards (going hostless second year in a row) was a drag what with a staggeringly dull red carpet, long-winded, lacklustre speeches and uneven live acts following too quickly one after another.
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This season of LFW has been a "colourful, bizarre, exciting adventure" for 20-year-old Rediff.com's Kshamaya Daniel, who viewed it for the first time.
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
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