Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted United States President Joe Biden a special sandalwood box which highlights the value and respect Indian tradition associates with experience, officials......
In several parts of the city, devotees have depicted Save Aarey in Ganpati pandals. The fight for Mumbai's green lung continues through the Ganesh Utsav festival. Meanwhile, a group of activists......
This Haryana village believes it has 'found' the Saraswati river of the Vedas.Manavi Kapur reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "You are only just finding out. Our ancestors have known......
In a tiny lane that leads away from Worli Naka, central Mumbai, on a rainy Thursday evening, members of Patil family are busy making last minute preparations for the visarjan (immersion) of Gauri......
Mumbai Ganpati visarjans take place with military precision. Thousands and thousands of Ganpatis are immersed across 11 days (catch our coverage here) with hardly an incident. And minimum traffic......
An Indian car may soon earn a parking place in history alongside Ford's Model T, Volkswagen's Beetle and the British Motor Corp.'s Mini, all of which put a set of wheels within reach of millions of......
It's day four of our journey into the heart of India's culture, and we're holed up inside the sprawling Bangalore Oberoi hotel. Somehow, this immaculately manicured property blocks out the......
Like every year, Bollywood stars welcomed Lord Ganesha into their homes with much fanfare. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shetty/Instagram Shilpa Shetty makes sure to colour coordinate......
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.Ritwik Sharma and T E Narasimhan report. IMAGE: Anita Hassanandani, Surbhi Jyoti and......
When an Ambani invites you for a Ganpati party, everyone makes sure to attend it. Mukesh Ambani invited the who's who of Bollywood to his home, Antilla, in south Mumbai. A look at the star......
Raja Sen, a Top Gear fan, points out that the problem with the show's Indian edition wasn't the host's political incorrectness, but the fact that it lacked its characteristic bite.Let me first......
How could a familyinvolved with films for several decades let the grandson of the late Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan debut in a film like Success? Dushyant, Sivaji Ganesan's grandson, wasreluctant to......
Pull up your seats, F1 fans, the season class is well under way. With a third of the F1 season already wrapped up in white and neon green, here are a few facts we can glean from this insanely......