On her 101st birth anniversary, November 19, four letters that reveal a different side to inarguably India's toughest prime minister.
Birla is believed to have bought the property - a 30,000 square feet plot with a built-up area of 25,000 square feet - for personal use.
There are quite a few memorable on-screen artist-muses from Hindi cinema.
Here's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Disputes over a temple has torn a Tamil Nadu village apart.
Dr Kalam, the scientist with the poet's heart, started the journey of his life from a small town in Tamil Nadu.
'Trains, at one point in time, were not just a mode of transport. They told a story,' says Bibek Debroy.
'I started everything early; I was way ahead of everybody,' Ranveer Singh tells Sonil Dedhia.
Here's what caught our eye at the movies this year.
20 years ago this day, May 11, 1998, India conducted its second nuclear test at Pokharan in Rajasthan. In a fascinating interview on Rediff.com, K Subrahmanyam revealed how Indian PMs reacted to nuclear ambitions.
Ever wondered how Bollywood films have grown snazzier over the years?
Rediff's film critic Sukanya Verma lists her top Hindi movies of 2014.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Finding Fanny is a fine blend of soulful musings and nuanced filmmaking, feels Sukanya Verma.
We look at 52 of them, spread over 52 Fridays, in a two-part special. Here's the first part.
Learn to say 'no' politely and it will take you far in life, believe me.
Two case studies on how one can use the exemption method or the credit route
Okay, so we love our Goan filmi characters. Do you love these movies set in Goa? Have a look!
'The combination of the LeT and the ISI is the most dangerous terrorist challenge in the world because it carries a real and present danger of provoking nuclear war.'
'I would love to do an item number every day,' Action Jackson heroine Manasvi Mamgai tells Sonil Dedhia/ Rediff.com
Research and teaching have remained Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao's first priority and first love, and that is what sets him apart, says Dinesh C Sharma
Finding Fanny strikes gold, raves Raja Sen.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday batted for nuclear power as a "dependable and clean option", even as he underlined the need to ensure that all ingredients by which nuclear fuel is made remain safe and do not fall in the hands of terrorists and anti-social elements.
Science in India has developed a great deal since C V Raman, particularly after the country gained Independence but we are yet to win a Nobel prize in physics, chemistry or medicine. Is it a reflection on the quality of Indian science? Or it has to do with the politics of Nobel prizes, as is often believed, asks Dinesh C Sharma.
Meeting the disclosure norms isn't very easy.
'India is the number one IT destination in the world as we have the largest number of IT professionals in the world.'
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar is underwriting the revival of a vintage Dakota as a gift to the Indian Air Force.
Ramji Raghavan is using this principle to help village children from government schools enjoy science and maths. Indulekha Aravind reports
The year saw some standout performances from lesser known actors.
'The Panchsheel Agreement is unique in the annals of international relations as it stands out as a bizarre illustration of a prime minister trading his country's crucial national interests solely to buffer his personal international image,' feels R N Ravi.
'I have never seen the Kashmiris in a more conciliatory mood or a more defensive and reasonable mood than I did when I went there in May. All of them said, "raasta nikaliye".' 'Farooq Abdullah has said hundreds of times that the LoC has to be recognised as the international boundary. So that is where the solution lies, it lies on the LoC.' A S Dulat, former RAW chief, explains why he is perplexed by the Modi government's decision to call off foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan.
On the occasion of the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's 125th birth anniversary, Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com visits his residence of 16 years, and comes away marvelling at his enduring legacy.
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
Mahesh Rangarajan, director of the historic Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi, tells Sheela Bhatt how the first prime minister will always remain relevant, and the efforts being made to keep his legacy alive.
'The unique achievements have been made by engineers from small towns who have had a non elite upbringing and who have grown with the programme,' says R Aravamudan, one of the pioneers of the Indian space programme.
