12 odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Here’s this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world. A visitor poses for a photograph in front of a 3D painting depicting China's late Chairman Mao Zedong at a 3D art gallery in......

The Best PHOTOS of the Year: Part III

As 2013 nears its end, rediff.com presents a selection of the most enduring images of year from around the world Also check out: Part I  '   Part IIThis is the last of the three-part......

India's austerity drive made a shaadi happen!

'Who am I to say that the happiness of individuals is any less significant than Memorandum of Understandings signed between governments?' Ambassador B S Prakash on a romance that bloomed at a......

Dancing alone at the Carnival

The Rio carnival is really not about 'what you see, but how you feel,' a German friend had told me. Trust the Germans to come up with wisdom of that order. Brazilians don't say such things. So, now......

PHOTOS: Moments that stood out at the Rio Olympics!

The curtains came down on a successful Rio Olympic Games on Sunday. They were 18 days of quality sports action, peppered with a dash of romance and gestures showing true Olympic Spirit. Here is a......

Gay athletes at Rio Games bring hope to LGBT cause in Brazil

IMAGE: Rugby player Isadora Cerullo (BRA) of Brazil kisses Marjorie, a volunteer, after receiving her wedding proposal on the sidelines of the women's rugby medal ceremony at the Rio Games on......

'Absence of Russia would not forever cloud Rio'

‘We want them (Russia) reinstated but we do have to make sure that when the time is right we have a level playing field’ 'I genuinely hope that the people watching our sport are......

Rio Olympics: A beginner's guide to rowing

As India’s Dattu Bhokanal will be competing in the men's singles sculls rowing event fat the Rio 2016 Olympics, on Saturday, here is a beginner's guide IMAGE: Australia's women's quadruple......

Opening Ceremony: Vanderlei de Lima lights cauldron; Gisele steals the show

IMAGE: Brazilian top model Gisele Bundchen takes part in the opening ceremony. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters. Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy......