Israel celebrates Hindi Divas

The International Hindi Divas has been celebrated here by hundreds of India enthusiasts with absorbing cultural performances. Students sang Hindi songs, recited famous Hindi poems and enacted Hindi......

Can India defeat Pakistan in war today?

'At this point, neither the army or the IAF has that immediate, punitive deterrent power against Pakistan.''Forget a three-week war; on the LoC, where the action is, Pakistan has until now fielded......

Jai Hind! Jai Israel! Jai Maharashtra!

'When the national anthem of India was sung and joined by all present with the PM in front, it was the best moment of the whole night.'Rabbi Reuven Solomon Galsurkar, a Jewish priest of Indian......

'India is like a soft-shell crab, but will grow into something hard and powerful'

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the mass yoga event on the second International Day of Yoga at the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, June 21, 2016. Photograph: PTI 'The prime minister speaks......

Modiji, 7 ideas for a new India

'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The pandemic has caught......

How India can achieve economic redemption

The National Democratic Alliance took charge only in late May, so the revival essentially started on auto-pilot, rues Devangshu Datta. The prime minister’s trip to Japan will count as a......

The Lady Shah Rukh Hugged!

The IIFAs saw some emotion and a whole lot of glamour. Shah Rukh Khan made the 25th IIFAS unforgettable by adding his charm and performing to his chartbusters Chaiyya Chaiyya, Lungi Dance, Jhoome......

The Magical Raj Kapoor Partnership

Shailendra's songs were attuned to Raj Kapoor's explorations of the themes and dreams of the Everyman.Rediff.com begins celebrations of the Great Showman's birth centenary on December 14 with this......

Raj Kapoor@100: The Essential RK Playlist

'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' 'Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai' 'Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan' Even a sliver of a Raj Kapoor song has the finality of a statement, a slogan, a saga of life. A deep desire for......

Mukesh Lived The Songs He Sang

'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career.''My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by......