Complete list of Padma awardees, 2021

The Narendra Modi government on Monday announced the prestigious Padma awards for 2021.   In all 119 Padma awards were announced, of which the Padma Vibushan, the second highest civil award in......

PIX: Scenes from an unusual protest

More than 40 artists from four cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune -- gathered in Mumbra, a township near Mumbai, last Sunday. The artists joined women in Mumbra protesting the Citizens......

How ABVP went from being teacher's pet to campus 'bully'

The student front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has blotted its CV by allegedly instigating and engaging in violence on marquee campuses like JNU and Hyderabad Central University, notes......

SHAME: 1 in 4 Indians still practice untouchability

Children sitting inside cement water pipes play on the Marina beach in Chennai. Photograph: Babu/Reuters Sixty-five years after untouchability was abolished, one in four Indians admit to......

Review: Chef is too dull to be delicious

In a premise begging for food porn, there’s a shocking scarcity of sensory pleasure or vision. You’ll see more gastronomic delights in the two-minute trailer of the......

Review: Court: Better in parts, than as a whole

Alas, as an indictment of our legal system, Court doesn't prick deeply, says Raja Sen. An Indian courtroom is not a place you want to be. The universally slumped shoulders, the increasingly......

Why Sairat is such an important film

'Which movie has been about love between castes?''In Ek Duje Ke Liye, the divide was between a non-vegetarian north Indian family and a vegetarian south Indian one; in Amitabh Bachchan's films,......

'Actors these days don't have unique voices like Amitabh'

'Dubbing for Rajiv Gandhi was very challenging.' 'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".' Midway through Rediff.com's interview with Patcy N, Chetan Sashital......

Milind Rege, The Last of the Mohicans

'He devoted his entire life for the betterment of Mumbai cricket and cricketers.''Even when he left for the Elysian Fields, he was in harness as mentor/advisor to the MCA.'Hemant Kenkre mourns the......

Pele's health improving but will remain in hospital

IMAGE: Gurukul School of Art teacher Sagar Kambli draws a painting of football legend Pele in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI The health of Brazilian soccer great Pele was improving but there was still no......

Praying For Pele

IMAGE: Gurukul School of Art teacher Sagar Kambli draws a painting of football legend Pele in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI Even since Pele -- inarguably the greatest footballer of his time -- was was......