Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives across parts of India, particularly in the north.
It took a lockdown for us in India to even recognise that the plight of migrants needs to be addressed. They were faceless and unrecognised. They were unappreciated and even hounded. They were poorly paid and exploited, notes Ramesh Menon.
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
'We have only ourselves to blame.' 'For selfish reasons and greed, we have obstructed many outlets, preventing the water from flowing out, be it rivers, tributaries or small drainage systems.'
KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the performer, observes Sreehari Nair.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
'How can one bring jihad into a relationship? How can one be restricted on the grounds of religion in marital things?'
The actor said the film industry has the power to stay independent and wished they had enough courage to do so.
Anil from Mumbai writes about his favourite cuisine.
Deaths are significantly less in the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison to the second wave, and the current surge is not witnessing increase in severe illness or death following high vaccination uptake, the government said on Thursday.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
In 2020, Hindi cinema had a tough time staying on par with its southern counterparts.
The Congress party continues to be racked by arbitrary decision-making and the absence of accountability.
'The advocate tells me not to worry as truth will prevail one day.' 'I don't know... I am losing all hope...'
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant shared ten best practices in a bid to bolster India's efforts against Covid-19 pandemic.
'These people want to create fissures among the Hindus and they have been trying to do this for quite sometime.'
The BJP believes that the only party still capable of leading a credible challenge against it is the Congress. Please note how BJP campaigners in states where the Congress may count for a cipher or thereabouts, mostly attack the Congress, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Rajeesh Ravi shares his '2 States' story.
From a contestant on a reality show to a judge, Dilin Nair aka Raftaar shares the secrets that worked in his favour.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'
Malayalam actor Sharafudheen talks about the films that defined his career.
On this day, February 1, in 1976, the Kerala-born poet released her autobiography, My Story.
Ramya Nair tells us how she found love in Arun.
Diva Aur Baati Hum gets a sequel, and Bhabho is an important part of it!
'It is because we treat them as our own people, and there is no difference between owners and workers here.'
The success story of six young engineering graduates who came together to build a unique product.
'What motivated us was that a lot of people, especially youngsters, had a negative image about India.'
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
They were strangers who met on a bus. They believe God brought them together. Shobha Warrier reports on an incredible story of kindness and giving from Kerala.
Rediff reader Thomas GK who recently travelled to Gavi, an eco-forest in Kerala with his family shares his experience.
The measures include an information search prompt with the Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) and State Election Commissions to provide reliable information around the elections, a custom emoji to encourage participation, a series of pre-bunks and debunks to tackle election-related misinformation, and a youth discussion series titled #DemocracyAdda aimed at voter literacy and civic participation among young Indians for the upcoming elections.
'The first time a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 entering Sabarimala came was in 1991 and was by a high court judgment.' 'So, it is only a 27-year-old ban.' 'The high court can fix customs and the Supreme Court can overturn it.' 'I don't see this as an attack on religious freedom or the practice of a religion.'
The notion that the BJP gained its increased tally by wiping out the Left parties and the Congress is completely misleading. Equally misleading is the belief that the TMC held its ground in all its existing seats. A little more than a fifth of the seats Mamata Banerjee's party had won in 2016 was lost to the BJP this time.
'They must be hiding somewhere in a country where the Taliban would not even spare a 4-year-old girl.'
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka had the most number of minor rape victims in 2016.
'From March 2020 to November 2021, the combined wealth of the billionaires of this country has doubled.'
Tata's small car might just have managed to steal the thunder from the annual boat racing festival in Kerala. For a special offer for Onam, Keralites have decided to give oars a rest, and test-drive the Nano instead.
Biryani, appam, dosa, upma, vada pav...name it and you'll find it here.
