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How the Hindustani fauj defeated the Pakistani fauj

How the Hindustani fauj defeated the Pakistani fauj

Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

Just 21 then, a young air force officer looks back at the 1971 war, which was like a baptism by fire in the fauj.

Assassins in the Garden

Assassins in the Garden

Rediff.com24 Mar 2011

With the felling of the mango tree at his home, Bijoy Venugopal lost more than just a tree.

This girl is going to grow vegetables after a PhD

This girl is going to grow vegetables after a PhD

Rediff.com6 Jun 2016

"We, Indians have forgotten what is good for us. Foreigners say oats are good so we say the same, arrey, we have oats since ages!" Meet Preeti Virkar, a believer of a different kind.

Despite multiple Covid deaths, UP villages in denial

Despite multiple Covid deaths, UP villages in denial

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

Hardly anyone wears a mask and most brush off concerns over a pandemic. It is not just scepticism over the existence of the pandemic. A common refrain across villages is the fear of vaccines, reports Ruchika Chitravanshi.

Pune township plans urban organic farm

Pune township plans urban organic farm

Rediff.com26 Jun 2013

It plans to grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, medicinal and aromatic plants within the township.

Voting for first phase of UP polls begins

Voting for first phase of UP polls begins

Rediff.com11 Feb 2017

Nearly 2.6 crore people in 73 constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh are voting on Saturday in the first of the seven phases of high-stake assembly elections

Minor girl gang-raped in Bihar; locals block highway in protest

Minor girl gang-raped in Bihar; locals block highway in protest

Rediff.com23 Jun 2016

The victim's father said he was being coerced by two of the villagers to withdraw the case and being threatened his son would be kidnapped otherwise.

Why migrants cycle hundreds of kms to reach home

Why migrants cycle hundreds of kms to reach home

Rediff.com12 May 2020

After five weeks of lockdown, migrant workers' patience ran out and so did the money, which forced them to leave Mumbai on bicycles.

7 young men and their unusual start-up

7 young men and their unusual start-up

Rediff.com20 Oct 2017

The Bombay Hemp Company offers goods fashioned out of hemp, the lesser known cousin of ganja.

Heaven is a place on earth. Indian earth

Heaven is a place on earth. Indian earth

Rediff.com24 May 2018

From Dudhwa to Veppathur and Havelock Island, the Indian tourism market is booming like never before.

18 books to read in 2015

18 books to read in 2015

Rediff.com29 Dec 2014

Nilanjana S Roy compiles a list of the most eagerly awaited books next year.

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