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Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Sunday greeted by a host of dignitaries, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on her 62nd birthday. Singh visited Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath at 9.30...

His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. IMAGE: Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: ANI Photo Zakir Hussain was...

'Gone too soon, Astad, but I know whenever we meet in that world beyond, I will watch you dance.'Swarupa Dutt remembers a remarkable human being and a magnificent performer who left the world...

Indians in and around Ferguson, Missouri, tell Arthur J Pais and Suman Guha Mozumder what it’s like to be caught in the thick of America’s racial volcano eruption “They burned...

After years of disrepair and disregard, acclaimed author R K Narayan's house is slowly inching towards becoming a memorial.  A cloud of dust blankets the two-storied bungalow that stands...

For smaller MFIs, resuming operations is more difficult because they haven’t got any fresh bank credit sanctioned from their lenders. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the government...

Photograph: Sahil Salvi Singer KK was cremated at Mumbai's Versova Hindu crematorium around 2 pm on Thursday, June 2, a kilometre away from his home. KK, who was just 53, died in Kolkata on...

From Refugee to Ludo, Abhishek Bachchan has played quite a few earthy characters. But when it comes to rocking a hip chartbuster high on sass, style and spunk, the actor can be quite a picture of...

Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the...

'I don't trust these days.'Like now, everyone likes Mimi and my phone is constantly ringing.''But tomorrow if I make a flop, the opposite will happen.' IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi, Sai Tamhankar and...

'You could be out of sight, out of mind, but it may take just one song to bring you back and to let you know that your audience is still rooting for you.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Mahalakshmi...