'You can't make the poor rich overnight.' 'Nor can you fly millions in planes.' 'But remember that word: Empathy.' 'Who in the BJP is speaking in that language to these millions?' 'Someone putting an arm of understanding, warmth, comfort around them?', asks Shekhar Gupta.
A selection of some interesting stories from Wednesday that you possibly would not have read in your newspaper.
Model Jessica Ruth Cunville Marbaniang from Shillong, Meghalaya on how she got a chance to debut at Lakme Fashion Week
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
To those who feel that Dhadak doesn't measure up to Sairat, Kshamaya Daniel, 19, has one piece of advice: We're talking about wine here, not scotch.
The All India Football Federation is considering 'legal action' against organisers of Premier Futsal League, headed by legendary Portuguese playmaker Luis Figo.
Here's a look at the Top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A look at star arrivals.
What are you doing this Halloween? Here's our list of the top 6 spookiest parties for a 'freaky' good time.
When Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia decided to convert her government's capital outpost into a hub of culture, she transformed Bikaner House into Delhi's premier cultural space, notes Kishore Singh.
'I will pick Bollywood stars to play Indian superheroes.'
Sami's passport, re-issued in 2010, expired in May this year and Pak govt chose not to renew it
The challenge for BMW is to overtake Mercedes-Benz, which bounced back three years ago to become king of the hill.
Jahnavi Sheriff is spreading her love for dancehall in India.
The US State Department and other lobbies who denied Modi a visa when he was chief minister of Gujarat, says one organiser of the Madison Square Garden event, will get a clear idea of what kind of "force" is behind Modi in America. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com meets the people behind the event in New York and finds out what's in store for Sunday's show.
The actor recently walked the ramp to support the cause of girl child education.
Will Priyanka start a family? Or does she have some career aces up her sleeve? Longtime Rediff.com contributor Aseem Chhabra, author of
A 20-year-old Kshamaya Daniel has her first experience of an Indian fashion week. She survives it to pen this photo diary of her colourful, adrenaline-packed experiences.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Biswas looks back at a devastated country she continues to love deeply.
#Not In My Name, said ordinary citizens, as they took to the streets to reclaim the India they believed in.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Raj Kapoor's Boot Polish (1954), starring Baby Naaz and Ratan Kumar.
The actress released her statement recently, deriding irresponsible reporting of the incident.
'You don't need a godfather to protect you from dangers of Bollywood because nobody will.'
Abhishek Mande Bhot is convinced he has not seen such a huge book launch in Mumbai ever.
Some of the big moments of the sporting world from 2010-2019!
'The city was never the same after the attack. It was scarred,' says Nicolas Saada whose movie Taj Mahal offers a unique view of the Mumbai attacks.
No other foreign leader seems to have been extended such a warm welcome by an Israeli Prime Minister in the past few decades.
'Errant bikers wearing branded t-shirts sponsored by local political parties raced through traffic, almost taking our breath away. Young kids stood at the edge of the roads, clicking selfies amid playing 'catch up' with their buddies, least bothered about the festival or its relevance.'
An army of 'book fairies' are anonymously dropping off some delightful books in public places across the world.
Arthur J Pais remembers the time when Manna Dey recorded his first ever Malayalam song for the film Chemmen.
Football superstars Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes will showcase their skills in front of Indian fans when the Premier Futsal begins amid hype and anticipation in Chennai on Friday. The inaugural season of Premier Futsal, touted to be the world's first multi-national league, will kick off with some of most well known footballers rubbing shoulders will some of the leading futsallers in the world. The first match-day of the inaugural season will see Falcao's Chennai 5's go against Giggs' Mumbai 5's. The second game of the opening day would be Ronaldinho's Goa 5's vs Hernan Crespo's Kolkata 5's.
Conglomerate has become the first corporate house in India's history to adopt a historical monument, in a Rs 250 mn contract spanning five years.
A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.
After being part of a Bollywood film and music video, former Australia cricketer Brett Lee is all set to become a full-time actor in an Indo-Australian romantic comedy, aptly titled 'UnIndian'.
These exist in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties -- those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy. One cannot simply walk in for a tour of these apartments. A buyer must first meet the developer's targeted social criteria to get invited for a walkthrough of the property.
Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing.
'The Hit Girl' even has a foreword penned by superstar Salman Khan.
Harshvardhan Kapoor's vigilante film, Bhavesh Joshi, made Sukanya Verma look back at Bollywood's original vigilante and Harshvardhan's father, Anil Kapoor, in and as Mr India, which released on May 25, 1987.
It's time to eat, drink and be merry.
