'For the Shiv Sena, Hindutva is like a shawl which can be put on and discarded at will.'
'We have ensured that whatever he eats or drinks comes in a packaged form and is thoroughly checked.'
At 9.5% of sales, Zara offers the best revenue share to Mumbai's posh Oberoi mall. This is the highest revenue share offered by any fashion retailer for an anchor position in a mall.
Such is Sharma's clout that very few are willing to take sides in this controversy. 'It's like talking about Salman Khan.' 'No one wants to ruffle feathers.'
Do you know firemen who risk their lives every day earn salaries equivalent to clerks?Last week's tragedy where three Mumbai firemen died fighting a fire must wake up the city's rulers, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
He will meet Uddhav Thackeray at his home and address Gujaratis all over the city.
Yoga trainer Natasha Noel's flexibility and amazing balance is going to make your jaws drop!
'Would the Board have acted in the same manner if a big player was involved?'
'I have no keys to my house; it works on biometrics and electronic identification.' 'Every time anyone enters, the camera captures it and I get a message on my phone.'
The prosecution's pursuit of this tiny detail was because they believed the charge from Google, on Indrani's account, was to restore Sheena's Gmail account, via the Google account recovery toolkit, since Indrani did not have the password.
Acid attack survivor Lalita ties the knot with Rahul Kumar at a dream wedding.
Pritish Nandy's interview of Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India was a stunner.
'Then why should people like us face this inconvenience?'
'The true fruits of the attack on black money, what Raghuram Rajan did for the banking system, and what technology is doing for us will come in FY19, which, not surprisingly, is the year running up to the next Lok Sabha elections.'
'I have seen so many cows roaming the streets of Mumbai. When people from foreign countries see cows roaming on our streets, it is not good.'
'I like the fact that people think I am a funny guy and can make them laugh.'
'If the future of the nation is lying on the streets, the future of India looks bleak.'
'Indrani said she had some things to discuss with Peter, which he digested with minor surprise.' 'He looked mildly dismayed. And refused to sit down next to her, in spite of her welcome.' In spite of months of wariness from Peter's side, the ice was broken.
In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Abdul Nabi, who has been cleaning people's ears for 40 years in Mumbai.
'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.'
'I didn't know Shashi Kapoor when I first photographed him.' Mark Bennington has since come a long way, and has taken some amazing pictures of Bollywood's brightest stars.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.
If people make films like Baahubali, which has Indian content, it will always be a hit. But nobody makes it nowadays.
Nadia Comneci made a superstar entry at the Times of India Sporting Awards.
'Quite the raconteur, much to the dismay of Courtroom 51's CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale, Christopher 'Doglis' Marquis, a Bandra dog-breeder who was Prosecution Witness No 57 and a panch or witness, seemed to move into the witness box with glee, embellishing every answer that he gave to the lawyers' questions with a variety of additional details.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.
'People wondered aloud why she had given up on the aging, getting-day-by-day-more-infirm avatar. And was freshly blooming.'
Lingerie designer Karishma Jumani talks about why the Indian lingerie industry took so long to come out of its 'comfort zone'.
Back to Sheena Bora's grave, via e-time travel
Chhagan Bhujbal, son of a vegetable vendor, rose through the political ranks by hard work, determination and political opportunism. Now past ghosts have come to haunt him.
'We are all from middle class backgrounds...' 'We are not like those super privileged kids to whom the parents say "Jao beta. Studio khareed lo".'
'The lesson the BJP has to learn from the violence in Gujarat is that once you practise the politics of hate against any community, it will surely get back to you some day.'
Mumbai-origin Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon, who migrated to Britain with little funds and went on to found several Indian food companies that made him known as Britain's first 'Curry King', died on Tuesday at the age of 79 after he surrendered in his battle against liver cancer.
What the AAP becomes eventually in New Delhi will impact whether citizens would want such a model replicated in Mumbai or opt for one from the existing system, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
'The path you were planning to choose was wrong. The safest place in this world is India. Why do you want to waste your life?' How the Mumbai Anti Terror Squad is trying to rehabilitate a young man who may have wanted to join ISIS.
'If you want to live a happy life, you have to help the downtrodden. You have to understand that you have been given a position which is a confluence of your own capability and the grace of God. You must use that position to exemplify to others what has to be followed.'
'I had to jump from the ninth floor, breaking through the glass. The timing went wrong and instead of landing on my feet, I landed on my head. People thought I was dead, but I stood up.'
How will the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes help curb the creation and flow of black money into the Indian economy?
'You can't force people to change. You can only give them the option. Freedom is about options, whether you choose to be who you want to be,' says Kalki Koechlin.
'This is India, bhai. This kind of country does not exist anywhere in the world.'
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