'Till now, many political parties indulged in Muslim appeasement.' 'This is one experiment, successfully carried out by the AAP, in indulging in Hindu appeasement.'
'What matters is meeting the needs and expectations of the people who have voted to provide governance for the country.'
Though he went back to writing "beautiful scenes" for other Bollywood directors, his deep interest in the lives of ordinary citizens never slackened, evident from the way he made himself available to human rights groups whenever they called him.
Etiquette classes today cater to a wide audience of job seekers, front-desk execs, business heirs, romantics, students and even those with low self-esteem
As someone with nostalgia for the good cheer and friendly feelings of Brazilian people, former Ambassador to Brazil B S Prakash can only hope that when they see on their TV screens their President being feted on Rajpath, they will sense India's goodwill for Brazil.
We start off the Big B's 70th birthday celebrations with some of his iconic lines in his films.
Gujarat is a tale of woes for the Congress, out of power for over twenty long years, with Narendra Modi performing an electoral hat-trick.
Pandhari Juker speaks fondly about stars he has worked with in the past.
The government will get away with it, because of our perennial confusion between public and personal austerity, and our jaw-dropping incompetence with simple mathematics.
By successfully orchestrating the ouster of rival Sanjay Joshi from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed that the Sangh Parivar has fallen in line with his style of functioning and larger-than-the-organisation persona. Neerja Chowdhury reports
Vignettes from President Pranab Mukherjee's first At Home last week
pak lodged a 'strong protest over alleged unprovoked firing by Indian forces'.
In the second part of the series, we post Rediff reader reviews of Dabangg 2.
'He would never make fun of the person asking the question, however way-out the question may have been,' says Meenal Baghel, former editor, Mumbai Mirror.
With the madly anticipated The Dark Knight Rises set to hit the screens this Friday, here's looking at the hottest women to have crossed Batman's path.
Online infidelity can be addictive, according to a recent study.
Tata spoke about his 50 years with the group, 21 as its chairman, the highs and lows of his tenure, his equation with Mistry and his post-retirement plans during an expansive interview to PTI in his office at 'Bombay House', the group headquarters.
As the veteran filmmaker turns 80 today, movie critic Sukanya Verma lists her most favourite scenes from Yash Chopra films.
The 33-year-old actress will be joined by Olympic medalist Vijender Singh and TV actor Karan Kundra.
Mahipal, who has worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.
Indian-origin British filmmaker Asif Kapadia says he lived with the idea of making a documentary on Diego Maradona for 25 years, since the 1990s when he was a film student and read a book on the legendary footballer.
In recent times, Kedar Jadhav has been the most under-utilised cricketer, which has led to varied opinions as to whether he is an ideal fit in India's ODI team combination despite averaging 42 plus in 69 games. Jadhav, who had sustained a hamstring injury in the past, bowled only 24 overs in his last 13 ODI games which is even less than two overs per game. Worse is that he hasn't got a single wicket and in four of these games, he wasn't even asked to bowl.
Has Modi -- after announcing the life-crushing demonetisation, the abrogation of Article 370 and the CAA/NPR/NRC without any consultation -- suddenly realised the value of taking everyone on board, asks Krishna Prasad.
Indian filmmaker Dheeraj Akolkar talks about his documentary Liv & Ingmar.
Check out the hottest women who've ruled Hindi cinema over the years!
TV actors celebrate Teacher's Day by telling us which actresses they would *love* to be a student of!
Warner struck a tournament-high 166 to set up Australia's 48-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday and now leads the runs list with 447.
'I didn't know how I would say all the loving, romantic bits.'
Celebs pay tribute to Girish Karnad.
Sushant Singh Rajput came, sparkled and left for a world that will hopefully understand and treat him better, hopes Sukanya Verma.
Amy Winehouse died at the young age of 27 last week. Bollywood has seen its share of young deaths too.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the AKs Bachchan has worked with.
'People don't like me wearing saris. But I am an Indian drag queen. I will wear a sari.'
'I am just an artist trying to establish my own voice and be my own person,' the unconventional designer tells Amrita Singh.
Paul, who was in Mumbai to visit his daughter, complained of chest pain at the Mumbai airport during his return to Kolkata and was rushed to a hospital in Juhu but died around 4 am, they said.
'As his party's Supreme Leader, Modi has led India down the wrong road by insisting on friendship with China even as its soldiers went about claiming territory,' argues Harishchandra Dighe.
The Rockstar team belted out some great songs in the concert.
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