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'It's inhuman, merciless that breaches every human right'

'I was put in an anda cell. No window, light or air. Only grills.''During the monsoon, water would seep. There were rats running around all the time.''We were forced to sleep under bright lights......

Remembering Anglo-Indian Courage For The Motherland

'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.'A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait......

'Goli bahut bhayanak chal rahi hai'

'Bola nikal jao. Sala firing karte hai Russi.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Bombs are spitting down from the frosty winter sky in Kyiv. But Mahadev Sahay* sounds rather cheerful.......

How Floyd Cardoz redefined Indian cuisine

A month ago, on March 25, Floyd Cardoz, chef extraordinaire, passed into the ages, a victim of coronavirus.Ranjita Ganesan remembers the culinary genius. Photograph: Kind courtesy Floyd......

Chidambaram's custody extended till Oct 17, moves SC for bail

A Delhi court on Thursday extended till October 17 the judicial custody of P Chidambaram giving no respite to the former finance minister who has been in Central Bureau of Investigation's custody......

Restaurants' staff say will seek pay hike, fear tips may dwindle

With hotels and restaurants being barred from levying service charge, waiters, chefs and other workers are worried they will lose out on money and are planning to approach managements to seek a pay......

Indian-origin executives in 'lean' Unilever corporate shakeup

UK-headquartered consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday announced a major organisational shakeup to make the company leaner, which involves some of its Indian-origin executives, and plans to lay......

Business travel takes off again on a wing and a prayer

Business executives are finally dusting off their long-unused suitcases to resume travel, thanks to a good vaccination rate, a drop in fresh cases, and an easing of travel restrictions. It comes......

India set to have 150 unicorns by 2025

$47.6 bn capital invested across 921 deals in India in 2020, despite pandemic. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Mohanjit Jolly lost a good amount of weight during this pandemic as he walks......

Was Peter Kerkar responsible for the 'death' of Cox & Kings?

Was Cox & Kings' Group Chief Executive Officer Ajay Ajit “Peter” Kerkar duped by his employees, as he claims, or did a cocktail of greed, poor cost control and bad management bring......

Watch Kate Winslet's Regime On OTT

From damsels versus dragons to showbiz shenanigans, ready to catch all the action on OTT this week? Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. DamselWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English......

Superheroes. Super cops. Super Fun

Super heroes, super cops, super fun. Sukanya Verma tells us it's all there on OTT this week. Spider-Man: No Way HomeWhere to watch? BookMyShow StreamLanguage: English Peter Parker continues to......

Indian 'Underdog' Starring With Meryl Streep

'Once they meet me, they know I don't need to be typecast as the Indian underdog.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Adarsh Gourav/Instagram After making waves in The White Tiger, Adarsh Gourav is in New......

Jagame Thandhiram is an Important Failure

Jagame Thandhiram is a failure alright, but it is certainly an interesting one, given that both the ideas that it was borne out (twin seeds, if you may) were sure-shot movie ideas on their own,......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

There's no reason why we can't keep playing on: Lyon backs Australia's ageing Test squad

IMAGE: Nathan Lyon backed Australia’s ageing squad to continue playing for a few more years. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters Most players in Australia's Test squad are "closer to the end......

Ashes PHOTOS: Duckett leads England fightback on Day 2

Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Thursday. Scorecard IMAGE: England's Ben Duckett celebrates after reaching his half century with Ollie......

Pope, Duckett put England on verge of win over Ireland

IMAGE: England's Ben Duckett celebrates reaching his century with Ollie Pope. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/ Action Images via Reuters England's Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett struck record-breaking......

EPL PIX: Man City lose chance to go top of league

A round-up of the action in the Premier League on Saturday. Brentford shock Manchester City IMAGE: Brentford's Ivan Toney scores their second goal. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters Brentford......

World Championships medal on Neeraj's mind

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Neeraj Chopra/Twitter A World Championships medal is definitely in his mind, but star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday said he will go into the showpiece in July......

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