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Banu Mushtaq inaugurates Mysuru Dasara festival amid row

The famous Mysuru Dasara festival commenced in the city and palaces on Monday with religious and traditional fervour, with International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurating the......

Mewar's Royal Vs Royal Battle Continues

Mahendra Singh, whose death has convulsed the Mewar royal family's succession issues, was himself excluded from the family trust by his father who gave control to the younger son, Arvind Singh.It......

The American Awarded A Padma Shri

'I was more at home in Maheshwar than in Dallas,' says Sally Holkar who left America and made India her home nearly 60 years ago. She went on a mission to revive a dying craft and changed the lives......

Leaders, Heed The 11-Year Rule!

There is a reason this 11 year phenomenon is a rule as much as it is an observation. It speaks to the nature of man and what humans are like, explains Aakar Patel. Illustration: Uttam......

The Nehruvian Who Fell Out With Sonia Gandhi

Because of his proximity to Indira Gandhi, he was able to intervene directly at the level of the PMO, which he did in the days leading up to the partition of Pakistan in 1971 when he transferred......

Valuable lessons for Air India's revival

The only Maharaja who did not lose his privy purse after 1971 was Air India's and Bobby Kooka reminded us of that on the hoarding in front Air India's Nariman Point headquarters, by quipping "Not......

Modiji, enough of politics, focus on economy now!

'With the big political job done, the time has come to pay attention to the economy, which is the main problem now,' argues T C A Srinivasa Raghavan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ......

The Strange Death Of India's Pen King

If there is a morality tale here, it is that debt and death spare no king. IMAGE: Vikram Kothari. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Vikram Kothari had two coronations, first as the Gutkha......

The Jet Crisis: Please answer these questions!

'By August 2018, it was evident that Jet was heading into serious financial trouble.''Why didn't the DGCA stop all advance bookings right there and then?' asks Anjuli Bhargava. Photograph: Punit......

'Heeramandi wasn't another sex scene'

'While I was performing it, I had a weird feeling that people would love it because it's so bizarre.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shekhar Suman Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi: The Diamond......

Why Sharmila Tagore is so impressed with Sara Ali Khan

'I am very impressed by Sara though I don't see why her self-confidence should surprise me.''Whether it was Koffee With Karan, Rajeev Masand, BBC... her confidence, humility and charm made me so......

KL Rahul meets LSG owner Goenka

IMAGE: KL Rahul met Lucknow Super Giants' owner Sanjiv Goenka on Monday. Photograph: Kind courtesy SuperGiantsArmy - LSG FC/X The last season didn't end on a happy note but senior India batter KL......

'God knows what he'd have achieved if he had both his eyes'

'I don't think anyone else has been able to make those adjustments and that kind of an impact with one eye.' IMAGE: Sharmila Tagore with her husband Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. Sharmila Tagore and......

IPL Auction: Will RCB pick Holder?

IMAGE: West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder. Photograph: Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images Former West Indies captain and one of world's premier all-rounders Jason Holder could well turn out to be one......