Why Not A Woman As AMU's VC?

Professor Mustafa should take some inspiration from the prime minister and start advocating for a Pasmanda or a woman, preferably from outside UP/Hyderabad, to be appointed vice chancellor of......

US wanted China to intervene against India in 1971 War

On December 10, Kissinger began to encourage the Chinese to take action against India: 'If the People's Republic were to consider the situation on the Indian subcontinent a threat to security, and......

A 1971 War Hero You Must Know

'I realised what a great leader he was by the way he took decisions to undertake the most-risky of missions.'IAF Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe salutes Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh whose......

'Shyam Had The Answer To Every 'Why' Under The Sun'

'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.'Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal. PART I: 'Smita Didn't Want Anything......

Spotted: Gauri Khan in New York

Reader Hari Rao met Gauri Khan at the Nespresso Madison Boutique and Cafe in Manhattan, New York City and sent us a picture. Hari writes that Gauri was accompanied by Shweta Bachchan Nanda.......

'Not a single mean bone in Bappida'

'People sometimes ridiculed him for the way he looked or dressed.''Sometimes they ran down his music.''But I have never heard him say one bad word about anyone.' IMAGE: Kalpana Iyer, left, and......

Spotted: Suriya at Chennai airport

Reader R Hari met south Indian actor Suriya atChennai airport....

Spotted: Leander Paes at the Pacific Life Open

Reader Hari sent us this picture from Indian Wells. 'This is the picture of my friend Jeevan and Saravan with Leander Peas at the Pacific Life Open, Indian Wells, CA on March 15th, 2008. Jeevan......

Readers wishes to John Wright

Name:Debashis Mitra (HPCL) Message:All Indians will remember you. Happy Birthday. Name:vishal Message:Mr. Wright, thanx 4 setting Indian Cricket right. Happy Birthday. Name:Hari Message:Many Happy......

Spotted: Saina Nehwal at Copenhagen

Reader Madhava K sent us this photograph. 'I am working as a software engineer in Springboard Technologies Pvt Ltd, Hyderabd. 'When my team was travelling to Sweden on October 25, on the way we......

Maxwell best bet to finish MVP No 2

A B de Villiers still heads Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings for the World Cup... The highest Indian is Umesh Yadav at 14, followed by Mohammed Shami, at 19. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu......