An ad in the papers launched her modelling career and 3 years on, Delhiite Garima Parnami will be making her mark on the Lakme Fashion Week runway for the first time this week. In a chat with rediff.com, she discusses her career, beauty tips and a few of her favourite things.
Shraddha Srinath reveals how she switched from an unhealthy life to a healthy one.
Those who have crossed 50 must show the greatest urgency. They need to achieve a corpus that can sustain them and their spouses for at least 25-30 years after retirement.
'She gives me constructive criticism and makes my work even better.'
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
Reading books will make you curious, build your imagination and nourish your brain into an organic super power.
From a contestant on a reality show to a judge, Dilin Nair aka Raftaar shares the secrets that worked in his favour.
Former Miss Commonwealth Asia Pacific Shweta Raj tells us why she wrote a guide book for aspiring models in the lockdown.
Her sister, Isabelle Kaif's pics on Instagram prove that she is as striking as Katrina.
rediff.com speaks to male models from the Indian fashion industry about how women are favoured more when it comes to fame, finances and career-building.
Rediff reader Ashok Gupta, 60 from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh shares his advice on how to keep COVID-19 away.
A career Citibanker, 'Selva' came into the spotlight as the person who rewired the financial behemoth's Indian retail operations.
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'What's extremely important is to be unique and find your own signature style.'
'Today, 25 years later, Raja Hindustani is as much a Dharmesh Darshan film as it is Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor's 'different' love story.'
Being a student means a lot of things, not only grades, says overseas consultant NNS Chandra, in his advice to readers.
'The way desi food is cooked in our homes makes it so delicious and yummy.' 'It is a great digestive meal.'
'Consistency is the key to cracking any goal.' 'If you can't put in 10 hours a day, make it 6 hours or 8 hours, but stick to it.' 'Don't lose momentum.'
Serious Men is one of the sharpest movies of Sudhir Mishra's career, observes Sukanya Verma.
By simply being educated and acquiring a degree, you cannot earn money; you need to be skeducated. Skeducation is skill based education. Unfortunately they don't teach you this in the colleges. You got to do it yourself, advises management guru Virender Kapoor.
'I worked over 100 times more to prove I wasn't a madamji doing this as a hobby.'
A senior first officer with Jet Airways shares her plight.
Advaita Kala shares some tips on how to get published.
From a small team of five weavers, Karagiri now works with 1,800 weavers from across India. Pallavi Mohadikar, co-founder of Karagiri, shares her incredible success journey.
'Today, saving lives needs to take precedence.'
Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
'During the pandemic, thousands of IT employees have lost their jobs.' 'Many of those who still have their jobs fear that they will lost it any moment.'
Flautist, singer and composer Rasika Shekar talks about her interesting musical journey.
Germany-born Indian model Sheela Tiruchi talks about the most struggling days of her career and tells us why the profession deserves it due.
And Patrick D'Souza managed to score a perfect 100 in 4 of his attempts!
'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.' 'My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.' 'They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the city of Kolhapur.'
From Artificial Intelligence to yoga, sign up for courses that will benefit your career in the long run.
Students who have received admission to foreign universities are struggling with unexpected delays, additional living costs and scarcity of vaccine supplies.
It's important that you plan in advance and practice giving mock tests or test series.
'Many enter the civil services with the desire to do good work but get beaten by the system, step back or become part of it.' 'Ten fantastic officers out of 100 can completely change the game.'
How Shibani Bhagat plans to rewrite the rules of the Indian sneaker business.
Miss Grand India Manika Sheokand wants to challenge what people think of a girl child.
Aparna Kumar fought pneumonia and extreme weather conditions to make history.
There are judicial precedents where it has been held that if payment is made for temporary disablement, it would be taxable, points out Tinesh Bhasin.
Sarvesh Agrawal of Internshala offers a detailed guide on the application process.
