Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!'
'Muslims may turn to the BJP or may not come out to vote in great numbers like they have in the past.' 'Anything can happen.' 'They can feel an increased sense of alienation, but that depends on the BJP -- on how it includes them.'
Answer these questions and find out just how healthy your skin really is!
Jacqueline Fernandez on life after Kick and her forthcoming film Brothers.
Remember, your oral hygiene does not depend on the number of times you brush.
Here's what designer Raj Shroff offered up from his label 'Ravage' on Day Four of the LFW.
Rohit Sharma laid the foundation with a stylish half-century as Mumbai Indians romped home against Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in an Indian Premier League encounter.
Calculate the tax already paid via TDS, and accordingly arrive at your tax liability for the year.
Tiger Shroff could not have asked for a shoddier launch with Heropanti. Yet, somehow beneath the pin-up torso, the soulful eyes and an awkward smile -- a genuine, graceful, likeable boy comes through, writes Sukanya Verma.
India and Japan are natural partners at sea, and Narendra Modi's recent visit underlined the need to keep the association going
In a tete a tete with rediff.com, Miss India World, Manasvi Mamgai gets candid about her career as a model, her first salary and her big win.
Here's a collection of images of the past week.
Regardless of Phata Poster Nikhla Hero's uneven pace and indecisive disposition, Shahid Kapoor, armed with a kooky grin, gives it his best shot.
A new generation of scholars -- this time, sociologists and anthropologists, who hitherto have been busy with researching social practices of primitive tribes and social structures like India's caste system -- are starting to cast their eyes on the financial sector.
'If the Nairs split between Shashi Tharoor and the BJP candidate, O Rajagopal and the Nadars combine with the Leftists and the Christians to vote for the CPI candidate, Bennet Abraham, what would happen to Tharoor. It is presumed that the voters do not cast their votes, they vote their castes,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan
Ms Banerjee's triumphal declaration of having attracted investments worth Rs 2.43 lakh crore at the summit, are numbers that no one but she and the enigmatic state finance minister Amit Mitra believe, points out Kanika Datta.
Udta Punjab truly soars when being its own madcap beast, profane and powerful and preening.
Given that Mumbai civic body deals with the lives of the people at the cutting edge, the better way would have been to agree to have giant television screens put up outside the civic headquarters to relay the proceedings live so the people are kept in the loop. It eliminates to an extent the distance between the people and their civic keepers but perhaps it is farfetched now, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
'All this talk of 'tactical nuclear weapons' or a limited nuclear war are 'false flags'! It looks like India and Pakistan are slowly but surely inching towards this realism,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'How come with Nehru at the helm, India missed so many buses? He had such unchallenged power that he could have taken the country in any direction he wanted. The sad conclusion is inescapable that Nehru let things drift in true Hamletian ambivalence,' says B S Raghavan.
The film has good action sequences and gripping treasure hunt sequences especially towards the climax.
It seems China is ready to cooperate with India in the central Asian region through the SCO framework, the reasons for which are manifold, says Sana Hashmi.
Qimat Rai Gupta's roots were truly modest. Early in life, he had even sold oil on a cycle in the villages of Punjab.
Mita Kapur has an irresistible love affair... and she's willing to do anything to keep it going.
The biggest success of Nawaz Sharif's visit to India is that it will lessen mistrust between the two countries, writes Amir Mateen from Islamabad.
In an exclusive interview, prominent Brazilian cosmetic surgeon Dr Jaime Anger tells us why India is now the fourth largest hub of cosmetic surgery in the world, ethical dilemmas experts in his line of work face and how youngsters' fast-paced lifestyles today are landing them on the operating table.
'Modi's promise of change during the election campaign was on the domestic front, but his first year in office focused on foreign policy beyond all expectations,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Flaunt backless numbers this wedding season like the stars! Fitness expert Brinda Sapat and dermatologist Dr Kolhe tell you how to tone your back and keep the skin smooth.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
'The Modi government's pusillanimity vis-a-vis Pakistan makes almost certain that India will, in the coming weeks and months, be confronted with cross border terrorist actions of increasing intensity,' warns Satish Chandra, former deputy national security adviser.
Narendra Sharma of MotorOctane took the Bajaj V15 for a ride and here are his impressions
For the first time in our economic history a government has thought about more than 50 per cent of our economic activity instead of the five per cent represented by the Sensex companies, observes IIM-B professor R Vaidyanathan.
Rediff.com's Love Guru has answers to all your relationship problems.
Shuma Raha finds out how writers are using social media to produce bestsellers.
Nathuram Godse's nephew and niece in Pune see him as a devout nationalist, not a contract killer.
Akshay Kumar makes some of those lines work, but things have gotten far worse this time around, notes Raja Sen
'The only narrative before India is what Modi and the BJP is presenting.' 'Nationalism has been taken as a serious plank by the BJP and RSS.' 'They want to keep the nationalism thing alive to make people forget the economic reality.'
Quentin Tarantino's latest film is his most unpleasant, feels Raja Sen.