'Being embarrassed when you mess up is part of the human experience.' 'Getting back up, dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? That's a gift.'
India's tech start-ups are following Silicon Valley's lead and embracing the "fail fast" culture.
"Although we are kind of open Muslims, I don't want to show my body."
It's time to move on from fights and dances and clich, says Kshmaya Daniel.
A week in the office and the Uttar Pradesh chief minister was at it in full throttle.
What Saisuresh Sivaswamy learnt about the election from television and the newspapers. A must read column, folks!
Sikka has influenced the company to break away from the old mould in more ways than one.
A fascinating glimpse from Somak Ghoshal's 10 Indian Heroes Who Help People Live With Dignity.
What would you rather be -- a clerk at work or a contributing member of a project?
IndiGo is arguably more a financial services company than airline.
How Rayna Arya, who became a victim of a hit-and-run at age 12, got back on her feet again.
Prem Panicker, one of the finest cricket writers, on the ICC's Code of Conduct.
Jayavel was rescued from begging and through his hard work and determination has now won a scholarship to complete his engineering in Italy.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.
While Smriti Irani might bristle with faux indignation at the 'malicious' newspaper report, it is very clear that just as Teacher's Day was hijacked by her boss and a day of celebration became an assignment, the first attack on Christmas as a holiday has been made in the war on India's cosmopolitan way of life, says the Mango Indian.
'We see a little girl, with her curls and her adorable dress, and are invariably tempted to comment on her looks. Why not ask her about her interest in science and maths and sports instead?' suggests Parul Sharma, who is both an author and a mom.
No more a paper tiger, the Advertising Standards Council of India will partner the Department of Consumer Affairs to enforce better compliance.
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'Power is always transitory, and you should be the same person whether you have it or not,' the head of the number one law firm in India tells Pavan Lall.
'After Lagaan, Aamir would sit up the whole night and drink an entire bottle of Bacardi.'
Jamida K is the first Indian Muslim woman to lead the Friday prayer.
Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
'The Pollachi case will have a negative impact for the AIADMK alliance.' 'The BJP and AIADMK are in alliance in Tamil Nadu.' 'That may be the reason for the delay in the central government's approval for case transfer to the CBI.'
The winners of the 60th annual World Press Photo Contest have been announced. The winning shot was taken by Turkish Associated Press photographer called Burhan Ozbilici, with an image he has simply titled An Assassination in Turkey. Showing Mevlut Mert Altintas shouting after shooting Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on December 19 2016.
What's it like for two people of the same sex to be in love Mumbai? Anita Aikara/Rediff.com finds out.
Whatever your income, we show you how to live the rich life.
I don't remember a time I've ever done anything with a fear of failure. Even if I have a bad idea, I say to myself, 'What's the worst that could come out of it?' says Masoom Minawala, founder, Style Fiesta.
'Naik is an outcome of an image-centric Islam, which is linked to the technological changes introduced by new media.' 'English educated upper middle class Muslims embraced Naik's image-centric Islam in the 1990s.' 'Television converted him into a religious object.'
Mumbai's famous dabbawalas are reinventing themselves to meet the challenge posed by food delivery portals.
Srinidhi Shetty on her journey from small town girl to the toast of the world.
Barring Maharashtra, the poll percentage in rest of the states was in excess of 60 per cent while in Puducherry it was 80.47 per cent.
'He has terror charges against him. And for an army officer, it's just terrible.'
The attempts to unearth the document started getting more and more frantic. The clerks began to flip pages of files full of documents, some hand written, some bearing thick seals or multiple stamps, some in Hindi, some in Marathi. Several junior lawyers joined in, perusing different files and dockets. But in spite of the best of efforts the document was not to be found.
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
There it lay, a photograph on the desk under a stapler, and later a stamp pad, forgotten, done with, like its subject, a Mumbai Metro One employee who vanished overnight.
'It is just that we have our standards so low that anybody looks good now.' 'His sort of extremely terminological exactitude is a serious problem. He doesn't seem to understand the difference between exclusive economic zones, territorial waters...' 'I am expecting a lot of confusion because of this... Unless Parrikar starts going into the depth of the problems, he is only going to compound the problem rather than resolve it.'
