A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Tista Sengupta catches up with five emerging designers from North East India -- Daniel Syiem, Atsu Sekhose, Meghna Rai Medhi, Dhiraj Deka and Sanjukta Dutta -- who, in their own way, are fighting to keep their traditional art of weaving alive.
Hackers have begun to emerge from the shadows of suspicion.
Though it would be wonderful for Indians to have the Kohinoor and Peacock Throne displayed in all its glory at the Red Fort, it seems unlikely that the British will part with the Kohinoor in a hurry.
Meet model Smita Lasrado, the Mumbai girl who is turning on the heat at international runways for labels like Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, Etam etc.
'Crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon.
A group of retired civil servants also called upon the PM to reach out to the families of the victims in Unnao and Kathua and "seek their forgiveness on behalf of all of us".
when the Maharashtra delegation of small and medium businesses arrived in the US on October 9, the Indian consulate decided against holding a standard reception replete with boilerplate speeches. Rather, the consulate put together a programme that would increase the chances of things working out for them. They held an event on Lex Terrae (law of the land).
Realising serious lapses in the process of hearing, a division bench of Andhra Pradesh high court has recalled its order against payment of compensation to Muslim youth of Hyderabad who were illegally detained, tortured and booked by the city police in the aftermath of blast in Mecca Masjid more than six years ago.
Will private firms really boost Make in India in the defence sector? Ajai Shukla seeks answers.
Faux feminism aside, Mardaani is mostly a middling action thriller, writes Sukanya Verma.
Dabur Vatika's latest advertisement challenges the conventional notions of beauty.
The Unnao gold hunt is an exercise in softening Hindu sentiments in the bigger dig for votes in Uttar Pradesh in 2014
Avid cyclists, newspaper vendors, milkmen and courier boys have come together to protest against West Bengal government's ban on cycles from city roads, reports Debaleena Sengupta.
Dil Dhadakne Do joins the debate over the role of women in India.
Bollywood has realised the value of portraying the complexity, necessity and changeability of modern-day marital unions.
More than six years after the Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast and local police falsely implicating dozens of local Muslim youngsters, the case continues to haunt both the minority community as well as the Andhra Pradesh government.
Tista Sengupta tells you where you have been going wrong in your love life.
Model Pia Trivedi tells Rediff.com's Tista Sengupta about the issues closest to her heart.
Karnal-born model Lakshya Lathar, 20 speaks about his early struggles.
Nagaland-born Carol Humtsoe talks about about her journey as a model.
'The Goddesses were a good example to depict how women were looked upon with so much respect which has gradually vanished somewhere.' 'People don't think or believe that whom they are worshipping are like the real women in their lives.'
'You can't force people to change. You can only give them the option. Freedom is about options, whether you choose to be who you want to be,' says Kalki Koechlin.
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Rituparno Ghosh's swansong Satyanweshi is a bit of a letdown, according to Indrani Roy.
Satyagraha attempts to speak about important issues but ends up over-simplifying them.
A young Mumbai artist brings the city alive.
Sandeep Gajakosh wanted to be an artist, and God, he tells Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com, helped him find a way.
Australian model Ilana Davies gets candid with Rediff.com's Tista Sengupta.
'If the future of the nation is lying on the streets, the future of India looks bleak.'
Brazilian model Bruna Bernandes -- who wants to become a cardiologist -- is in India to try her luck. She's already worked with SRK and Salman and finds India safer than Brazil.
"Although we are kind of open Muslims, I don't want to show my body."
Model Daljeet Sean Singh wants to give people a meaningful farewell.
Meet Jasmeet Singh Sandhu who ranked third in the Union Public Service Commission exam this year.
Archana Walavalkar is on a mission to 'make India stylish'.
'Women are so unsafe in our country... Leaving the country isn't a solution. We need to stand up for ourselves.'
Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com speaks to aspiring plus size models who, for the first time, will walk at Lakme Fashion Week.
Straight talk from Femina Miss India Earth 2011 Hasleen Kaur.
Designer Runa Ray, whose edgy line inspired by an ancient discipline made it to the February New York Fashion Week, discussed the showing with Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com
Admittedly, EVMs too have a UID number and any convergence of data can make the secret ballot system a party of history, warns Dr Gopal Krishna in the 5th part of his series against Aadhaar.
Bogged down by inefficient administration and unable to attract financing, the once legendary football clubs of Kolkata are fading into irrelevance.
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