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Hamlet chosen Shakespeare's best play

Hamlet has been voted Shakespeare's finest play in a poll conducted by the Royal Shakespeare Company among its actors and actresses.The play beat King Lear into second place and Antony and......

The Scotsman Who Knows India Better Than Many Of Us

'Men of the calibre of Shri Ramana Maharishi, Satya Sai Baba, Shri Aurobindo -- you don't get that level of excellence in the West.''The quality of Indian saints is unmatched.'Bill Aitken came to......

Kenya police arrest British national over mall siege

Kenyan authorities are questioning a British national arrested at Nairobi airport as he tried to board a Turkish Airlines soon after an upmarket mall was besieged by militants in that country's......

Recognise Russia as 'terrorist country': Ukraine President to UK Parliament

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday called on British MPs to recognise Russia as a "terrorist country" following President Vladimir Putin's attack on his nation and called for......

India's Shakespearean love affair

When it comes to celebrating William Shakespeare, can India be far behind?At the recent celebrations marking the Bard's 400th death anniversary, India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom......

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it,' Dr Swati Piramal tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic......

What's in a name? Well, actually a lot

Choosing your company’s name? MCA lists examples to avoid any duplication. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs made it clear that the use of different phonetic spellings, including the use of......

Meet the Lord of Battles

Saurabh Mahajan, a former Indian Army officer, is making history in medieval battles grounds.Rediff.com's Archana Masih meets the man who has supplied vintage armour and war props to Assassin's......

BBC to launch DVDs in India

Cashing in on the fast growing DVD market, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has decided to launch its DVDs in India. It is likely to rope in music......

Why is RBI allergic to 55-year-old bankers?

Is the RBI unable to accept with grace that beyond 55, one can have the ability to head the compliance functions in a bank, asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.......

Zeenat Aman's First Onscreen Kiss

IMAGE: Zeenat Aman and Shashi Kapoor in Satyam Shivam Sundaram. Zeenat Aman went down memory lane to share the details of her first onscreen kiss. It was with Shashi Kapoor in Raj Kapoor's Satyam......

'It is very difficult to do Shakespeare in Gujarati'

Shakespeare in Gujarati, to be performed at the Globe Theatre in London where most of the Bard's plays were staged some 400 years ago, is not a midsummer night's dream, but a fact. Mumbai-based......

The Rediff Review: Nicholas Nickleby

A delightful and moving film based on a classic, Nicholas Nickleby deserves to be a hit. But if you are one of those people who will want to see on screen every major character from Charles......

Bringing Shakespeare to Mumbai

The stage is set once more at a venue as celebrated for its heady Irish coffee as its intimate setting for home-grown theatre. Prithvi turns 27 this November, and presents its 31st theatre festival......

First Look: Company boys at Cannes

Move over, ladies.While Aishwarya Rai and Preity Zinta have been smiling for the Cannes flashbulbs so far, Bollywood's boys now step up to the plate.Don't miss: Cannes 2006, complete coverageVivek......

Leicester's Shakespeare wants more from in-form Vardy

‘At the moment, he's banging in the goals and we need that to continue from now to the end of the season’ ‘I'm reluctant to say he's back to his best, as I want more from......

Sports shorts: Jitu, Heena strike gold in mixed team event

IMAGE: Jitu Rai, left, with Heena Sidhu. Photograph: Heena Sidhu/Twitter Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to give India their first gold medal of the ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi,......

Prem Panicker: Fortune's Fools Fail Again

'This was not the cleanest game of cricket you've ever seen -- there were too many flubs and fumbles for that. But it was certainly the semi-final this mostly blah tournament has needed -- two......