Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'Mughals had nothing to do with Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan'

'William Mustoe, the director of horticulture during British rule, named the Presidential Palace garden after the Mughals.' 'He simply kept the name because it was made on the pattern of a Mughal......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s digest of stories that are weird and crazy! 1) This Great Dane is literally scared of everything This six foot tall Great Dane could definitely win the title of......

In Jaya's House of Cards, she is the Queen, the rest are jokers

Off with his head! And Tamil Nadu education minister Vaigai Selvan loses his job, the fourth in the ministry to be dismissed since 2011. But that is the chief minister's style, reports S Murari.......

Mallya accuses SBI of wasting Indian taxpayers' money on UK legal fees

Why doesn't anybody ask the PSU State Bank of India under RTI on how much they are spending on legal fees trying to recover money from me in the UK when I have offered 100 per cent payback in......

The woman who is giving Google sleepless nights

In EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has kickstarted the long-pending anti-trust investigation into Google, the internet search giant may have finally met its match. My kids or......

Bollywood's 10 Royal Romances

Bollywood's fairy tale ideas of romance love a touch of royalty. Some of that fondness has passed on to OTT too as The Royals, an eight-part ensemble series on Netflix, captures what happens when......

'I Never Had To Deal With My Inhibitions'

IMAGE: Bhumi Pednekar, Ishaan Khatter, Sakshi Tanwar, Zeenat Aman and Vihaan Samrat in The Royals. Photograph: Kind courtesy Netflix It's not every evening that you get to have tea with The......

The Crown Has Lost Its Way

Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......

Birthday Special: Bollywood's Queen of Glamour, Rekha

Celebrating the glamorous Rekha. If there is one actress who singularly embodies Bollywood’s charisma, enigma, glamour and giddy stardom, it is Rekha. Ever so sparkling, stunning and......

Wimbledon 2025: Upbeat Alcaraz Eyes A Slice Of History

Alcaraz could join an elite club of just four men -- Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic -- who have claimed three consecutive Wimbledon titles in the Open era. IMAGE: World......

World Chess C'ship: Scores still tied after Gukesh draws with Liren

IMAGE: Game 5 ended in a draw after 40 moves of play at the 2024 FIDE World Championship between D Gukesh and Ding Liren. Photographs: Maria Emelianova/FIDE Indian challenger D Gukesh played out......

Boycott, Strauss conferred Knighthood

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen former cricketer Geoffrey Boycott for a knighthood, honouring her hero whose persistent style she had vowed to emulate in her ultimately failed......

Calls for Boycott's knighthood to be withdrawn

'Celebrating a man who was convicted for assaulting his partner sends a dangerous message – that domestic abuse is not taken seriously as a crime.' IMAGE: Geoffrey Boycott scored over 8,000......

Why Nadal must be wary of lefty Muller

'Of course I feel that I can beat Rafa. He is looking good and injury free. But if I didn't think I could win I would not bother going out on the court' IMAGE: Gilles Muller of Luxembourg plays a......