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The general election will be the dirtiest yet

'It promises to get much, much darker before the dawn.''But at least dawn has a fighting chance,' says Mitali Saran.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com It's been an exhausting four years for......

Hey, this is what India needs to know about

'Here's a list of the things we should be reading more about in the media,' says Mitali Saran.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There's nothing quite like pre-election buzz, is there? It's all......

Children's Day special: Meet the four year old chef cooking up a storm

Zayn James Doddi loves cooking. As do these other young chefs. Take a look. IMAGE: Zyan James Doddi whips up a mean Egg Burji. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bindi Gandhi After several seasons of......

Sheena Bora Murder trial: And Indrani played dandiya...

Seeing Indrani in court with her perpetually sunny demeanour and beaming face is sometimes as unreal an experience as making sense of court delays.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena......

How did Indrani get the hair dye?

'People wondered aloud why she had given up on the aging, getting-day-by-day-more-infirm avatar. And was freshly blooming.'Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora......

Tata Safari Storme is fun to drive and has immense character

The Tata Safari is an SUV which was the big brash brutish bully of the road in the early 2000s before the Toyota Fortuner snatched that crown. The car's styling still harkens back to the pre-Zest......

A few lessons for presenting a balanced Budget

Getting the balance between fiscal restraint and growth-contracting policy remains a problem, notes Abheek Barua. Image: Run rates of the fiscal numbers do look a little alarming. Photograph:......

Renault unveils the all new Duster; India launch in early 2014

A couple of months after the Dacia Duster facelift was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, the refreshed Renault Duster is here. This is the version that will come to India, and here are the......

Why Audi Q5 will remain leader in its segment

The compact luxury SUV segment was pretty non-existent a few years ago. Save for the BMW X3 and the Land Rover Freelander, there were literally no other competitors globally. But things started to......

Who benefits from reforms?

There are two quick ways to advertise your modernity in India today. The first is to carry an iPad when you go for meetings, even if all you do with it is read email; and the second is to declare......

15 times Aishwarya looked UNFORGETTABLE

Introduced as one of the most beautiful women in the world ever since she has existed in media memory, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's picture perfect presence has dazzled film-makers, fashion designers......

Remember these AMAZING MOMENTS from 25 years ago?

1995 was a year of big films and bad, resurgence of stardom as well as decline, winds of change amidst intense adherence to dreadful formula. Bollywood discovered the magic of A R Rahman and the......

What's in Katrina's dabba? She tells us

When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. While Akshay's dabba had avocado on toast and chia pudding, Malaika Arora......

7 Lessons We Learnt From Karan Johar's Movies

Photograph: Kind courtesy Karan Johar/Instagram There is so much we can learn from Karan Johar. One of the most flamboyant filmmakers in the industry, KJo has made an entire generation......

10 Bollywood life lessons

Hindi movies can impart valuable life lessons. Priyanka Chopra Jonas's beautiful video If I Could Tell You Just One Thing has her taking life lessons from three successful people at different......

Encourage whistle-blowers to curb match-fixing

In the post-IPL age of impressionable minds, when almost anyone can access vulnerable young players, anything is possible, says Sanjay Jha We fight with impeccable ferocity over Kashmir. Our......

Paul the Octopus was right

Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in these entertaining e-mails to Ivan Crasto,Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude'sfirst e-mailHissecondHisthirdHisfourthHis 5th:Revolution is......

Did you see the most ridiculous goal of the WC?

Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in an ongoing e-mail exchange with Ivan Crasto, Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude's first e-mail hereYou can find his second e-mail......

Cheerleaders provide the cutting edge

The cheerleaders at the Indian Premier League matches are becoming a popular accessory to the game of cricket. Put some legendary cricketers to show off their skills on the field, make......

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