...current industry models will soon fade out, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Sir, can I have a word with you," asked the man in security-guard uniform at......
On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United......
Leaping from playlists to front pages, Rihanna has made the transition from the cult pop star who has much of young, upper class urban India dancing to her songs to the global celebrity all of......
Most of India knows Deep Sidhu as the man who planted the Sikh religious flag on Red Fort.Aditi Phadnis gives us the back story. IMAGE: Actor Deep Sidhu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deep......
Laughter they say is the best medicine. At least to beat the blues resulting from the coronavirus lockdown. Subtle and sharp, sarcastic and self-deprecating. And sometimes just downright rude.......
Every brand and company in India too will soon need a metaverse strategy, notes Sandeep Goyal. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com During his quarterly results call in late July, Facebook CEO......
Indian coffee shops market over the next four-five years will grow between 6 and 18 per cent CAGR, all due to the growing coffee culture among the youth, increasing urbanisation, rising disposable......
60-plus men and women who live independent lives are becoming the cynosure of ad men's eyes. Viveat Susan Pinto reports. The banter between mother and son -- played by Revathy and Vikrant Massey......
The superstar refuses to endorse any label except for one regional cola brand at the start of his career almost four decades ago, reports T E Narasimhan. Rajinikanth's reputation is the stuff of......
Steve Case's book is filled with insightful scenes that describe how the modern online industry was put together, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Image: Steve Case was in the middle of the action in the......
'How many voices from that time have stood the test of time?''There have been RJs before him and after him, but no one has enjoyed his popularity and longevity.' IMAGE: Ameen Sayani. Photograph:......
'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.' IMAGE: Rakesh Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia Rakesh Chaurasia made history when he won......
It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film......
IMAGE: Sinead O'Connor in the Nothing Compares 2 U video Sinead O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles......
'Even after Awaara Hoon and Mera Joota Hai Japani, between 1946 to 1963, there were plenty of upheavals in his career.''My parents had moved into two rooms of a chawl, with an attached bathroom, by......
IMAGE: Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Photograph: Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Twitter He has already sampled the life of a singer at Italy’s Sanremo music festival, and AC Milan striker......
Best vs Best. Tiger vs Tiger.Star India, BCCI team up for a high decibel campaign for the cricket jamboree.Urvi Malvania reports. IMAGE: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez performs during the IPL 9......