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A teacher like no one else

Anjuli Bhargava discovers Brand Abha Adams.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Abha Adams, 66, has an abiding memory of her own school days. Standing with her two thin plaits among a......

Why Indian celebrities choose silence

"A Meryl Streep or Jimmy Kimmel can speak their mind, and stay assured that they won't be harmed." "That does not happen in India. Goons can land up anywhere unannounced. The rampant online abuse......

'The poor know Modi has India on his mind'

What does someone from Uttar Pradesh on the streets of Mumbai think of the results back home?Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com listens in. Kamaljit Yadav has been driving a black-and-yellow taxi in......

'America has got Modi's friendship'

'Obama probably thinks, "He is quite a guy!" Americans on Capitol Hill think, "He has guts. He is a big player".' A senior Indian official explains the importance of the Modi visit to Sheela......

Andhra parties in TV ad war

Even as the schedule of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly pollsis likely to be announced in a week's time, all the major political parties have already gone all out with sarcastic television......

How Mumbai's oldest Ittar market is keeping its business alive

The traditional art of making herbal ittar(fragrance) is gradually getting replaced with chemical-based, not so labour-intensive perfume industry, finds out Shaheen Mansuri/Rediff.com. Image:......

Take this fun Bollywood quiz!

Take our quiz to find out just how much you know. You may not have the answers to everything. But here in our fun and filmi quiz, there'll never be a dearth of questions. Sukanya Verma makes a......

FUN VIDEOS: Sara turns tourist guide!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sara Ali Khan/Instagram Movie stars are in perpetual 'action' mode. What makes their Instagram videos so refreshing is there's no script to follow or director calling......

When Bollywood LIT UP the screen!

A chandelier is a room's beaming smile, its greatest jewel and all the glamour and grandeur a movie needs. Production designers swear by its might. Few props are a source of affluence or old world......

'I never think of my films as mindless'

'I do drama with the same intensity as any comedy.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anil Kapoor/Instagram No one can pull off multi-starrer comedies like Anees Bazmee. He has quite a few rib-tickling......

The ULTIMATE Lata Mangeshkar playlist

Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......

Why Sanjay Manjrekar became a commentator

'I love commentating for a reason that not many will admit.''Yes, it gives me financial security; yes, it lets me stay in touch with the game; but importantly, it gives me visibility.''In a way,......

Afridi needs to take a break: Nazir

Dashing Pakistan opener Imran Nazir has advised all-rounder Shahid Afridi to take a break from international cricket to recover his confidence and form. "There is no doubt that Shahid bhai is going......

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