The vibe of Vaishali Shadangule's flagship store in Kala Ghoda reminds you that she'll always be an outlier, says Abhishek Mande.
'I had heard that it was a paradise... but when I first lay my eyes on it, it wasn't what I had pictured.' 'We had known of the devastation, but we didn't know the true extent of it.'
Eknath Gaikwad, the former Member of Parliament from Mumbai's South Central constituency reacts to his defeat.
What Mumbai wants from Narendra Modi.
Abhishek Mande feels there is no way you can enjoy a movie like Grand Masti and claim you still respect women.
Abhishek Mande visits the housing society where Wing Commander Darell Castellino, who was piloting the ill fated IAF chopper that crashed while conducting rescue operation in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, used to stay.
Anshu Gupta of Goonj, an NGO working in the area of disaster relief, lists out the dos and don'ts of being charitable and how YOU can be more helpful by being a little sensitive, reports Abhishek Mande.
Shankar Bhoir, a security guard at Mumbai's ill-fated Altaf Manzil building recollects his horror.
Best brains are focused on solving the problems of the rich, says Sam Pitroda.
Air India and its inefficiencies were among the top topics of discussion on Day One of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas being held in Kochi.
Even as India may be celebrating its status of being one of the youngest nations in the world, the challenges it faces are manifold. Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande sits in on a session on skills development at the ongoing Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Kochi as ministers and bureaucrats make an appeal for investments.
'We've created a society where if you don't like what someone is saying -- and if you have police power at your disposal or battalions of thin-skinned people willing to riot on your behalf -- then you can harass someone with arrest at one end of the spectrum and three years in jail at the other.' says lawyer Karuna Nundy.
Mumbai has not seen scenes like what it witnessed on Sunday when Balasaheb Thackeray's cortege made its way to Shivaji Park. Will Uddhav Thackeray, Balasaheb's political heir, use this huge surge of support to revive his party's electoral fortunes, wonders Abhishek Mande.
Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt's latest movie has very little to offer except perhaps a headache that could well ruin your festive spirit.
Why makes rapists do what they do? Abhishek Mande speaks to psychologists to try and profile them
Sudheendra Kulkarni's book, Music of the Spinning Wheel, was launched in Mumbai on Thursday by a curious mix of luminaries. Abhishek Mande listens in.
Journalist-author Harish Nambiar talks about his book, Defragmenting India
It's been a year since three blasts ripped through crowded localities of Mumbai, killing 26 people and injuring 130. A year on, Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande walks down the memory lane with survivors and re-live the fateful July 13 evening that was smeared with blood, agony and fear.
Bhupatbhai Navadiya died in the Opera House blast in Mumbai on July 13 last year. His family is trying to pick up the pieces of their lives and move on, reports Abhishek Mande.
New Delhi-based NGO organised a cartoon demonstration and hosted a public forum against Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal's intention to eliminate all political cartoons from NCERT textbooks. Abhishek Mande listens in.
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