Manik Gupta

All stories by Manik Gupta

'Almost All The People We Call 'Antinationals' Are The Ones Who Care'
Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

'And then the people who call themselves great nationalists, I can bet you that 99 per...

Nikki Bhati Case And The Dowry Trap
Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

35,493 brides were killed in India between 2017 and 2022 -- averaging nearly 20 deaths...

When wives kill: Women, crime, and breaking of stereotypes
Rediff.com18 Jun 2025

Until they were arrested on charges of murdering their husbands. That they were women...

Delhi Metro cancels ad referring to breasts as oranges
Rediff.com24 Oct 2024

Delhi Metro on Thursday said it has withdrawn a poster on breast cancer awareness that...

'I Am Not So Bad In My Real Life'
Rediff.com13 Aug 2024

'My mother puts up with me beating everybody up through the film but before the film...

'India Has Changed So Much'
Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

'I don't feel like going back to India, to the old Delhi that I grew up in. Because the...

How fog in north India created chaos at Indian airports
Rediff.com16 Jan 2024

As photographs and video clips were distributed on social media, aviation security...

BJP's 3rd term at Centre can be prevented if ..: Tharoor
Rediff.com14 Jan 2024

The 67-year-old gave the example of two neighbouring states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, to...

Bhagat Singh never lived at Khatkar Kalan
Rediff.com23 Mar 2022

Bhagat Singh was born on September 28, 1907 in Banga village in Lyallpur district, now...

'Tremendous vigour': Tharoor credits Modi for UP polls win
Rediff.com14 Mar 2022

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra did remarkable and energetic campaigning for the party, and "from...

Taliban govt unlikely to survive: William Dalrymple
Rediff.com12 Sep 2021

"The most successful governments in Afghanistan tend to be those who have the biggest...

Docs join duty soon after getting jabbed
Rediff.com16 Jan 2021

Messages of congratulations, doctors posing with a victory sign for the media with...

Books emerge as farmers' best friends at Singhu border
Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

Protesting farmers, who have been holding their fort at the Singhu border for over 20...

Interfaith couples uneasy as 'love jihad' storm rages
Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

'How can one bring jihad into a relationship? How can one be restricted on the grounds...

Anxiety and angst as Indians mark month of lockdown
Rediff.com25 Apr 2020

The journey of getting used to a new way of life -- without domestic help, without the...

COVID-19: The frantic questions doctors face
Rediff.com13 Apr 2020

The most commonly asked questions relate to symptoms and prevention -- 'Will summer...

How COVID-19 survivor beats isolation blues
Rediff.com7 Apr 2020

Bingeing on action movies, hours-long video calls to his wife and watching "less TV...

No state can deny implementation of CAA: Kapil Sibal
Rediff.com18 Jan 2020

"People in India are showing their angst, their concerns, their worries about the...

From Mont Blanc to Patek Phillipe - Jaitley's love for high-end brands
Rediff.com25 Aug 2019

Watches, pens, shawls, shirts or even shoes, the former finance minister had a penchant...

Lost and Found at the Kumbh Mela
Rediff.com7 Feb 2019

The festival is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth, with 110 million...