All stories by Anand Mishra
'Fernandes earned people's respect and love by working for them'
Rediff.com29 Jan 2019Former colleagues recall the veteran political leader as a visionary with strong ground connect.
Painting Mumbai red, blue, yellow... Slums get a colourful face-lift
Rediff.com7 Aug 2018Social worker Rouble Nagi through her initiative 'Misaal Mumbai', has given a coat of lively colours to around 24,000 hutments across these slums.
Victorias banned, rehab of men and horses still a far cry
Rediff.com20 Mar 2017Families who used to make a living out of driving the famed 'Victorias' in Mumbai struggle to make ends meet.
Why these grandmas are going to school
Rediff.com22 Feb 2017The idea for opening the Shala struck Bangar last year when he found that nearly all elderly women in the village were illiterate.
Holy god! After 'Yudhishtir', now 'Rama' all set to join BJP
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015Govil has already expressed his wish to work for a political party, which follows the agenda of harmonious development.
Did Censor Board okay 172 adult films for public viewing?
Rediff.com7 Jul 2015A CAG report severely criticises the movie certification body for fabrication of documents and showing bias while issuing film certificates.
Sanskrit should be propagated to purify minds of people: Swaraj
Rediff.com28 Jun 2015Speaking entirely in Sanskrit to over 600 Sanskrit experts, Swaraj called it a "modern and universal" language and said its tradition is comparable to the river Ganga.
Rivals raise 'city of contrasts' to target Sonia in Rae Bareli
Rediff.com24 Apr 2014Glaring contrasts in various spheres in this Nehru-Gandhi family pocketborough are being raised by the rivals to target Congress President Sonia Gandhi for lop-sided development in the constituency from where she is seeking a fourth term.
Modi campaign for BJP in MP good omen for Cong: Scindia
Rediff.com18 Nov 2013Dismissing the possibility of any gain to BJP due to Narendra Modi's campaign in Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Congress face in Assembly polls in Indore feels the Gujarat chief minister's arrival is a "good omen" for his party and shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party is "not confident".