All stories by Manik Gupta
Delhi Metro cancels ad referring to breasts as oranges
Rediff.com24 Oct 2024Delhi Metro on Thursday said it has withdrawn a poster on breast cancer awareness that asked women 'to check your oranges' but the questions remained -- does the metaphor obscure the message, does it help women in a cloistered society get comfortable or more awkward by sexualising a body part.
'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 comes to an end, she stops it. She is like, "I know what's happening next, I don't want to watch".'
How fog in north India created chaos at Indian airports
Rediff.com16 Jan 2024As photographs and video clips were distributed on social media, aviation security watchdog BCAS issued show cause notices to IndiGo and Mumbai airport operator MIAL over the incident, official sources said on Tuesday.
BJP's 3rd term at Centre can be prevented if ..: Tharoor
Rediff.com14 Jan 2024The 67-year-old gave the example of two neighbouring states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, to buttress his point on why seat-sharing pattern of the INDIA bloc will vary from state to state.
Bhagat Singh never lived at Khatkar Kalan
Rediff.com23 Mar 2022Bhagat Singh was born on September 28, 1907 in Banga village in Lyallpur district, now Faisalabad in Pakistan Punjab.
'Tremendous vigour': Tharoor credits Modi for UP polls win
Rediff.com14 Mar 2022Priyanka Gandhi Vadra did remarkable and energetic campaigning for the party, and "from my point of view, I don't think that the Congress per se can be faulted because on the grounds of one person's campaigning", Tharoor said.
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 tents, which would include all communities and therefore leave all communities satisfied after a point and do not create massive resentments. Now, this is not a government which I would imagine would successfully govern Afghanistan," Dalrymple, the historian said.
Docs join duty soon after getting jabbed
Rediff.com16 Jan 2021Messages of congratulations, doctors posing with a victory sign for the media with their infectious smiles -- visible even under the cover of mask -- and the many 'just got jabbed' selfie by the health workers, it was a rare and happy day at the BLK hospital, which has witnessed many dreary days in the past due to the ongoing pandemic.
Books emerge as farmers' best friends at Singhu border
Rediff.com17 Dec 2020Protesting farmers, who have been holding their fort at the Singhu border for over 20 days, are keeping monotony and boredom at bay by adding new books to their reading list -- day after day.
How COVID-19 survivor beats isolation blues
Rediff.com7 Apr 2020Bingeing on action movies, hours-long video calls to his wife and watching "less TV news" helped a coronavirus survivor in successfully getting through the tense isolation period in hospital.
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 future of India. Everybody wants development, what has Modi done? He has done his own development rather than development of the country," he added.
From Mont Blanc to Patek Phillipe - Jaitley's love for high-end brands
Rediff.com25 Aug 2019Watches, pens, shawls, shirts or even shoes, the former finance minister had a penchant for all of them and his collection consisted of the choicest of brands ranging from "Patek Phillipe (in watches) to Mont Blanc (in pens)".
Lost and Found at the Kumbh Mela
Rediff.com7 Feb 2019The festival is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth, with 110 million people expected to attend over 49 days. But for the thousands who get lost among the crowds, help is at hand and has been since 1946.
Sangam turns into biggest confluence of human faith as 5 cr take dip
Rediff.com4 Feb 2019Traditionally the biggest of all the sacred bathing days in the 50-day long Mela, Mauni Amavasya this time holds greater significance as it falls on a Monday and that too during the Kumbh - a rather rare combination on many accounts.
Kumbh Mela starts with Shahi Snan in UP
Rediff.com15 Jan 2019Security measures have been heightened in Prayagraj and surrounding areas for the auspicious occasion.
For biographers, Gandhi as father was a mixed bag
Rediff.com1 Oct 2018While historian Ramachandra Guha and Iranian-Canadian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo believe Gandhi was less than the perfect father, author Sandhya Mehta treads a more middle path.