Creating a positive reform that does away with an official who constitutes a flawed aspect of Indian democracy will allow the BJP to rightfully claim this as one of its positive legacies, suggests......
...Is a cultural swaraj under way, wonders Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The man looked at me with a puzzled face when I greeted him. He and I have known each......
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday released its manifesto for the November 17 assembly elections which promised, among other things, cooking gas cylinder at Rs 450 for......
The Congress on Saturday strongly condemned the Lakshadweep administration's move to introduce a new pattern of uniform in schools in the union territory and warned them of intense protests,......
Afrid Afroz, 21, who was adjudged best cadet at the NDA's 144th course, will join the Indian Air Force and hopes to be a fighter pilot. IMAGE: Battalion Cadet Captain Afrid Afroz. All Photographs:......
Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72. IMAGE: Economist Abhijit Sen. Photograph:......
'I can confidently say there will be another financial crisis soon enough, and probably more than one global crisis within the next century, given the increasingly integrated nature of the global......
The three years at the Reserve Bank have mostly been a string of success stories for Rajan, gaining him common man's adulation even as the free-thinker in him made a few foes who matter more in the......
The new Budget would do well to fill up the gaps and pave a strong way forward to ensure that the optimism surrounding it is not short-lived, say Anisha Sircar and Nupur Pavan Bang.......
We need to make start-ups, instead of small businesses, part of the priority sector, says Shubhashis Gangopadhyay. I heard an interesting presentation at a recent conference.* The paper on......
'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......
Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum. IMAGE: Prithviraj as Koshi Kurian in Ayyappanum Koshiyum. Sachy's Ayyappanum Koshiyum starts off as a Man versus Man story and, very slowly,......
'Who will give me that (lost) time?''The stress I have gone through, the stress my family has gone through.''We have not laughed in seven, eight years.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sooraj......
'Katekar kya hai? Wardi ke neeche ek insaan hai.''System me pissa hua aadmi hai.' IMAGE: Jitendra Joshi as Constable Katekar in Sacred Games We never get to know his first name in Sacred Games,......
IMAGE: Arsene Wenger will play a role in Indian football's grassroots programmes and talent development. Photograph: Mohamed Farag/Getty Images Former Arsenal manager and world governing body......