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The King of Polo Rides Off Into The Ages
Rediff.com1 days agoColonel Billie Sodhi's life and family heritage reflect an unwavering commitment to excellence in polo, equestrian sports, and a rare, enduring athletic legacy.
'I've Returned After Living In The US For 28 Years'
Rediff.com3 Oct 2024'My trajectory right now is five steps forward, two steps backwards.'
Sitharaman's big plans for Vishnupad, Mahabodhi corridors
Rediff.com23 Jul 2024Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that comprehensive development of Vishnupad Temple corridor at Gaya and Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar will be supported by the government to transform them into world-class pilgrim and tourist destinations. These corridors will be modelled on the successful Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor, she said. Vishnupad Temple is one of the most ancient Hindu shrines located next to the Falgu river, while the Mahabodhi Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ayodhya And India's New Tryst With Destiny
Rediff.com12 Jan 2024If Saudi Arabia, with just two Muslim holy sites of Mecca and Medina, can create a huge tourism-based ecosystem beyond oil, Ayodhya is sure to become the world's hottest religious tourism site in less than a decade, predicts R Jagannathan.
'Things are done in India that look chaotic. But it's not chaotic at all'
Rediff.com21 Dec 2023'I've never seen such cooperation before. Problem solving. Everyone working together. And truthful.' 'Someone from the prime minister's office was there the entire time, at the table, one of the team.' 'Now you have to figure out how to get them out. And I'm just gonna sit here patiently.' 'But if you annoy me, I could actually ruin the whole game for you and for the people in here, which is the avalanche'.
The Marvels Review: Goofy Fun
Rediff.com10 Nov 2023The Marvels is a muddled effort, but it still stands up as this refreshingly goofy and enjoyable superhero romp, notes Mayur Sanap.
Why We Are Moonstruck
Rediff.com29 Jul 2023Deciphering its secrets will unlock the early history of not only our planet, but also of the star system, explains Kumar Abishek.
6 Offbeat Places to Find Summer Cool
Rediff.com11 Apr 2023Enjoy your summer hols at these chill places.
'Partition is a massive part of our history'
Rediff.com24 Mar 2023'Partition was a two-sided story in a very big way.' 'We've oversimplified it, blamed the British, thought of ourselves only as victims.' 'We've been both victims and perpetrators.'
PIX: Djokovic whips Tsitsipas to win 10th Australian Open crown
Rediff.com29 Jan 2023Novak Djokovic won a record-extending 10th Australian Open crown, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in a generational clash in the men's singles final, at Melbourne Park, on Sunday.
Full text: President's address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day 2023
Rediff.com25 Jan 2023Here's the full text of address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of the Republic Day 2023.
India Wants World's Money, But Not World's Modernity
Rediff.com14 Oct 2022A bit of economic reforms stalled and decisions delayed -- what Narayana Murthy spoke of -- don't hurt if a country's compassionate and inclusive social fabric has survived intact; if the country is happy, observes Shyam G Menon.
'2022 will be a Year of Hope'
Rediff.com9 Feb 2022'Goddess Laxmi doesn't come just by praying to her.' 'You have to make yourself attractive to Laxmi for her to come to you.'
Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics
Rediff.com3 Feb 2022'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.' 'The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi.
What Savarkar Thought of Independence
Rediff.com20 Dec 2021Savarkar believed Swarajya is more than the mere geographical independence of a stretch of earth called India. There was no point in fighting and sacrificing one's life for a Swarajya (mere territorial independence) at the cost of our Svatva (self-existence) or Hindutva itself! A revealing excerpt from Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit's Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition.
Despite the 1962 China scar, Tawang is flourishing
Rediff.com7 Dec 2021Tawang wears its history -- and also its present -- with ease. The flourishing town, with restaurants selling everything from noodles to dosas and locals returning home to new business prospects, shows little sign of the tension building up at the border about 40 km away to the north.
World seeing 'explosion' in power seizures by force: UN chief to world leaders
Rediff.com21 Sep 2021The world is seeing an "explosion" in seizures of power by force and military coups are back, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told world leaders on Tuesday, lamenting that geopolitical divisions are undermining international cooperation as he called for strengthening global governance and re-igniting multilateralism.
PICS: Pandemic Games end as Tokyo douses Olympic flame
Rediff.com8 Aug 2021Images for Sunday's closing ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics.
'Being PM's constituency, Varanasi is getting some privilege'
Rediff.com6 May 2021'The situation has improved because oxygen tankers are now coming.' 'Before this it was chaotic.'
Nepal: How did India lose the plot?
Rediff.com30 Dec 2020'By treating Nepali politicians as shabby buffoons to be pampered one day and collared another day, India badly exposed itself.' 'A belief got entrenched in the Nepalese mind that we are a dangerous neighbour,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Post-Bihar polls, ally worries for TN's Dravidian parties
Rediff.com18 Nov 2020While the DMK fears that the Congress with its poor strike rate will pull it down in the 2021 state elections, like it did five years ago, the ruling AIADMK is worried that the BJP may ultimately do a Bihar on it, relegating it to second place in Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Mr Modi, let a Dalit girl break the coconut at Ram temple
Rediff.com3 Aug 2020If the PM gives the historic opportunity of laying the foundation stone of the Ram temple to a Dalit girl, it will send a transformational message to the Dalits in India and will give them a sense of belongingness, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Modi, the mendicant-prince
Rediff.com21 Apr 2020'Coronavirus has occasioned us to see how copious Modi's mojo bag is,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
With coronavirus fight, can India set an example?
Rediff.com21 Mar 2020India lacks China's culture of collective discipline, so what will provide the glue for people to cooperate rather than follow their raw survival instincts? asks Ravi Bhoothalingam.
Yes Bank: 'People will lose confidence in the system'
Rediff.com11 Mar 2020'RBI was focusing on public sector banks perhaps thinking that private sector banks are managed efficiently while PSU banks are not.' 'Now, RBI has to focus on private sector banks too.'
Remembering Shivaji The Great
Rediff.com19 Feb 2020'In a war of guerrilla resistance from 1682 to 1707, the Marathas destroyed the foundations of the Mughal empire.' 'Shivaji was dead, but his example and ideals survived and were the main source for inspiration for the Marathas in their desperate struggle with the mighty Mughal empire,' notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd), the well known military historian.
6 spectacular road trips to take from Delhi
Rediff.com6 Feb 2020From majestic forts to scenic lakes, choose between trips that offer the best of history and culture and tranquility.
Why all Indians must support the CAB
Rediff.com11 Dec 2019'The entire brouhaha with regard to the CAB smacks of blatant Hinduphobia, a duplicitous exercise, morally corrupt in its construct and aimed at divesting deserving Hindus of basic human rights by raising the bogey of Muslim discrimination, and must be called out for what it is,' says Vivek Gumaste.
A reluctant foreign secretary takes leave -- quietly
Rediff.com1 Oct 2019KPS Menon (Jr) had a quiet humility and playfulness, and was not motivated by money or power, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
FULL TEXT of PM Modi's I-Day address
Rediff.com15 Aug 2019Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
'Mars was something new for all of us...'
Rediff.com11 Jul 2019'ISRO provides a very positive atmosphere. What matters here is your talent, not your gender,' says Ritu Karidhal, Deputy Operations Director, India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. A fascinating excerpt from Minnie Vaid's Those Magnificent Women And Their Flying Machines, Isro's Mission To Mars.
How JP helped the RSS
Rediff.com28 Jun 2019'Though the RSS honours Sardar Patel, who actually banned it, the real hero in the story of its rise is Jayaprakash Narayan,' says Vir Sanghvi.
Why America hates Iran
Rediff.com25 Jun 2019India should do what we can to ensure that our two friends do not get into a confrontation that is meaningless and ultimately damaging to everyone including us.
Kohli needs all help for the World Cup
Rediff.com13 Apr 2019'Kohli is the kind of ethereal athlete who can not only help Elon Musk discover life on Mars, but also test out its gravitational parameters by stroking hundreds in the red dirt.' 'But when playing for India, he needs assistance,' says Dhruv Munjal.
Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'
Rediff.com30 Dec 2018'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'
What we need for India to become truly great
Rediff.com15 Nov 2018Unless Indians learn to speak freely and fearlessly, 'true greatness will elude this nation, no matter how brilliant the individual at the helm may be,' says Aakar Patel.
PKL can give the IPL a run for its money
Rediff.com12 Oct 2018'At a time when sports leagues are often smothered by the allure of spurious glamour, it is easy to forget what makes them so exciting in the first place: The sport itself.' 'At its core, the PKL has a fast-paced, engaging sport working for it.' 'Simply put, kabaddi, with its end-to-end action and oscillating fortunes, is almost never dull to watch,' says Dhruv Munjal.
'Chanting Ambedkar's name makes Dalit leaders cross over to BJP'
Rediff.com31 Aug 2018Why Dalit leaders cross over to the BJP
When will Indians stop killing each other for the cow?
Rediff.com11 Aug 2018'The cow can always be the CAUSE.' 'Cause for murder. Cause for setting India's people against each other.' 'Not recognising the fact that this can tip the country into an unending spiral of civil strife and set the much-vaunted 'India story' back by years is the ultimate stupidity of all,' says Shuma Raha.
'Hinduism is under threat from those in power'
Rediff.com9 Jul 2018'there is absolutely no question that the Hinduism of the mob-lynchers, the people who have actually gone and killed others because of what they are eating or how they are worshipping or the faith they belong to or what they're doing professionally, those are, to my mind, not Hindus at all.' 'Hinduism needs to be reclaimed for the Hindus who are not bigots.'