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9 ways the media brought Priyanka centre stage
Rediff.com6 May 2014From Arvind Kejriwal to Priyanka, this has been a media-determined election. Two forces stand poised, the people inventing new politics and the media inventing its own version of that politics, says Shiv Visvanathan.
How the sharp divide in votes in UP will benefit Modi
Rediff.com2 May 2014The strong Modi wave, disillusionment with the Akhilesh Yadav-led government in the state and the division of the anti-Modi vote will help the BJP leader edge closer to the PM's chair, observes Sharat Pradhan.
What went wrong for the Congress?
Rediff.com23 Apr 2014'Modi's more than dozen interviews are helping him fine-tune the rough edges of his campaign. He is trying to influence floating voters, undecided voters, non-committal and caste-neutral voters into deciding whether to go for the Lotus or not. These could have been Congress voters, but its divided house, torn between the old guard and Rahul Gandhi, seems to have got completely confused.' Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt lists what the Congress did wrong to find itself in such a sorry mess today.
Open letter to Modi: You have failed as a healer
Rediff.com22 Apr 2014'I see you as a man who has split the nation into two. Vajpayee or even Advani would hold it together. One senses you cannot do this. To heal, to apologise, and to glue together a nation seems beyond you,' Shiv Visvanathan tells the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.
If I am cleansing Parliament, I am cleansing it for future generations
Rediff.com22 Apr 2014'We are a party that represents the idea of India. That's why we have endured for so long. That's why we will continue to endure because we have the ability to endure, adapt, re-adapt... The BJP is very good at creating hype. And then believing their own hype. This happened in 2004 also. And they will know the answer on the 16th of May.' In arguably India's wealthiest constituency, where a miserably poor worker lives in wretched conditions hardly a few steps away from a billionaire, Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel speaks to Congress candidate Milind Deora atop his jeep. Questions and answers are yelled, in hoarse voices, to and fro above the din of loudspeakers, drums, firecrackers and the smoke and fragrance of kebabs and Kheema Rotis.
If I am cleansing Parliament, I am cleansing it for future generations
Rediff.com22 Apr 2014'We are a party that represents the idea of India. That's why we have endured for so long. That's why we will continue to endure because we have the ability to endure, adapt, re-adapt... The BJP is very good at creating hype. And then believing their own hype. This happened in 2004 also. And they will know the answer on the 16th of May.' In arguably India's wealthiest constituency, where a miserably poor worker lives in miserable conditions hardly a few steps away from a billionaire, Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel speaks to Congress candidate Milind Deora atop his jeep. Questions and answers are yelled, in hoarse voices, to and fro above the din of loudspeakers, drums, firecrackers and the smoke and fragrance of kebabs and Kheema Rotis.
Will 'godmother's' son break the Radadiya juggernaut in Porbandar?
Rediff.com15 Apr 2014Late Santokben Jadeja's son Kandhal Jadeja is taking on BJP strongman Vitthal Radadiya in the Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency. NCP's Jadeja, with his family clout, will look to limit the chances of Radadaiya, the influential Leuva Patel leader, who is clearly perceived a hot favourite. Haresh Pandya reports.
God save the Queen
Rediff.com28 Mar 2014The fact that a woman-centric film can challenge those increasingly inane hero-vehicles is certainly cause for celebration, raves Raja Sen.
No chance of a united candidate against Modi in Varanasi
Rediff.com25 Mar 2014Even as both the ruling Samajwadi Party and its bte noire, the Bahujan Samaj Party may swear in the name of secularism, neither of the two critical players in Uttar Pradesh politics is willing to go for a united nominee against their common political foe, Narendra Modi, who seemed cocking a snook at them from Varanasi. Sharat Pradhan reports
Sheela Says: Modi's Varanasi blues
Rediff.com14 Mar 2014Is Modi trampling upon senior BJP colleagues while taking decisions? How come Team Modi underestimated the political action-reaction when they were upsetting and uprooting the BJP's founding fathers L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in the ticket distribution process?
Lok Sabha polls: The four options before India
Rediff.com13 Mar 2014Ravindra Shukla picks out his best option.
LS polls: Lalu relents on deadline to Congress on Bihar seat shearing
Rediff.com2 Mar 2014Sticking to his offer of 11 Lok Sabha seats to the Congress and one to Nationalist Congress Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday appealed to Sonia Gandhi to agree to the seat-sharing formula asserting that he would deliver results in Bihar and Jharkhand in the general elections.
India desperately seeks change and hope from a new govt
Rediff.com18 Feb 2014Shreekant Sambrani is confident that today's adversity will make the country emerge even stronger
Champions League: Arsenal need two perfect games against Bayern
Rediff.com18 Feb 2014Arsenal will be out to show they have learnt the lessons of last season's painful home defeat by Bayern Munich when the sides meet again in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in London on Wednesday.
The amazing vanishing trick of the Congress
Rediff.com14 Feb 2014As the nation heads toward the general election, the Congress fortunes have most likely dipped below the point of no return. The Modi-BJP juggernaut rolls along despite some hiccups. And the meteor that rose in the form of the AAP and its leader Arvind Kejriwal seems to be disintegrating, says Shreekant Sambrani.
How India and Japan can redraw Asia's geopolitical map
Rediff.com6 Feb 2014India and Japan have a shared interest in countervailing China's hegemonic ambitions in Asia. Although neither has an interest in forming an overt anti-China alliance, Tokyo and New Delhi feel increasingly obligated to work together to find ways to guard against a muscular Beijing's power sliding into arrogance, says Brahma Chellaney.
Why Rahul Gandhi got a thumbs-down for his TV interview
Rediff.com29 Jan 2014When you completely lack leadership qualities and have a problem facing the media, it isn't hard to see why Rahul Gandhi gets the bad press he does. In sum, he doesn't have it in him what it takes to be a great leader. Period, says Virendra Kapoor.
Rahul came across as sincere, uncertain and evolving
Rediff.com28 Jan 2014'If he plays his cards well; develops a thicker political hide; complements his populist 'Left of centre' image with a sounder understanding of economics, foreign policy and national security; and plays the waiting game with fortitude, who knows, India may well have a rejuvenated Congress party with a reformer and a statesman as its leader in the years ahead.'
Will Melbourne Park be Serena's coronation street again?
Rediff.com10 Jan 2014If players, pundits and bookmakers are to be believed, Serena Williams has already sewn up her sixth Australian Open title and the other 127 women in the draw may as well pick up their racquets and head home.
If Modi can ride on anti-Cong wave, so can Kejriwal
Rediff.com13 Dec 2013Could the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP become the rallying point of new energies that are getting unleashed all over urban India, in quest for a different kind of politics, to such an extent that he can rein in Narendra Modi? It all depends on how it pans out its politics in the coming weeks, says Neerja Chowdhury.
Clarke praises Johnson, hard work for Ashes revival
Rediff.com9 Dec 2013Australia's stunning turnaround from Ashes joke to juggernaut in a few months has been the culmination of good, hard grind and paceman Mitchell Johnson finding himself in a supportive attack, according to captain Michael Clarke.
Review: Krrish 3 is a colossal waste
Rediff.com1 Nov 2013Raja Sen says the only superpower Krrish has is that of boring the audience.
Review: Krrish 3 is a colossal waste
Rediff.com1 Nov 2013Why India Inc admires Narendra Modi
Rediff.com23 Sep 2013A recent survey of 100 chief executives conducted by Nielsen for The Economic Times said 80 per cent want Modi to become prime minister.
NSEL declares 10 more members as defaulters
Rediff.com28 Aug 2013Crisis-ridden NSEL on Wednesday declared ten more entities as defaulters after they failed to pay their dues on the second-pay out, taking the number of members who are to pay dues at 19.
NSEL confident of settling dues ahead of schedule
Rediff.com19 Aug 2013Exchange to reply to FMC's letter soon, CEO says buyers can't be declared defaulters where there is 'market disruption'.
EPL Preview: Pressure on Moyes as City and Chelsea up the ante
Rediff.com17 Aug 2013The last time Manchester United began a season without Alex Ferguson in charge Ron Atkinson was shown the Old Trafford exit door before Christmas and the rest, as they say, is history.
'Rajat Gupta's conviction does not mean the end of the Indian story in America'
Rediff.com28 Jun 2013Every accomplished major immigration group in America has had its heroes and fallen heroes.
Ishrat Jahan case: Is the CBI succumbing to dirty politics?
Rediff.com24 Jun 2013The CBI-IB tussle in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case is an avoidable conflict, says V G Vaidya.
Review: Man Of Steel isn't super enough
Rediff.com14 Jun 2013There's very little of Superman in the film.
Star, Zee, Colors and Sony fight it out on weekends
Rediff.com14 Jun 2013The four major Hindi general entertainment channels -- STAR Plus, Sony, Colors and ZEE -- have all launched music and dance reality shows in the 9-pm slot on weekends.
How will the Congress counter Modi's game plan?
Rediff.com12 Jun 2013The Congress's real test would be to stop Modi and the BJP from achieving this short term objective of winning the forthcoming assembly elections so that they remain relevant when the parliament elections take place in 2014. They may be helped by the growing trend amongst regional parties to stay out of any alliance with any national party, says Sanjay Kapoor.
12 BJP ministers fall as Cong juggernaut rolled on in K'taka
Rediff.com8 May 2013As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka, 12 ministers of the Jagadish Shettar cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, fell by the wayside, rubbing salt into the wounds of the vanquished Bharatiya Janata Party.
IPL: Mumbai snap Chennai's 7-match winning streak
Rediff.com5 May 2013Mumbai Indians on Sunday snapped Chennai Super Kings's seven-match winning streak with a crushing 60-run victory in a lop-sided Pepsi Indian Premier League match in Mumbai.
Mumbai face a tough challenge to stop the Chennai juggernaut
Rediff.com4 May 2013They have been unconquered at home so far but Mumbai Indians face an arduous task to extend the record as they face a rampaging Chennai Super Kings in their Pepsi IPL match in Mumbai.
Can BlackBerry do what RIM couldn't?
Rediff.com18 Mar 2013The company that used to be a juggernaut of smartphones is now undertaking a 'journey of transformation of business and brand'.
Dilli Gupshup: Modi is celebrating... here's why!
Rediff.com5 Mar 2013Who are the BJP leaders who are envious of Modi? Who is the Congress leader who has riled party members? Which Congress leaders are fighting for leadership in the same state? All this, and more, in this week's Dilli Gupshup...
CL Photos: Classy Bayern in charge after 3-1 win at Arsenal
Rediff.com20 Feb 2013The Bayern Munich juggernaut rolled on with a 3-1 first-leg win over an Arsenal side lacking confidence and ill-equipped to stop the German giants seizing control of their Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday.
Dilli Gupshup: Narendra Modi: Mere paas youth hai!
Rediff.com12 Feb 2013Why is Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram worried? Who has the sharpest eye in the Congress? How is the Union law minister tackling the turmoil in his ministry? Catch up on all the gossip from Delhi, in this week's Dilli Gupshup.
UP Wizards end Delhi Waveriders' unbeaten run
Rediff.com7 Feb 2013It took an inspired performance from the Uttar Pradesh Wizards to finally stop the Delhi Waveriders juggernaut from rolling as they thrashed the home team 4-1 in their final round-robin match of the Hockey India League at the floodlit Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi.