Whether I have become a political untouchable now or not, will be decided by the people of Karnataka, says JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda.
Last week, we invited readers to write in with fabulous stories of fun times with your closest pals. Here is the first set of responses!
As part of an ongoing series, we publish the third excerpt from Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan's first book, You Are Here, to be launched August 15 by Penguin India.
Morning broke and the swaying green paddies of Kerala loomed into view. The soot-stained brigade got off at Palakkad. Great Uncle's son was eager to rub noses with the dog...
As domestic metal prices will rise faster than global prices if customs duty on metals is hiked, the capital goods sector seeks retaining them at current levels.
Not only our hands, but our whole body and deeper down, our conscience -- what remains of it after the mundane battles of our day-to-day life is also dripping with blood. Prabhakaran's blood. No, it is not only Prabhakaran's, but also of 70,000 Sri Lankan Tamils who have perished in the unspeakable violence through the past quarter century
An analysis of the PM's speech to the joint US Congress
The Nariman House cook finds living with his memories of 26/11 and the death of his employers daunting.
The report by KPMG, titled India Fraud Survey Report 2008, has effectively castigated India Inc, both at the employee and the management levels, suggesting a lack of morality at both levels. Strangely, India Inc seems to have swallowed these findings without any remorse or response.
A US judge on Tuesday dismissed all sex crime charges against former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a move that could bolster his plans to contest the next French presidential elections in 2012.
Hybrids can get us to 100mpg, but only if we relearn how to drive, says Lisa Margonelli.
Being the basic material for development of economic and social infrastructure, steel is used for producing capital goods as well as final consumption goods.
'It is hard to connect this Hindu terror mastermind over-drive with the Swami Aseemanand of tribal simplicity and boundless energy, whom I have known since the last 11 years and interacted with closely.'
What we know -- what we have seen -- is that India can change. That is the true genius of this nation.
He's very gracious when all is well, like when he is winning. But he's prone to jump in fright when someone stands up to him.
Rajeev Srinivasan on how insurgents and terrorists seem to have more human rights than the average citizen in India.
No sooner had the WPI been officially launched in New Delhi than Muslim supporters as well as critics began posting their comments on various, mainly Indian Muslim, websites, arguing for and against the party. Some, mostly members or sympathisers of the Jamaat, hailed the new party as a welcome development
Gandhi stood firmly for Ram Rajya. He died with Ram's name on his lips. His samadhi in Delhi has only one inscription etched on it, He Ram. But Hindus are asked to provide proof of Rama's birthplace and the data of his bridge's construction plans.
Yoginder Sikand partakes in an ostentatious Kashmiri wedding.
'The Dar ul-Uloom Deoband could serve as an effective ambassador for India in the Muslim world and even beyond, and could be a means to inform others about India's composite culture and religiously-plural society.' Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi, deputy rector of the Dar ul-Uloom Deoband, in a rare interview.
Rediff.com correspondent Vicky Nanjappa, who has been following and reporting on the case since the attacks, took up readers' queries about the Ajmal Kasab verdict. Here's the chat transcipt
'The most nauseating part of the book pertains to the Gujarat riots. Advani rejects the settled truth that the post-Godhra violence was State-sponsored.'
IEEMA is again approaching the govt. with hope and puts forth the most critical issues / concerns of the industry requiring urgent attention of the govt.
An excerpt from Mumbai novelist Siddharth Dhanvant Shangvhi's second offering, The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay
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