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'If Pranab Was PM, Cong Would Have...'

'...still have lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls but could have won 140 seats.' IMAGE: Then Congress president Sonia Gandhi, right, then prime minister Manmohan Singh, centre, and then finance......

The Elevance of Kamala Harris

Kamala has finessed bubblegum conversation about whether she is Black or Indian. Her Irrelevancing-approach, an Irrelevance-code if you will, is Elevated and Elegant -- this is the Elevance of......

'We Are Lucky To Have Modi'

'We don't have to go abroad for anything.''Anyone who thinks we have a lot to learn from the US needs to have his head examined.''We are in a new era.' IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime......

When Muhammad Yunus Spoke To India's Parliament

Muhammad Yunus proved that he was neither an armchair economist nor a slogan mongering political activist, but a doer destined to do what Mahatma Gandhi said -- to remove every tear from every eye,......

LS poll results show India not 'Hindu Rashtra': Amartya Sen

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday asserted the recent Lok Sabha poll results point to the fact that India is not a 'Hindu Rashtra'. IMAGE: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen . Photograph: ANI Photo......

Why Dr Kurien Deserves The Bharat Ratna

It is largely due to his vision and efforts that we have almost quadrupled our per capita milk availability in the last 40 years, points out Shailesh Dobhal. IMAGE: Dr Verghese Kurien cuts a cake......

Gita Gopinath to quit as IMF chief economist, return to Harvard

IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. Photograph: Charles......

What Brought Economy to Its Knees

A combination of demonetisation, a poorly and hurriedly implemented GST, and more recently the "botched up" lockdown of the economy to control the spread of Covid has brought the economy to its......

Amartya Sen, Home in the World

Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......

Bangladesh may overtake India this year

Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon, T N Ninan points out. IMAGE:......

How Bollywood's Daku Became A Don

'I wasn't motivated to begin with because how do you outdo the biggest encounter?''Then, we came across this story about the first-ever encounter.' IMAGE: Raveena Tandon and Sanjay Dutt in Aatish.......

'Godard is never of the past'

'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.''He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his......

The Life Force Called Shaukat Kaifi

'My mom is a riot! I thank her with all my heart,' Shabana Azmi tells Subhash K Jha. The legendary theatre personality Shaukat Azmi passed into the ages on November 22. She was 93 and still......

Priyanka stars in Valentine's Day movie

Isn't It Romantic is about a New York woman hit on the head during a mugging.The impact leaves her feeling that she is in a rom-com.Saibal Chatterjee reports. IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra and Adam......

Pahlaj Nihalani sacked as Censor Board chief

Noted lyricist and adman Prasoon Joshi will replace him as the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification. The government on Friday replaced Pahlaj Nihalani with songwriter-poet......

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