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I had to leave India to be safe: Amitava Kumar

Writer Amitava Kumar tells Aseem Chhabra about life after he read from The Satanic Verses at the Jaipur Literary Festival. Last week Amitava Kumar -- the New York -based writer and professor of......

Love in most unusual places

Essential Services, A Very Short Story, by Amitava Kumar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Every day that week a line formed outside the liquor store by noon. Those in line stood six feet......

Supreme Court gets a new judge, Justice Datta sworn-in

Bombay high court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta was on Monday administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud. Justice Datta, son of the......

Collegium elevates Bombay HC chief justice to SC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the elevation of the Chief Justice of Bombay high court, Justice Dipankar Datta, as a judge of the apex court. According to a statement uploaded on the......

Deoband opposes 'controversial authors' at JLF

Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Wednesday demanded that "controversial authors" be kept away from the Jaipur Literature Festival in the PinkCity. The Deoband's demand come close on......

Present tension

The millions of people of Indian origin living in North America and Europe face a conundrum this holiday season: what to take, or send home, to relatives in India? Thanks to India's increasingly......

Best investment options? Read this!

Are you always at a loss while planning your finances?Are you aware of the investment options available in the market?How best can you plan your finances? What are the crieria for evaluating an......

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

'He never went to the Bombay industry.' IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee in Satyajit Ray's classic Charulata. There is a story Soumitra Chatterjee likes to tell. In the......

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

One of India's greatest actors -- someone who acted in 14 Satyajit Ray films -- doesn't get good movie roles anymore. IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee in Satyajit Ray's classic......

'No difference between Godhra & 1984 riots'

Sashi Kumar is a Doordarshan anchor who went on to become a news producer. He has also worked as a journalist for The Hindu, covering West Asia. He set up India's first regional satellite channel,......

Dalmiya re-elected CAB president

Jagmohan Dalmiya was re-elected unopposed as president, while Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh made it to the Working Committee of the Cricket Association of Bengal at its 73rd Annual......

Haldipur sparkles for Bengal

An unbeaten 79 by Nikhil Haldipur and his 119-run opening wicket partnership with Amitava Chakraborthy (58) helped Bengal reach 207 for three against Tamil Nadu on the rain-interrupted first day of......

Gavaskar, Shukla deny Karnataka victory

Defiant batting by skipper Rohan Gavaskar (64 not out) and Laxmi Ratan Shukla (87), who put on 164 runs for the seventh wicket, helped Bengal deny Karnataka an outright victory in the Ranji Trophy......

Vasco prevail over Tollygunge

Vasco Sports Club staved off a strong second-half fightback to downTollygunge Agramani by a solitary goal and move tosecond place in theseventh National Football League, at the Nehru stadium in......

Mumbai's tail-enders stage fightback

Mumbai's lower-order batsmen effected a fine fightback, enabling the side to reach 248 in their first innings against Railways in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A'match at the Karnail Singh stadium......

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Amitava Kumar

News for Amitava Kumar

I had to leave India to be safe: Amitava Kumar

Love in most unusual places

Supreme Court gets a new judge, Justice Datta sworn-in

Collegium elevates Bombay HC chief justice to SC

Deoband opposes 'controversial authors' at JLF

Present tension

Best investment options? Read this!

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'

'No difference between Godhra & 1984 riots'

Dalmiya re-elected CAB president

Haldipur sparkles for Bengal

Gavaskar, Shukla deny Karnataka victory

Vasco prevail over Tollygunge

Mumbai's tail-enders stage fightback

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