Why cowardly encounters will never cease in India

If 25 black men had been executed illegally in the US in one day, the government would have fallen and the population would have rallied to the victims. In India, those of us who did not applaud......

The Incomparable Ved Mehta

On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 -- gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he......

Who deserves to be India's President

'It was never the quality of the CV that defined an incumbent's performance or legacy.''It was that other, unquantifiable quality: Stature,' says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: President Pranab Mukherjee......

The reality of being Muslim in India

'In our Anglicised middle classes, the sense of bigotry and prejudice runs through so strongly that it is frightening. I need hardly go into the matter of the troubles faced by Muslims who look for......

The Zomato boomerang

'For the likes of Zomato or Swiggy or Foodpanda or similar others, the customer has been sensitised for all times to the perils of the food pack being pilfered.''An important matter of trust has......

The extraordinary story of an unsung billionaire

Qimat Rai Gupta even sold oil on a cycle in the villages of Punjab, says Bhupesh Bhandari recounting his amazing story.  Image: Qimat Rai Gupta had an extraordinary life. Photograph,......

Lessons from Dhirubhai Ambani

On Dhirubhai H Ambani again, unabashedly so, and for a very good reason. I guess it must have struck many readers by now that I idolised Dhirubhai. They are right. I do. Every column I write on......

'I said no to a lot of big films because...'

'...it didn't make sense to me.''If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.''The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for......

Bharat review: A film gone badly astray

Bharat is nothing more than a reflection of the times we are living in: where we expect our heroes to be flawless, virtuous fellas -- it is our current national disease, says Sreehari Nair. In Ali......

Have you seen these 3 AMAZING films?

Small-town India shines in these movie gems, says J Jagannath. The media keeps peddling numbers that two-thirds of the people lining the pockets of corporations and e-commerce giants come from......

The American prof who's made a movie about India

Meet Srihari Sathe. Producer. Director. Professor. Shrihari Sathe is an Indian- American film producer based in New York City. He has worked on a range of films: Producing Dukhtar, Pakistan's......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Finishing School for Team India

There is a buzz in the warm Bangalore air at the Chinnaswamy stadium as I make my way towards the newly-built office of the 'Centre for Radical Ideas and Enterprising Solutions' (CRIES). A bold new......