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'Trudeau has made a major gamble'

'If Trudeau chooses to repeat his allegations in his UN speech on Friday, it would create a whole new escalation.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi greets Canada's Prime Minister Justin......

'PM's US visit was surely tracked, dissected by Beijing'

'The Modi visit will prove to be the watershed where India and the United States commenced technology trade and transfer.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and United States President Joe......

Magsaysay Foundation presents 1959 award to Dalai Lama at home after 64 yrs

The 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award was presented to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala by members of the award foundation personally after 64 years on Wednesday, his......

'Partition is a massive part of our history'

'Partition was a two-sided story in a very big way.''We've oversimplified it, blamed the British, thought of ourselves only as victims.''We've been both victims and perpetrators.' IMAGE: One of......

US, Europe need countries like India to outcompete China: Top US Senator

The US and Europe need countries like India on board to outcompete China, top American Senator Chuck Schumer said on Friday asserting that they all need to work together to ensure the democratic......

Despite odds, economists confident of India growth story: WEF study

Most economists expect the global economy to weaken in the coming year amid political and financial volatility, but a large majority of over 90 per cent are confident of moderate or strong growth......

Who is George Soros? The man who criticised Narendra Modi

George Soros, who is in the eye of the storm over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Adani issue, is an Hungarian-born American financier, philanthropist, and activist whose......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

How to make jobs programmes work

A breakthrough will come from what we teach and how, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Strolling down Madison Avenue in New York at midday the other day, I was struck......

TCS@50: Why India must be in eternal debt to F C Kohli

50 years ago, on April 1, 1968, Tata Consultancy Services -- now India's leading IT company -- was born.The foundation for TCS was laid by Faqir Chand Kohli whose life touched directly or......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

Discovering the charming Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee -- one of the finest Indian actors of our time -- meant so much to Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Soumita Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar. He had a thick......

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......

'Hindi cinema has gained a certain cultural legitimacy'

Unlike many intellectuals who take a disparaging view of Bollywood films, Tejaswini Ganti has written a book that is a fond, but also critical, assessment of how films are made and marketed in......

Here's how Pakistan's first Oscar-winning film happened

In conversation with Aseem Chhabra, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge discuss the challenges of making a film like Saving Face in a country as complex and......

Muhammad Ali, 'the greatest', remembered as boxer who transcended sports

IMAGE: Fans of the late Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion come to pay their respects at the Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph: John Sommers II/Reuters.......

CWG will be off to a flying start: Krishna

There might have been delays and lapses in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, but External Affairs Minister S M Krishna says the troubled event will be "off to a flying start" once A R......

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