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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Do We Need Atmashakti At Work?

'Alongside economic growth and the Asian century, stress has become an Asian caravan.''But stress doesn't arrive in one's country as invitation to taste exhaustion. It comes dressed as a......

Ratan Tata, The Rishi India Trusted Most

To me, he always symbolised the sincere, confident, face of a Bharat whose rise is unstoppable.Ratan Tata was a Rishi who was unquestioningly trusted by people who never saw him and never met him,......

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for four hours down 5th Avenue one of......

Protests Hit Retail Ahead of Durga Puja

West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver. IMAGE: People perform a street play during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee......

Now, Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha

The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: The comic book is all about......

Microsoft plans to set up Rs 15,000-crore data centre in Telangana

Besides Microsoft, other global players such as Amazon Web Services and Google are stepping up their presence in the data centre segment in the country. US tech giant Microsoft is in the final......

As trouble brews for the Big 4, VCs, start-ups wait with bated breath

Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook are both a boon and a bane for angel investors, VCs as well as start-ups. If the Big Tech companies get broken up and their powers to acquire get significantly......

India orders 95 biryanis per minute: Swiggy

So Swiggy offered 35,056 varieties of biryani to its users, says Peerzada Abrar. IMAGE: Biryani. Photograph: Kind courtesy Zaffran India ordered an average of 95 biryanis per minute, or 1.6......

'Don't sell Air India, BPCL at a loss'

'National assets, created over the years through tax-payers's money, should not be handed over to business houses at throwaway prices.' The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak......

'Critics Wait 20 Years To Like My Films'

'Whenever people say to me that all my work looks unique, I say to them originality is the art of concealing your source.''You can't see the sources that I take from because usually, they are......

Grab A Thrill Pill On OTT This Week

Troubled twins, dangerous cults, portent dreams, telepathic kids, World War III, yakuza clans... Sukanya Verma lists the many options on OTT this week. Tyler Perry's Beauty in BlackWhere to watch?......

'The Titan Flies Away Into The Ages'

'Some icons are living textbooks, teaching us about leadership, success, and legacy. Extraordinary yet human and approachable, they inspire and guide us.''India has lost a true son and champion.'......

Call Me Bae Review: Ananya Is Quite A Riot!

Call Me Bae is a spirited new addition in guilty pleasures for the fashion-loving, rom-com starved soul, applauds Sukanya Verma. If the DNAs of Elle Woods, Cher Horowitz, Blair Waldorf and Rachel......

Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power 2: Visually Stunning

All in all, season 2 seems a tad better than season 1 in most departments, observes Namrata Thakker. Going by the first three episodes of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 2, it seems the......

'Lyon Is The Best Finger Spinner Ever'

'He's got a pretty good record against Indian batsmen (123 wickets in 28 Tests versus India).''In India too he has a great record (56 wickets in 11 Tests in India ), that is a pretty good record......

Can Australia halt India's thunder Down Under?

IMAGE: Back-to-back Test series wins over Australia are almost unheard of but India have won the last four they have played. Photograph: BCCI For all the doubts that surround India heading into......

Juned's Journey: From Driving Autos To Winning Irani Cup

'I was irregular for practice because I had to drive the autorickshaw to sustain my daily expenses in Mumbai and also to send money to my mother back in Kannauj, so I could not miss even a day of......

Why Simone Biles Is An Olympic Legend

IMAGE: Simone Biles in action on the Floor Exercise during the Artistic Gymnastics women's team final at the Bercy Arena in Paris, July 30, 2024. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters It was......

USA skipper Patel says win over Pak 'not a fluke'

'I am happy with the win, playing against Pakistan for the first time in the World Cup and beating them was an unbelievable performance. Our focus would be on playing against India now' IMAGE:......

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