When A PM Miraculously Escaped Air Crash

Wing Commander Raveendran and Flight steward Sargeant Iyer, though shaken and injured, managed to open the rear door of the aircraft and shouted for the prime minister and other passengers in the......

My Guruji Is Gone

I have never forgotten the lesson that Guruji served up with the tea that morning: Be kind encouraging and patient with fresh starters.Subhash K Jha mourns the passing of Pritish Nandy. IMAGE:......

Jimmy Carter's India Connection

Lillian Carter, a trained nurse and a Peace Corps worker, spent two years of her life, when she was in her late 60s, serving the poor in India, in the 1960s. She was posted as a volunteer to......

Provide details of burnt properties, SC tells Manipur govt

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to submit a detailed sealed cover report on the number of properties that were fully or partially burnt, looted, or encroached upon......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Ratan Tata, As I Knew Him

Ratan was extremely ethical in his dealings, which he brought to bear on the business house which he helmed, remembers Sailesh Kottary. IMAGE: Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus, Tata Sons, at the......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

'Aamir Held Me Up When I Was Breaking Down'

'I was in serious depression during the shooting of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.''I realised that this is not the film I wanted to make. Aamir told me we will redo, remove eight key characters and......

'If Border Is Anyone's, It Is Sunny Uncle's'

'Sunny sir keeps me distracted from my morning sickness.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Nidhi Dutta/Instagram The 1997 hit Border is getting a sequel more than two decades later. But this time,......

'Neena Gupta And I Would Fight A Lot'

'I need to work to find some joy in this life.' IMAGE: Kanwaljit Singh with wife Anooradha Patel. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anooradha Patel/Instagram Kanwaljit Singh loved the fact that everyone......

Will Hathiram Be Killed In Paatal Lok?

'I insisted only Jaideep could play Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary.''Yes, Jaideep is a really good actor but this was not just about the performance.''Even that tired walk of him reflects the mood......

Milind Rege, The Last of the Mohicans

'He devoted his entire life for the betterment of Mumbai cricket and cricketers.''Even when he left for the Elysian Fields, he was in harness as mentor/advisor to the MCA.'Hemant Kenkre mourns the......

'I struck the winning run and became a hero that day'

'We used to get Rs 250 for a Test match, and if the match was over in 4 days, 50 rupees were cut.' IMAGE: Chandu Borde at the Chandu Borde Pavillion at the Poona Club. Photograph: Archana......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

Bishan Singh Bedi: The Sardar of Spin who conquered hearts

IMAGE: Bishan Singh Bedi with Ravichandran Ashwin and Erapalli Prasanna during the BCCI Annual Awards in Bengaluru on March 8, 2017. Photograph: BCCI He could mess with a batter's mind with his......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......