Subdued New Year's eve celebrations amid COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic cast a dark shadow over New Year's eve celebrations on Thursday as night curfew was imposed in several cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, with many people......

Bharat Jodo Yatra Unleashed What Rahul Gandhi Had Not Imagined

Rahul Gandhi could be where Modi has not been.Modi aspired to be with the pantheon of gods on the walls, while Rahul could sit with the family because there is a family member in the picture. A......

Has Sanatana Dharma Met Its Electoral Match In Caste Census?

It is not much of an issue just now, but it could become one if the idea of a caste census captures the socio-political imagination, going beyond electoral tags and identities, predicts N Sathiya......

The Last Double Decker Bus Ride

Mumbai bid adieu to its iconic red double-decker buses On Friday, September 15, 2023.Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar took a ride on the last non AC......

World's super cities to work and live in, Mumbai ranks 13

Mumbai has secured 13th spot in the list of top attractive cities in terms of professional and private life, according to a survey carried out by INSEAD which is one of the largest business schools......

Why the strange quest for privacy on Facebook?

Facebook, the world's biggest social networking website, is attempting to become the one-stop media hub for its 750 million users. That is roughly what its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced......

Lessons for companies that acquire land for huge projects

The fallout of the strife between locals occupying tiny parcels of land in sparsely populated hamlets and investors is project delays and cost escalation.  Many Indian and foreign groups with......

Driving force

The Tatas are coming. They've launched the world's cheapest "people's car"; they are bidding to own Jaguar cars and Land Rover. They are, increasingly, global players. But what are their origins?......

The best Indian film you will see this year

'In Angamaly Diaries, dreams, kinks, small corruptions, cheap lives, and hopes are all given their due and that attitude frees us up to believe that perhaps there is more good than bad in the sum......

10 movies you must see at MAMI

Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list. Mumbai's own international film festival is back -- in a new incarnation, with a new team, infused by new......

Brazil minister sees no mass movement to halt World Cup

Mass protests against inequality are unlikely to disrupt the World Cup in Brazil, the country's sports minister Aldo Rebelo said on Monday. Crime rather than terrorism posed a greater threat to......

The bishop who played cricket

Determination allied with intelligence helped David Sheppard fashion a successful if intermittent career in the strong England side of the 1950s before rising to the office of bishop in the Church......