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'Humans have never learned from history'

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

Violence rocks Afghanistan on polling day

Low voter turnout marked the general elections in Afghanistan on Thursday, as the war-ravaged country voted to choose their next president for the second time since 2001, after the Taliban was......

Reader's Pic: It's pouring and how

The wild, wacky case of Vickram Bedi

Vickram Bedi will be tried before a New York court on Thursday for allegedly defrauding a Grammy Award-winning musician of millions of dollars. But the facts of the case sound like the plot of......

NY: Indian-origin jewellers on trial

Guy Ritchie's cult film Snatch detailed the misadventures of amoral boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent robbers, and 'Jewish jewelers' in the race to track down a......

When companies fail to recognise trade unions

Gaps in labour legislation and India's reluctance to ratify two ILO conventions are stoking disputes over trade union recognition between managements and workers, says Sreelatha Menon. Twelve trade......

How to launch a career with your blog

Silicon Valley start-ups and media behemoths aren't the only ones realizing the rewards of the rebounding Web economy. Already, many A-list bloggers have generated significant income from running......

Of child labour and shattered dreams

Jyothi Ramulla Naga is 4 feet tall. From sunup to sundown she is hunched over in the fields of a cottonseed farm in southern India, earning 20 cents an hour. Farmers in the Uyyalawada region......

Shehar Lakhot Review: Boring!

Plenty happens over the show -- riots, nefarious schemes, betrayal and multiple murders -- which should have made for a riveting watch but everything evokes déjà vu and worse, sighs......

No, Friends is Not The Best Sitcom Ever!

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......

Vaalvi review: Wildly Entertaining

Vaalvi is likely to become a cult film, appreciated by those with a warped sense of humour, predicts Mayur Sanap. Going into a Paresh Mokashi film expecting something routine is ridiculous by any......

The Banshees of Inisherin Review: Friends No More

People move on, get attached to other people, ending a close bond. But we rarely see that on screen, observes Aseem Chhabra. Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin opens with fog lifting and......

Monica, O My Darling Review: Riveting!

Nasty surprises and quirky humour make Monica, O My Darling an intriguing, fun, watch, observes Sukanya Verma. Few film-makers wink at their audience like Vasan Bala. Fewer have the nerve to......

World media hails Beijing's perfect night

Beijing's Olympic opening extravaganza drew rave reviews on Friday from media around the world, awed by rich displays of Chinese culture that eclipsed controversy that has surrounded the city's......

Rastogi goes down in final

Promising Indian youngsterKaran Rastogi and Yi Chu-Huan of Chinese Taipei lost the doubles final to Australian Open champions and world No. 1 pair Brenden Evans and Scott Oudsema of the United......

Rastogi in third round at Italy

Promising Indian youngster Karan Rastogi scored a convincing 7-5, 6-2 victory over unseeded Syrym Abdukhalikov of Khazakhasthan to reach the third round in a Grade-A tournament at the Milano Club......

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