What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
As Bhagwant Mann repeatedly invokes Bhagat Singh in his speeches, Utkarsh Mishra picks five takeaways from the legendary revolutionary's thoughts that may help Punjab's new chief minister identify......
Social media posts and articles falsely suggest that Jawaharlal Nehru 'signed a bond' or 'used his father's influence' to escape from serving a prison term in Nabha in 1923. Utkarsh Mishra reveals......
'Communalism was the biggest enemy of a free society and Bhagat Singh imagined a future without it.''Did we succeed in bringing alive such a future?' Utkarsh Mishra remembers the revolutionary......
'Nehru's inability to take religion seriously as a category led to serious errors of judgement in his dealings with the Muslim League, and later, also with the Hindu right.' Photograph:......
This chat is over now. Join Ajit Mishra in an online chat on how you should invest in the stock markets in the light of the Union Budget 2020-21 proposals. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
Rajan said that while there were talks about Jan Dhan, it was difficult to target transfers to people through this tool. Jan Dhan, he said, does not really work as advertised. Former Reserve Bank......
Bookworms warm up to the e-reader, but the device will take a few years to catch on in India. When Gaurav Mishra, CEO of Delhi-based media consultancy 2020 Social, took a holiday to Miami last......
Amazon plans to bring in its cheapest e-book reader maybe by the next year US online retail giant Amazon, which plans to bring in its most affordable Kindle e-book reader to India, has approached......
I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, states Sreehari Nair.......
Free from the pressure of the box office as well as the lowbrow expectations of a satellite television audience, the OTT space continues to surprise and delight. The viewer does have to make the......
'This was probably a first for Shah Rukh when he had met an 18-month-old ardent fan!' Photograph: Kind courtesy Ranjan K Mishra Rediff.com Reader Ranjan K Mishra, 50, from New Jersey, sent us......
Thappad aspires to be Arth-worthy. Unfortunately, it doesn't make the cut, feels Rediff reader Sumeet Nadkarni. We asked readers to send in their reviews of Thappad, and we got quite a......
Siddharth Anand's War -- starring Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff and Vaani Kapoor -- has been getting rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. We asked readers to send in their......
We asked you, dear readers to send in your congratulatory messages for the Indian team on their success Down Under. Here are your wishes for the team... IMAGE: The Indian team take a lap of honour......
Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed former New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum as their new head coach, the Indian Premier League franchise (IPL) said on Thursday. McCullum, 37, played for the......
Reader Ritu Sharma sent us these pictures from Johannesburg. 'Here are a fewphotographs ofcricketersI came across with my husband Aniruddha at Johannesburg on May 1, 2009,' writes Ritu.......
British actress Kate Winslet and her husband, British director Sam Mendes applaud on Centre Court during the quarter-final match between British hope Andy Murray and Juan Carlos Ferrero......
Reader Richanand Mishra sent us this photograph. 'I spotted Marvan Atapattu after my regaular cricket match at Kallang Cricket Ground, Singapore. He was there to coach the Singapore national team,'......