Mamata Banerjee and the Politics of Impulsiveness

Hasty, ill-conceived steps show how isolated Mamata Banerjee had been from the national political trend.A fascinating excerpt from Sugato Hazra's Losing The Plot: Political Isolation Of West......

How BJP's Chanakya met his waterloo in Bengal

The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......

Will Mamata's second term mark a fresh start for industry in Bengal?

The populist measures Mamata Banerjee took in the last five years helped her win the elections; some fear that this could set the tone of her government for the next five years, says Ishita Ayan......

9 reasons India's rising credit card debt should worry you

Next time you swipe, ask yourself, do you really need it or do you just want it? The rise in credit card outstandings in itself is not so much of a worry as much as two accompanying factors.......

'Now, I am reduced to nothing'

'I have tutored my family and myself to fight hunger,' the former agent for the Saradha chit fund says, his eyes welling up. 96 of the 107 cases referred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office......

Weakening rupee a sign of volatility ahead

Further decline in currency could offset some of the gains from lower crude oil. Oil prices are down, markets have hit a new high and foreign investors are queuing to invest in India's equities and......

The footballer Satyajit Ray adored

Satyajit Ray's world revolved around Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known to millions of football fanatics as Pele."It was not possible to watch a match on television during Baba's (Ray's)......

Readers speak out!

Dipankar:PremWhat was the point in playing Kumble, and not Nehra? With Mongia replacing Ganguly (a good choice), we have four slow bowlers in Kumble, Bhajji, Sachin and Mongia, and only two......