After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
'The inauguration of the Ram temple was the pinnacle of the BJP's religious politics.''Politics is dynamic. What goes up has to come down.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Narendra......
The second phase of the Lok Sabha election ended on Friday, April 26, 2024, for 88 seats across 13 states. All eyes are set on the high profile contests in Wayanad (Rahul Gandhi, Annie Raja, K......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday seized on Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on inheritance tax to step up the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's blistering attack on the issue of 'wealth......
Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral......
November 8 marks 6 years after demonetisation.A K Bhattacharya reveals how the prime minister and the RBI worked together for months before Modi's 8 pm speech.A riveting excerpt from The Rise Of......
The Indian economy was on an impressive growth path through the first decade of this century till it was brought to an abrupt halt by the policy inertia during UPA2 and the Modi government's......
There were two questions everyone wanted to know the answer to.1. Did Raghuram Rajan advise the Congress on the much-discussed NYAY scheme, as claimed by Rahul Gandhi?2. Will Raghuram Rajan become......
'India's economic fundamentals are much too strong to be affected by his resignation,' says B S Raghavan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com All the three principal actors in the unfolding......
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan recalls a tussle between the government and RBI when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister and how it was resolved. IMAGE: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of......
'Elections and audience interest in specific movies are often independent factors.' IMAGE: Randeep Hooda as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......
The streaming platforms were replete with violent, profanity-laden gangster shows. But amidst the noise, there were some effective and thought-provoking shows too. Deepa Gahlot's list of her top 10......
India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj, died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here. He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to......