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Time To Abolish Quotas?

Ultimately quotas kill talent and true meritocracy, argues R Jagannathan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We are having the wrong kind of conversations on inclusion and inequity, both in......

Is BJP serious about Bharat Ratna for Savarkar?

'If they were really serious (about conferring the Bharat Ratna on Savarkar) what were they doing for the last five years?''Why do they have to take so long?''Gandhi himself never got the Bharat......

Sheena Bora Trial: The man with the pistol

'He had a carry bag made of plastic. One pistol came out of it. There was also a magazine which had three rounds. And a mobile and a Rs 100 currency note.'No prizes for guessing who that......

An Editor Like None Other

Darryl D'Monte mentored more journalists than any other editor of his generation.Some of the biggest bylines owe their beginnings in our glorious profession to this wonderful human being.Nikhil......

Jayalalithaa leaves a tough legacy

Now that Tamil Nadu's tallest politician is no more, it remains to be seen how new political re-alignments could shape up, says N Sathiya Moorthy in the first of a two-part look at Jayalalithaa's......

Investing? How to avoid mistakes

Yohann Pereira's first monthly salary of Rs 15,000 was spent in paying his exorbitant mobile bills and other personal expenses. This advertising sales executive with a home dcor magazine did not......

Unravelling India's innovative streak

This was the high noon of the shortage economy. Necessity, the old cliche goes, is the mother of invention. That must make scarcity the father of innovation. India had to make do with very little,......

The puppet masters of viral marketing

He woke up in a pool of sweat, with bruises on his arms, his ankle badly swollen. He'd had another terrifying blackout, the kind he'd been experiencing ever since he began beta-testing Sega's......

Infosys, world's 32nd most innovative firm

It was a fitting way to wrap up the first day of IBM's innovation-themed leadership forum, held in Rome in early April.Guests were treated to small group tours of the Vatican Museum, including......

Google's secret weapon: simplicity

I'm snuggled under the covers with Jon Stewart and the remote. The 'Evolution/Schmevolution' skit is funny, but it's been a long day, and I'm fading fast. The promise of technology is that I'm one......

'Duggu can do anything he sets his mind to'

'As tempers flared, worried for his safety, I requested Duggu to sit in his car by the gate.''He did.''Later, I asked him how he could have remained so calm in the circumstances.''He told me......

Top 20 Scenes From Yash Chopra's Movies

Dreams and drama coexist in Yash Chopra's universe. From painting the screen in scenic splendours and chiffon soft romances to delving in the dark, grey areas of human behaviour and ardour, his......

'You'll forget Jack Sparrow after watching Firangi'

'Amitji called me after he watched the film and spoke for half an hour.''He said, "According to me, this is your best performance till date".''"I feel like seeing the film two-three times just to......

The Remarkable Sunny Leone!

'Her greatest strength is not her acting or her dancing abilities, but that she has an incredible number of fans.'Dilip Mehta -- director of the documentary Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy on Sunny......

Classic Revisited: Arjun, Sunny Deol's BEST action film

In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia starrer Arjun (1985). The angst and frustration of Arjun Malvankar resonated with an......

PT Usha was forced to eat rice porridge with pickle at 1984 Olympics

IMAGE: Incia's iconic track and field athlete PT Usha. Photograph: Reuters/File India's track superstar PT Usha has made a stunning revelation in an interview. The star athlete recalled that......

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