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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

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......

Does Modi Understand Tamil Nadu?

In focus are the assembly polls in 2026.From a BJP perspective, their attack on the ruling DMK, using the 'Hindutva' card, and Annamalai's targeting of both Dravidian majors on corruption has not......

'Gentle giant will be missed'

Leaving boundaries of their respective parties, political leaders on Wednesday bid an emotional goodbye to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee describing him as a visionary statesman with......

Wishing good health and long life to a gentle giant

Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji turns 90 on December 25. I wish him all the best. The nation has honoured him and Pt Madan Mohan Malaviyaji with the Bharat Ratna. I first heard Atalji’s......

Farewell, gentle giant

Kishore Singh salutes Akbar Padamsee, the legendary painter who passed into the ages last fortnight. IMAGE: Legendary painter Akbar Padamsee who died at 91 on January 6, 2020. Photograph: Kind......

The gentle giant of Infosys

The new chief executive officer of Infosys Technologies, the iconic software company, is certainly not as outgoing as the two other founders - N R Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilekani - who have......

'Father of banking reforms', M Narasimham, passes away

New-generation private sector banks such as ICICI, HDFC, Axis, Kotak etcetera owe their existence to the recommendations of the first Narasimham Committee. The architect of modern Indian banking,......

Kamath, the man who built ICICI Bank

There are many ways to describe ICICI Bank CEO and managing director Kundapur Vaman Kamath, but boring is definitely not one of them. The gentle giant, who will hang his boots on April 30, 2009,......

Tough task ahead for new Infy CEO

For S 'Kris' Gopalakrishnan, the new chief executive officer of Infosys, life won't be same anymore. While insiders say the 52-year-old, soft spoken Kris is one of the most capable men to steer......

Siddhartha lived by his honour code, and died by it

'The Hegdes lived a life of simplicity, stayed in the background always, never in the media or on Page 3. Business of that scale did not seem to have any impact on their social lives or public......

'The Titan Flies Away Into The Ages'

'Some icons are living textbooks, teaching us about leadership, success, and legacy. Extraordinary yet human and approachable, they inspire and guide us.''India has lost a true son and champion.'......

Call Me Bae Review: Ananya Is Quite A Riot!

Call Me Bae is a spirited new addition in guilty pleasures for the fashion-loving, rom-com starved soul, applauds Sukanya Verma. If the DNAs of Elle Woods, Cher Horowitz, Blair Waldorf and Rachel......

All We Imagine As Light Shines At Cannes

IMAGE: Director Payal Kapadia, with cast members Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Divya Prabha and Kani Kusruti pose on the red carpet before the screening of the film All We Imagine as Light in......

Indian Movies I Loved in 2022

In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft,......

18 Films That Made Us Cry

Entertainment may be its raison d'etre, but the tears brought about by cinema are no less significant. Some movies are more sentimental than others -- they strike an instant chord, touch a raw......

How Shami played a role in grooming 'Gentle Giant' Mohsin

IMAGE: With eight wickets from four games, Mohsin Khan is the latest among the group of rookie pacers, who have made waves in IPL 2022. Photograph: BCCI When Imran Khan, a young aspiring......

Boycott remembers fearless, combative, gentle giant Greig

England great Geoffrey Boycott has paid tribute to former teammate and renowned television commentator Tony Greig, who passed away recently with a suspended heart attack, saying the former captain......

'We never took any tension, we played the game as it came'

'Kapil had faith in his team and the team had faith in its captain.' IMAGE: Kapil Dev is presented with the 1983 World Cup trophy by Robert Carr, then the chairman of Prudential Assurance, the......

England fired up by "gentle giant" Tremlett

Towering England seamer Chris Tremlett was pleased to belie his 'gentle giant' reputation with a fiery three-wicket haul that took the wind out of Australian sails on day one of the third Ashes......

PIX: Alcaraz powers past Berrettini into quarters, Tsitsipas exits

IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates winning his Wimbledon fourth round match against Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Monday. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Top seed Carlos Alcaraz roared into......

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