The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is proof of the price Kerala is paying for its emergent politics.Controversies become the stuff of slow-burn and......
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......
Here is the Brahma Mantra for mankind: So long as the world has leaders with judgement -- humane, compassionate, and no-nonsense in their thinking -- natural intelligence will prevail, notes R......
They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......
Software icon NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending $1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India......
Here stood a man who embodied the legacy of whatever Brand Tata stood for, embellished it, and departed into the long night, leaving the brand legacy for others to further enrich, notes R......
Roughly 40% of this projected outlay is expected to go towards emerging industries, including green hydrogen, clean energy, semiconductors, and electric vehicles. Illustration: Uttam......
Most companies had an internal policy which did not allow them to sell health insurance products to persons of more than 65 years Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters The insurance......
Investor confidence in unlisted shares was shaken after recent developments that saw online drugstore PharmEasy issuing new shares in a rights issue at a 90 per cent discount to its previous......
Akshata Murty, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, stands to earn Rs 68.17 crore in dividend income from her shareholding in India's second-largest IT firm Infosys. Photograph:......
Shyam Benegal passed into the ages on December 23, leaving behind a rich legacy. We look back at some interesting moments from his life. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/X Shyam Benegal......
'Being disciplined is also very important.' IMAGE: Payal Kapadia receives her Grand Prix award from actor Viola Davis at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, May 25, 2024. Photograph: Reuters Payal......
There's a peevish quality to all the films on this list, which is fitting, because peevishness is the defining characteristic of most Malayalis. These films, even at their saddest, darkest and......
Does the 'story' of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its 'spirit', asks Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mani Ratnam. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images 1. Does the 'story' of a Mani Ratnam film......
'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.''He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his......