How India Can Thwart China-Pakistan Nexus

A weaker Russia, a sobered China at a time when Xi Jinping is manoeuvring to protect his third term prospects, a reunited West, a chaotic Pakistan.This is a perfect set of strategic......

US wanted China to intervene against India in 1971 War

On December 10, Kissinger began to encourage the Chinese to take action against India: 'If the People's Republic were to consider the situation on the Indian subcontinent a threat to security, and......

How Modi walked into his own Pakistan trap

For the first time in our political history, Pakistan has become centre stage of the incumbent's campaign, points out Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In the years I used to......

Why insistence on only one language must be resisted

An insistence on only one language will inevitably be resented as a form of imperialism and resisted. Such narrow-mindedness also breeds a destructive and, at times, violent competitive linguistic......

Decoding the Rs 1 lakh message

It is early January here in New York and the weather had no right to be as warm and sunny as it is today. By any account it has to be freezing and below zero Celsius and the streets have to be......

The amazing story of Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs has emerged from the market bust as a trading colossus. New Chief Lloyd Blankfein must fuel growth -- and avoid an unforeseeable blowup. No wonder this nebbishy Master of the Universe......

How India can produce big-bang innovations

Part I: Can India produce billion-dollar innovations? In the second of this 4-part series, Arindam Banerji discusses what will it take Indian scientists and technologists to start producing......

Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One Review: Dazzling!

No matter how impossible the mission seems, we know Tom Cruise will get the job done as we eagerly await his next daring stunt, cheers Mayur Sanap. We are seven films deep into Tom Cruise's......

The sole supernova in Galaxy Bollywood

No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Dilip Kumar in the song Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam Haseen from Bimal Roy's Madhumati. Photograph: Kind......

Indian Cinema gets its finest love story

... And it's written with tears, blood and unspoken lines, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: The beauty of Mayaanadhi is that it shows the guts to be a love story of two people who have exhausted the......

Tom Cruise breaks ankle; Mission Impossible 6 on hold

Injury-caution for Tom Cruise?He throws it out of the window before you can say Mission Impossible! So it happened. Tom Cruise injured himself performing a stunt for the latest Mission: Impossible.......

Verstappen takes record 16th win of the season in Mexico

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the Mexico City Grand Prix. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/Reuters Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen became the......

Confident England eye fiery start against injury-hit NZ

IMAGE: England's Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes arrive at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters A golden generation of England cricketers......

Aus Open PIX: Murray wins thriller; Kvitova bows out

Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday. IMAGE: Andy Murray celebrates after winning his first round match against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia during day two of......

'Football can be very beautiful and it can be very cruel'

'Incredible, we've seen two footballing miracles in two nights and Tottenham only had 45 minutes to score three goals, incredible.' Reaction to Tottenham Hotspur's last-gasp 3-2 Champions League......

Messi's penalty kick trickery raises many questions...

Did Messi disrespect Celta Vigo? Did he try to show Henry and Pires how it is done? Or is just another example of Messi’s greatness… IMAGE: Barcelona's Lionel Messi, centre, gestures......