'Kashmiri Youth Don't Want To Die'

'...or go to jail.''The government is getting them silenced.' IMAGE: Paramilitary personnel and Jammu and Kashmir police receive instructions ahead of the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir......

'Mamata Should Have Done Something Else'

'She could have sat down with the students and taken a list of their grievances including their allegations and suspicions.''Not all suspicions are true, but you have to listen, you have to let the......

The Political Mystique Of Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh......

Lal Salaam, Comrade Buddhadeb

He was reviled by critics in his party as a neo-liberal in disguise but till the end, he retained his belief in secularism and the humanity of Communism. IMAGE: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then the......

Don't the babus need a phoren summer break?

Codgers on holiday in rising India! Growing foreign travel is one sign of the radical change in rising India’s vacation dynamic. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. As scorching......

Budget doesn't have much for the youth

  The Budget won't create the millions of jobs Modi had promised in his election pledge, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. 'It's clearly a Budget,' said George W Bush when shown a document. 'It's got......

The story of West Bengal's dismal industrial performance

A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the ‘miniaturisation’ of projects, notes Ashok K Lahiri. Image: Miniaturisation will not work for industry and......

Bullet trains: Modi's extravagant gift to Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's loyalty to his home state, Gujarat, is admirable but an Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train will not begin to address any of the many problems Indian Railways faces, notes......

Alia Joins Kajol-Rani At Durga Puja

Durga pujo celebrations continue and this time, Alia Bhatt joins the Mukherjees at the the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal. Alia Bhatt looks stunning in red.   She brings her......

'Thank You For Choosing Me'

Bollywood celebrated Daughter's Day with beautiful pictures. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhavana Pandey/Instagram Bhavana Pandey shares a picture of daughters Ananya and Rysa and wishes them, 'Keep......

Katrina Enjoys 'Dilli Ki Sardi'

Nimrat gets back to work... Sanjana takes a break... Sobhita finds peace... Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif takes her new film Merry Christmas to Delhi and enjoys......

What's On Tamannaah's Mind?

Salman does a reality check... Kartik spends time with Katori... Bipasha shows her whole world... Photograph: Kind courtesy Tamannaah Bhatia/Instagram And that's how Tamannaah Bhatia gets her......