'No man can do more than give his life for his country'

At this time, sixty years ago, Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi and his men were captured as prisoners of war by the Chinese during the 1962 War.The men led by him fought against incredible odds,......

'Humans have never learned from history'

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

Why I followed Guru Nanak

With an AK-47 slung on her shoulder, Khaleda Begum came running towards them with an intimidating expression.Amardeep Singh gently explained what they had set out to do.Her face softened. She......

How the Congress can counter Modi

'What the Congress needs now is an ideological and social contrast to the BJP.''The Congress stable of princelings cannot do it,' argues Mohan Guruswamy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi in......

'Judi Dench is obsessed with India'

'He cooked chicken curry and so because of him, curries entered the British royal kitchens.''Eventually, he became a political advisor to the queen.''This guy was disrupting the royal household. It......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......