'India can no longer afford to go soft on China'

'India cannot allow Beijing's policy of stabilising and destabilising the border at will to perpetuate its own ends.'A riveting excerpt from Manish Tiwari's 10 Flashpoints; 20 Years National......

Buy these photos and you might help save the wildlife

Love wildlife and want to help in saving them? Here's a chance to do so from the comfort of your house. Presenting Prints for Nature -- a fine art photographic print sale offering collectors the......

The Truth and Myth of Indira Gandhi

'It has even been suggested that Modi and Amit Shah, however grudgingly, harbour admiration for her controlling streak and steely resilience,' says Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: Indira Gandhi with Mother......

Germany calls in British ambassador over spy allegations

Germany's foreign ministry has called in British Ambassador Simon MacDonald to demand an explanation over allegations that his mission in Berlin is operating a "secret listening post" to spy on the......

Meet India's new age landlords

The Lodha Group has bought land parcels worth Rs 12,000 crore in Mumbai. Image: Lodha’s upcoming tallest residential building. Photograph, courtesy: Lodha Group     As big real......

Lodha group's amazing success story amid the gloom

The real estate developer may have deferred its IPO and realty may be in the dumps, but that hasn’t stopped it from making acquisitions worth Rs 12,000 crore. Late last month, Mumbai-based......

Lodha in mega realty deal in London

In one of the biggest property deals abroad, Abhishek Lodha-led Lodha group is close to buying London’s Macdonald House for around Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion). Lodha did not respond to......

Indra Nooyi, world's 4th most powerful woman

Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia are among the 100 most powerful women in the world.India-born......

'It's also a love story about two brothers who fall in love with a bird species'

After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category. IMAGE: Director Shaunak Sen at......

'Irrfan is one of the world's greatest actors'

'You can't take your eyes off him.' IMAGE: Irrfan in Puzzle. Irrfan Khan's first film was the critically acclaimed BAFTA-winning British production The Warrior (2001). After that, his career took......

Fine films, fabulous discoveries at MAMI

The movies that impressed, puzzled and stunned Sukanya Verma at MAMI this year. You know it's time for the annual Mumbai Film Festival when the city's cinephile population flocks to theatres in......

'Malala is the real deal'

'She is a genuine, real, person who wants to be with girls who are suffering the way she suffered.' The producers and director of He Named Me Malala speak to Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com in New York.......