Mo-Sha Are Indispensable For RSS

Occasional lovers' tiffs have marked the history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power, points out......

Rahul's 'fighting Indian state' remark triggers row

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said his party was fighting the 'Bharatiya Janata Party, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Indian state itself', triggering a row with the BJP......

The RSS Has Never Been So Weak!

Political power has now been outsourced fully to the Modi government.Even if the RSS is still, in principle, his guru, nobody would dare to whisper a word of advice to Modi, forget some whiff of......

Opposition seeks Bhagwat's apology for 'insulting' Army

The Opposition on Monday latched on to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat's reported remarks on the Army, demanding that he apologise to the nation and Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Will Modi take swadeshi route to privatise Air India?

''Air India's privatisation is acceptable as long as its control does not pass on to a foreign entity,' says A K Bhattacharya. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   The Union government's......

Great leaders never waste a crisis, Mr Modi

'We aren't so unreasonable as to demand that he should have fully reversed Indira Gandhi's worst economic legacy, bank nationalisation.''But he could have made a beginning by selling off the two......

Return of the Bharatiya 'Baniya' Party

'The BJP has shown signs lately of returning to its trader mindset.''Several strong emotions get meshed in this: Nationalism, protectionism, mercantilism, and arrogance,' points out Shekhar......

'Your legacy in the cricket world will forever inspire'

  IMAGE: Indian spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed into the ages at the age of 77 on Monday. Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC/X Spin great and former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi died on......

'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......

'I would have been the king of limited overs cricket'

'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.' IMAGE: Cricket legend Salim Durani trains budding cricketers in Jamnagar in this January 2004 photograph.......

Renowned shooting coach Chakraverty passes away

'Indian Shooting has lost one of its pioneering doyens.' IMAGE: Gagan Narang with coach Sanjay Chakraverty during a training session in Hyderabad in 2013. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Gagan Narang......

Paralympian gold medallist Sumit was motivated by Neeraj

IMAGE: Devendra Jhajharia and Sumit Antil felicitated by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday. Photograph: Office of Mr Anurag Thakur/Twitter India para javelin thrower Sumit Antil has credited......