Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

Six weeks after winning the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai is hardly out of the news. She appeared with her mother, the novelist Anita Desai, last week......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Did Chances Of A Trump Win Spook Bezos?

Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business interests? Only God and Bezos know, and neither of them are talking, notes Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos, owner......

'India Has Changed So Much'

'I don't feel like going back to India, to the old Delhi that I grew up in. Because the place doesn't exist anymore.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Still a foreigner in her......

Adani calls off fully subscribed FPO; money to be returned to investors

Adani Enterprises on Wednesday said it has decided to withdraw its fully subscribed Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO) and will return the proceeds to investors. Photograph: PTI Photo......

Uber acknowledges 'mistakes'; says it's a changed company now

With a report on Uber by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) opening a Pandora’s box, the company is in a damage-control mode. Illustration: Uttam......

Nandan Nilekani to write a book

Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan Nilekani is working on a book "on weekends". The book, to be published by Penguin, will be out next year. This, according to those who know him well, will......

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

'We get to know secrets such as some of India's top-rated firms do not always make payments when due and many State-owned, listed, enterprises that borrow in bond markets default......

Chandrasekaran's book bought by United 93 director

British director Paul Greengrass -- who on one hand makes thrillers such as The Bourne Supremacy, and on the other creates chilling and unhysterical 9/11 drama United 93 -- has announced a film......

'Om Puri deserves to be nominated for an Oscar'

Author Richard C Morais tells Arthur J Pais/Rediff.com he is amazed how Om Puri and Helen Mirren have brought his characters to life in the film The Hundred Foot Journey. An American born in......

Oppenheimer: Film-Making At Its Exhilarating Best

The narrative is faithful to the source, American Prometheus, but what makes it absolutely spell-binding is Christopher Nolan's technique, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Cillian Murphy as J......

Oppenheimer Review: Simply Brilliant

Oppenheimer is a very politically significant film for our time, observes Utkarsh Mishra. When 'American Prometheus' Dr J Robert Oppenheimer decided to lead the Manhattan Project to make the......