When it comes to electoral politics, religion has taken a back seat in Tamil Nadu long before Hindutva became fashionable in its various avatars, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu......
India has much paranoia in India about a new 'Terroristan' coming up between Pakistan and a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.Pakistan has zero ability economically, diplomatically, geostrategically or......
Considering that Qatar is a trusted ally of Washington for decades, it is expected to be a steady influence on the Taliban leadership, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Qatar's Deputy......
Higher education policy may be at the core of the Tamil Nadu assembly polls next May, with a potential to break the ties between the ruling AIADMK in the state and the BJP counterpart at the......
'By annoying the Arabs and cozying up to Iran, Pakistan may end up losing Arab economic support, annoying the Americans and increase Shia-Sunni tensions domestically,' Colonel Anil A Athale (retd)......
Will open radio access network technology (O-RAN) disrupt the way 5G networks roll out in the country? Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters After all, it promises to offer a substantially lower capital......
Of these, L&T lost seven tenders to companies that have never done the job but have qualified by bidding lower, says non-executive chairman A M Naik. Dev Chatterjee & Vishal Chhabria report.......
Puri gave up the comforts of Citibank to set up a new-age bank from a rat-infested room in the Kamala Mills Compound in Worli, Mumbai and turned it into a marquee brand. Raghu Mohan takes a look at......
'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic......
At the heart of the strategy is the basic fundamental of keeping costs for long-haul flights low. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A philosophical Rakesh Gangwal -- a veteran at running......
My exposure to cinema was by watching mainstream Hindi films, with occasional big budget Hollywood products thrown in. It was not until I was in my late teens that I was introduced to world cinema,......
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.' Just what has made Director Sukumar's Pushpa: The Rise such a phenomenal success? Originally in Telugu, this......
'Hot Mess Holiday airs on December 11 -- it's a really fun story.' IMAGE: Kal Penn on the cover of his memoir, You Can't Be Serious. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kal Penn/Instagram Kal Penn discusses......
If anyone thinks that the Golden Globes are insignificant, the Hollywood studios are out to prove them wrong.Aseem Chhabra previews this year's Golden Globes which will be held in Los Angeles on......
Hindi Medium works because it manages to stretch itself beyond its scrubby elements, easy half-baked jokes, lessons about consumerism and our love for English, into a simple story about a boy who......
'We know that Mira has to go well beyond the 200kg mark. 202kg will not cut it this time but somewhere around 205-206kg should do it. But we are prepared for the challenge.' IMAGE: Competing in......
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Sunday. IMAGE: China's Jiayu Xu, Haiyang Qin, Jiajun Sun and Zhanle Pan pose with their gold medals and the Chinese flag......
IMAGE: India's Gaganjeet Bhullar in action on the opening day of Olympics golf competition in Paris on Thursday. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters The Indian duo of Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet......
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Wednesday. IMAGE: France's Leon Marchand reacts after winning the Olympics men's 200m Breaststroke final and setting an......
'I came here to give my best and, of course, I came here to make India proud, to win the medal.' IMAGE: Preeti Pawar in action against Vietnam's Vo Thi Kim Anh in the women's 54kg boxing first......