'The dominance of her party also meant that the institutions became lopsided -- whether it was the bureaucracy or the courts or the military.''She centralised power to the extent that you would see......
'He fears that the youth tide has gone against him and he will be swept away in the next assembly election in the state.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs holding a banner protesting against the......
The massive Wayanad landslides that levelled houses and buried lives underneath them have also scarred the survivors for life. IMAGE: NDRF and Indian army personnel during a rescue operation after......
'The strategy of frontal organisations of the Maoists is to create unrest and ensure that such unrest leads to a law and order problem.' 'To cover such acts it was necessary to bring in a different......
'Today we know of many X, Y, and Z persons as urban Naxals but can we call these people as such? No, we cannot because we don't have a legal framework for doing that.' IMAGE: A protest in......
'In the short term you keep your return expectations very, very low; in the medium term be prepared to invest and in the long term growth will come and your returns from stocks will be high.'......
'India's fundamentals are a lot better (than those of other emerging market economies).' 'India will suffer (witness a fall in its stock market) what I call the second order effect.''And the second......
'The structural story of India is a multi-decadal story.''One should stay invested in that story and avoid reacting to what is happening globally.' IMAGE: The Bombay Stock Exchange. Photograph:......
'Forget your loss or profit in your portfolio.''Look at how much cash you have in hand.''If you don't have cash in hand, liquidate at least partially; get into about 20 per cent in cash.'......
'If you invest in sovereign gold bond, you are going to get the price rise of gold over an eight year period.''You're also going to get that two-and-a-half percent which the Government of India is......
There are a whole lot of cop-themed movies on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from. BrindaWhere to watch? SonyLIVLanguage: Telugu (with subtitles) Trisha......
'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.''It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.''Whether it's a series, a movie or......
'You have to be good in your project that's releasing today for you to be working on something tomorrow. That will always be the case.' IMAGE: Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise.......
Prasanna Vithanage's Paradise leaves the audience to read between the lines and draw their own conclusions about the frailty of human nature, and how easily violence seizes the most unexpected......
'...without looking into yourself.''What matters most is human relationships and the human mind.' IMAGE: Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in Paradise. A film-maker, who chooses to make a......
In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......
Chennai's chess nursery: The learning ground for Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza for FIDE/X Even a casual stroll around the city will help visitors collect crumbs......
'It was an inspiration for all of us. Right from our U15 and U17 tours, all we could hear was how Karnataka beat the mighty Bombay' Photograph: Kind courtesy GR Viswanath/Instagram Warm spells of......
IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah celebrates dismissing England Captain Ben Stokes for his 150th Test wicket, on Day 2 of the 2nd Test in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, February 3, 2024. Photograph: BCCI ......