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Brave Mind, Fearless Conscience-Keeper

Mohammad Sajjad profiles Professor Riazur Rahman Sherwani, 94, versatile mind, intrepid intellectual.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India must have vernacular public intellectuals who can......

The Panama Papers effect on Pakistan

How does the country’s civilian government reclaim legitimacy after the names of many Pakistanis, including the family members of PM Nawaz Sharif, figured in the leaked documents, Aditi......

Gujarat riot victims ask Modi to come clean

The victims of the 2002 post-Godhra violence criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, for not appearing before the Special Investigation Team in Ahmedabad in connection with a......

Karadi Tales weaves a spell on children

Karadi Tales, a Chennai-based company which publishes children's books, has released a set of e-audiobooks on Children's Day. A child can listen to the story, read the book, look at the......

US Gulf moratorium to hit Indian drilling firms

The six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to delay the deployment of idle rigs by Aban Offshore and impact the day rates for support vessels that companies......

Aban's debt woes resurface as rig sinks

Aban Offshore, India's largest oil rig company, is likely to come under increased stress for repaying debt after the loss of its semi-submersible rig, Aban Pearl, which sank in the early hours of......

Crude oil prices: Reaching a boiling point?

US crude oil futures edged down on Tuesday after hitting an 8-week high of $82 a barrel on Monday. The past one month has seen crude oil prices rise over 12 per cent to touch the recent high. "The......

ABG increases open offer price for Great Offshore

ABG Shipyard, the largest private sector shipbuilding firm, has raised the open offer price to buy out drilling firm Great Offshore to Rs 520 a share from the Rs 450 announced last week. This is......

Aban offshore faces Rs 13k crore debt

Swift expansion while the oil prices were surging has saddled India's largest oil drilling firm, Aban offshore, with a huge debt during the downturn. The Chennai-based firm has a Rs 13,000 crore......

Lessons from Bollywood: How to Cook

Read, and learn! Gajar ka halwa is the barometer for ma ka pyaar and stars get their high by dancing around a giant batata wada. Clearly, Hindi films are obsessed with food. Surprisingly, we don't......

Raising a bowler hat to Saeed Jaffrey

'He played all his roles with a characteristic elan and amiability: He looked like a clever, all-knowing, winking Super Mario, gloriously grey around the edges. Irresistible, really.' Raja Sen......

The Best Films of Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey lives on through his versatile body of work. Joie de vivre distinguishes the refined, infectious charisma of international actor Saeed Jaffrey. Whether playing an aristocrat or a......

Veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey passes away

One of India's finest actors Saeed Jaffrey passed away into the ages on November 15. He was 86. His niece Shaheen Aggarwal posted the tragic news on her Facebook page: 'Today, a generation of......

Good start for Kaminey, Life Partner

Last week saw some good releases. Unfortunately, they could not be released in Mumbai due to directions given by the Maharashtra government in order to curb the spread of swine flu. Vishal......

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