India should spend $1 bn annually to train school teachers: Narayana Murthy

Software icon NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending $1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India......

America's largest Hindu temple inaugurated in New Jersey

BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, the largest Hindu temple in the United States spread over 185 acre, has been inaugurated in Robbinsville, with devotees underscoring the temple's message of unity,......

The maverick who changed India's legal education

Whenever the history of India's National Law Schools is written, N R Madhava Menon's name will be deeply inscribed in it, says Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad. On the eve of Republic Day, the Government of......

Boris Johnson is not the real villain of Brexit

'It is never a good idea to let the broad population determine policy that is the domain of experts and specialists,' notes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a Hindu......

Adi Godrej: 'There's no dearth of jobs in India'

'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan......

Entrepreneurship is not the solving of a sum but the painting of a picture

India’s salvation lies in job creation by entrepreneurs, say Manish Sabharwal and Ashok Reddy. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Now that the heaviest drama of the Infosys and Tata......

What's in a brand name?

Brands names are always critical, but -- as Ambi Parameswaran has discovered -- finding the right one for the Indian consumer requires something special. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com "What......

Achhe din? Nah. India ranks a dismal 118 in happiness index!

IMAGE: A man carries his mother to board a passenger train at a railway station in New Delhi, February 25, 2016. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters India is ranked seventh among the biggest......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

TOP 20 Indian Movies of the Decade

Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade. The story of Indian Cinema in this decade pivots around the Nirbhaya Case of 2012. The sheer brutality of that incident coupled with the......

Review: Newton isn't a movie of answers, but tough questions

While filled with startling insights and questions, and buoyed by terrific performances throughout, Newton suffers from a lack of end-to-end clarity.It is a near-great film, but one that for some......

Is Court the most sophisticated Indian film ever?

Chaitanya Tamhane's National Award-winning film seems more relevant today than when it released, says Sreehari Nair. Why Court was a solid choice for the Oscars IMAGE: Viewed three years later,......

Ballon d'Or: Meet The Winners!

IMAGE: Rodri and Aitana Bonmati celebrate with their trophies after winning the Ballon d'Or. All Photographs: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters It was double delight for Spain as their star players Rodri......

PIX: Not Messi, Ronaldo; Rodri wins Ballon D'Or!

IMAGE: Rodri, a first-time winner of the award, was instrumental in helping Manchester City win an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League trophy last season. Photograph: Sarah......

Messi dedicates his eighth Ballon d'Or to Argentina teammates, Maradona

IMAGE: Inter Miami's Lionel Messi with his sons, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro after winning the men's Ballon d'Or at Chatelet Theatre, Paris, France on Monday. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters......

PIX: Real Madrid's Benzema wins 2022 Ballon d'Or award

IMAGE: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is the first French player to win the trophy since Zinedine Zidane in 1998 and the fifth after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini and Jean-Pierre Papin.......

1982 Brazil soccer team reunite to help fight COVID-19

IMAGE: In an initiative led by Paulo Roberto Falcao (in picture), 19 players, including Zico, Junior and Leandro, recorded a video message appealing for donations. Photograph: Lucas Uebel/Getty......