What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A few days ago, a friend said he doesn’t read fiction. This reminded me of......

Ramzan's mother refuses India's help in travelling to Bhopal

The mother of 15-year-old Ramzan, reportedly a Pakistani national currently with an NGO in Bhopal, on Monday declined India's offer of assistance to her in travelling to the country to identify her......

UP couple claim girl stranded in Pakistan is their daughter

Geeta lights a match as she prepares to pray at the Bilquis Edhi Foundation in Karachi. The deaf-mute Indian girl is believed to have mistakenly crossed into Pakistani territory as a child.......

Drone shot down by Pak at LoC not sold to any govt: China firm

The Chinese firm, which reportedly manufactured the drone downed by Pakistan along the Line of Control, said the unmanned aircraft was not sold to any government, reinforcing India's stand that it......

'The real GDP was captured better'

'Revision of the base year for both CPI and GDP are long overdue.''The basic data that went into the 2011-2012 series were mainly from surveys done in 2011 or earlier.''We have since seen the......

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

Had he not been a student, admirer and follower of Amartya Sen, TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan feels it might have been a Padma Bhushan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The year was 1971.......

Modi must now stop imitating the Congress, and turn right

'If Modi wants to help the poor and get the credit for it as well, he must do what China does. He must openly adopt pro-capital policies.' 'And -- this is critical -- he must remember that......

Should we scrap quarterly job surveys?

A government panel examined the records of employees surveyed by Labour Bureau’s quarterly enterprises surveys and mapped it with EPFO's subscribers and found “unexplained......

KKR's new home ground? Agartala stadium in the race

IMAGE: Eden Garden in Kolkata is set for a massive makeover next year. Photograph: BCCI The under-construction international cricket stadium at Narsingarh in Tripura could become Kolkata......

Mayank Agarwal 'gearing to comeback' after mid-flight health scare

Photograph: Mayank Agarwal/X Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal on Wednesday said he is on the mend and gearing for comeback after day-long hospitalisation caused by a suspicious liquid he drank......

Former Proteas all-rounder to take over as Tripura operations head

IMAGE: Lance Klusener will take over as head of cricket operation of Tripura. Photograph: Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images Former South African allrounder Lance Klusener will take over as......

'One of the best pace-bowling allrounders, but gave up too quickly'

IMAGE: Lance Klusener believes Hardik Pandya gave up on Test cricket too easily. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Rating Hardik Pandya as one of the best fast-bowling allrounders, former......

Cricketer booked for forging documents to get into Tripura team

A case was filed against a cricketer from West Bengal who allegedly forged documents to get into Tripura’s under-19 team, police said on Sunday. The player, a resident of Barrackpore town in......