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Protests after Delhi principal's casteist slur, assault on Dalit student

A Dalit student at Delhi University's Shaheed Bhagat Singh College has filed a police complaint alleging that its principal hurled casteist slurs and assaulted him after he was falsely accused of......

The Garbage Collector Whose Book Is Taught At Uni

'Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I would write a book one day.' IMAGE: S Dhanuja Kumari while collecting garbage. All photographs: Kind courtesy Dhanuja Kumari S Dhanuja Kumari's......

'She Was Surely Among The Toppers'

'Though a foreigner on campus, she carried herself with confidence.' IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Dr Harini Amarasuriya as Sri Lanka's 16th prime minister,......

Umar Khalid completes 4 years in jail without trial

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and activist Umar Khalid has completed four years in jail after being arrested in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. IMAGE: Former......

Make 'Women's Safety' The Reason Why You Vote Next

'Days ago, India witnessed the horror of the brutal rape and murder of a woman doctor on night duty at the R G Kar hospital in Kolkata.' 'The crime was so outrageous that any self-respecting chief......

Why Must Mark and Musk Be So Macho?

Haven't they heard about the 'Tale of Two Brothers'? asks Suveen Sinha. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Zuckerberg -- or Zuck, as he is known to nearly everyone of his acquaintance -- is......

Ravneet Kaur: An IAS officer with varied experience

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has named Ravneet Kaur, a Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch, as chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Kaur will hold the post for five......

Where Are Business Leaders To Power The India Story?

What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......

Why India must create new programming languages...

"Yawn", "Zzzzz... excuse me, I need to nap." Why hasn't India produced a single earth-shaking idea like Python or the World Wide Web, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic......

WhatsApp bets big on payments biz in India, plans big investments

A day after getting permission to raise its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) user base to 100 million, WhatsApp on Thursday said it has plans to make significant investments in ‘payments on......

'Ananya Gives It Her 100%'

'In anything in life, privilege helps.''Privilege means access. Access means connections.''Does it help? Of course, it does. In whatever you do.' IMAGE: Ananya Panday and Vihaan Samat in Call Me......

Making Waves In India And Hollywood

'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well.''Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene!''For someone like him to message me just says how supportive......

Sharmaji Namkeen Review

Sharmaji Namkeen is Rishi Kapoor's swansong and show. His cinematic memories are coloured in liveliest hues of celebration and happiness, observes Sukanya Verma. Everybody knows the Kapoors love......

When Lata Refused To Sing For Hema Malini

'It will remain my one regret that Lataji didn't sing for me in Meera.' IMAGE: Hema Malini and Raj Kapoor in the song Nadaan Ki Dosti Jee Ki Jalan from Sapnon Ka Saudagar. Hema Malini feels Lata......

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma,......

Asian Games: Wushu athlete goes incommunicado

IMAGE: After being denied visa to travel to China for the Asian Games, Wushu athlete Mepung Lamgu has gone incommunicado. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Wushu athlete Mepung Lamgu has gone......

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