India's New Silk Route

The enduring legacy of trade routes lies in shared stories and religious diversity. Can the India-Middle East-Europe Economic corridor harness this legacy to empower nations, asks Arundhuti......

India's Discoveries Haven't Received Attention They Deserve

In the ancient world there is a great deal of give and take and reciprocal learning.India was an integral and important constituent of such interchanges of goods and ideas. A fascinating excerpt......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

The Two Faces of India's Democracy

How should one billion Indians, for whom deprivation has become an inescapable way of life, join us in celebrating 75 years of Independence? And where do we go from here? asks Kalyan Singhal.......

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.......

'Think of RBI as a profit-making company'

'Only the coming years will tell whether the government finds this an easy way of relieving itself from its fiscal constraints.' Dr Pronab Sen, former chairman, Indian Statistical Commission and......

India's quest for skills

Ajit Balakrishnan on how Indian society and the polity need to be carried along.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A couple of years ago, in a moment of heroic idealism, I volunteered to......

Govt in overdrive to put apps on tap

Most of the apps have been developed in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and other regional languages The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY), under Prime Minister......

No one learns algebra in Class I, Pant will improve: Saha

'We have a friendly relationship and help each other whoever gets into the XI. Personally, there's no conflict with him' IMAGE: Rishabh Pant is always chirpy behind the stump. Photograph:......

Anand to play against 40 players simultaneously

Hyderabad is all set to witness aspectacular chess match with Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand playing against 40 players simultaneously on August 24. According to the organisers of ICM --......