Rafale isn't Modi's Bofors moment, here's why

Unlike Bofors, on Rafale, all sides agree that it was the best aircraft to buy.The only plausible charge right now is cronyism.Why give the benefit of offsets to a corporate buddy with no......

Maggi row: Bihar court orders FIR against actors, Kerala pulls noodles

A Bihar court on Tuesday ordered that an FIR be registered against Maggi brand ambassadors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta and arrest the cinestars, if required, even as Nestle......

How Kejriwal rode the anti-Modi vote

'Kejriwal has taken a leaf out of Modi's campaign of 2014 and improved upon it.' 'That suit will haunt Modi till he exits politics.' 'Of all the factors that favoured Kejriwal, the biggest was the......

Corruption: Where is our outrage?

The Commonwealth Games is symptomatic of the deeper decay, decadence, and debilitation of our moral and ethical standards. It is not just about Suresh Kalmadi. It is about much more, notes Sanjay......

Panama papers expose: DLF, Apollo, Indiabulls deny charges

The list includes Gautam Adani's brother Vinod Adani among others. Image: A list of those who have allegedly opened shell companies in tax havens included 500 Indians. Photograph: Reuters  ......

Mystery of the missing 296 Associated Journals' shareholders

Congress leaders claim The Associated Journals Limited has 761 shareholders while the company shows more than 1,000 There is a curious mismatch between the number of shareholders reported by The......

Lessons Nestle must learn from its big mistakes

Every new episode seems to simply reinforce Nestle's inherent inclination to put up the walls and hunker down.  Image: Nestle needs no lectures or prescriptions on managing food crises.......

From Rs 20K to Rs 8,000 crore: Emami's amazing success story

With the acquisition of Himani, Emami entered the mainstream personal care category in the late seventies, notes RS Agarwal.   The late 1960s were not the best of times to kick off one's own......

Amitabh@80: His Best May Be Yet To Come

'For an introduction to his career-spanning genius, watch just five of his movies: Anand, Saudagar, Abhiman, Black and Pink,' notes Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University......

'Aamir stood beside me through the journey'

'It was one of the greatest learnings in my life to see someone like the great Amitabh Bachchan go through such a tough phase.''He had been there, done it all and really didn't need to prove......

'Shashi Kapoor didn't need to pretend'

A beloved actor and filmmaker, a generous promoter of theatre, a family man... the late Shashi Kapoor was all this and more. In Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star, Aseem Chhabra gives us......

The Best Shashi Kapoor Films

From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by. For years, he made every woman go weak in her knees every time he flashed a......

40 Facts to Know About Dhoni

Photographs: Getty Images Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates a landmark 40th birthday on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Harish Kotian/Rediff.com give us 40 must-know nuggets about the legendary cricketer:......

The billionaire, Bollywood and the future of Indian soccer

Ambani's holding group launched the Indian Super League, an elite competition of newly created teams, in 2014 with the aim of attracting investment and big global names, much like the Indian......