Law panel moots joint custody of kids, but can it work in India?

The 20th Law Commission has mooted the concept of shared parenting and joint custody rights to a child in case the parents opt for a divorce, both parents have equal access to the child and there......

5 Indian Americans named Truman Scholars

Five Indian-American students have been named 2011 Truman Scholars by the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation.Ishan Nath from Georgia, Anjali Bipin Thakkar from California, Veena Irene Patel from......

Meet 10 Indians who head global tech companies

With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.  Image: Sundar Pichai with wife Anjali. Photograph: Stephen......

IIT-Kharagpur Director: 'He remains extremely humble'

'Sundar's achievement doesn't surprise us at all,' IIT-Kharagpur Director Professor Partha Partim Chakrabarti tells Indrani Roy/Rediff.com   "It's a great day for all of us here at......

Communists are the greatest consumerists!

China teaches - and the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival confirms - that Communists are the greatest consumerists. Shopping is the new opiate of the masses. I thought one bought what one needs when......

VISA group to hike stake in Indian arm

The government has cleared the VISA group's proposal to raise the foreign equity in group company VISA International from the present 21 per cent to 74 per cent at a cost of Rs 174 crore (Rs 1.74......

Kadal review: With apologies to director Bharathi Raja

 Mani Ratnam's Kadal lacks a compelling story, writes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.Certain things are a given when you go see a Mani Ratnam film, like amazing cinematography, music score,......

Revisiting Jewel Thief

A visibly agitated Ashok Kumar booms at Dev Anand: 'Remove your socks and I can proveyou are Amar, and not Vinay as you claim. You havea sixth finger on your right foot.'Dev Anand smirks, 'I would......

Sachin Has FUN In The SNOW!

IMAGE: Dr Anjali Tendulkar and her husband enjoy the snow in Kashmir. Photographs: Kind courtesy Sachin Tendulkar/Instagram   Snow brings out the child in us! And that's exactly what happened......