What does Modi really believe in?

'If the 'ideology' is just Hindutva, meaning cattle slaughter, temple issue, love jihad, joined with random acts on the side of economics and foreign policy, then we are in deeper trouble than we......

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......

'Arthur could tell Hrithik, Kajol they made him feel old...'

'...because he had interviewed their grandparents in their heyday.' P Rajendran looks back on the 11 plus years he worked with Arthur J Pais, the India Abroad and Rediff.com editor, who passed into......

Meet the crusader against obsolete laws

Parth J Shah is the man behind the The 100 Laws Project, a listing of the country's ludicrous but extant legislations.Does anyone know that India has a law called The Young Persons (Harmful......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

Sunil Nayyar: The man who changed Sony's fortunes in India

Nayyar's efforts in making India a success story for the Japanese electronics giant led to his elevation this week to its consumer electronics business in the US. In 2006, when Sunil Nayyar moved......

A rough ride for Travis Kalanick to bring Uber on track

Uber is battling serious backlash from the establishment in several countries. Image: Travis Kalanick, CEO car sharing app Uber. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters     A day before a......

The crisis in economics

Economists didn't predict the 2008 crisis - George Soros' new institute, which seeks to understand why, has its task cut out, writes Sumati Mehta. The recently launched Institute for New Economic......

'Ratan Singh's situation is similar to mine'

'Maharawal Ratan Singh's situation is very similar to Shahid's situation in Padmaavat, as an actor.''I was pitted against very high odds, in a very unlikely situation, and I had to somehow come out......

'Aamir can never be an actor'

When Aamir was in his teens, someone suggested that his uncle Nasir Husain should cast his nephew sometime in the future.'No,' Husain said, 'he can never be an actor.''I am a director. I have a......

'I wanted to understand Dhoni's mind'

Avantika Bhuyan meets the man behind MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. IMAGE: Sushant Singh Rajput in MS Dhoni: The Untold Story It has been two weeks since the trailer of MS Dhoni: The Untold Story......

Amy Jackson sizzles in a bikini

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Amy Jackson took to Instagram to share a picture from her latest shoot and captioned it, ‘Fun in the sun......

'Unmukt was always focused and clear that he wanted to play cricket'

India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand's parents trace the rise of their son in an interview with Rediff.com's Priyanka. The bookshelf in Unmukt Chand's room is decorated with the autobiography of......