'Ratan Tata Always Displayed His Kindness'

'When the bombing happened in the Taj Mahal hotel in 2008, that was a very sad moment, but he really took care of the people, took care of everybody and that was when you saw some of his best......

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion'......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

Sunny skies for Reits, with a high chance of growth

Home stretch for real estate investment trusts as strength of the office leasing market and Q2 results show endurance. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After lagging behind benchmarks and......

High Time India Resists Real Estate Mania

Once we break free of the idea that land is scarce, real estate is just a pile of bricks, steel, and glass. Any price surge will kick off a supply response, which kills off the possibility of......

Will New MPC Members Cut Interest Rates?

. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters While top economists are of the view that the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may not cut the repo rates, they also said it would......

Urban Realtors Ride Redevelopment Bandwagon

15 to 25 per cent of property registrations in Mumbai come from redevelopment, with over 3,500 projects approved by May 2024. IMAGE: Mumbai high rises on a overcast day. Photograph: Hitesh......

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Trailer: Diwali Dampener

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 fails to invoke any excitement, despite having two immensely watchable stars Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan at its centre, observes Mayur Sanap. After the painfully bland Singham......

'I Wasted Four Years Of My Life'

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.''And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the......

'Mom Was Very Scared Of...'

'When my mom saw my performance in Dhoka, she loved it.''She said, "I don't know why I stopped you for so many years. Ab jaa beta, jee le apni zindagi".' Photograph: Kind courtesy Khushalii......

'The CGI Was Very Challenging Because Nothing Like That Has Been Done Here'

'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.' IMAGE: Aditya Sarpotdar's new film Munjya released in theatres on Friday, June 7,......

IPL 2023: The Best Ever!

IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in......

'What stands out is Hardik's positivity and leadership skills'

'The way he has been interacting with everybody, be it the masseur or the assistant manager or the driver of the bus, or the new players who have not been part of the IPL before, he is making an......

India vs SA: Positive COVID cases will be isolated but matches will continue

'You can have one player or support staff testing positive but in earlier times, we have seen that close contacts, even if they return negative in RT-PCR, have to isolate themselves. When that......