'If Pranab Was PM, Cong Would Have...'

'...still have lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls but could have won 140 seats.' IMAGE: Then Congress president Sonia Gandhi, right, then prime minister Manmohan Singh, centre, and then finance......

How Palanpur's diamond merchants conquered the world

'We did not know we would one day dominate nearly 70 per cent of the market.''Today, of 100 diamonds available for trade in Antwerp, 93 are cut and polished in India.'A fascinating excerpt from......

'Lockdown put a full stop to Rashid's life'

'He used to come to the cinema hall like he was visiting a temple for worship.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A week before the well-respected film critic Rashid Irani passed away,......