'It is very easy to destroy the environment'

'But extremely difficult, expensive and time consuming to rebuild it.'Askari H Zaidi reports. IMAGE: Dr Bala Prasad, fourth from left, and his team inspect the Hori Khan coffee estate area in......

'The terrorists were lobbing grenades, firing indiscriminately'

'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.''I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.''They did not have the clearance to......

'He treated the President and a poor man the same way'

'His last journey was like putting out the lamps one by one in a temple at night.''It was like the soul slowly walking away from the body; it was so pure and peaceful...' IMAGE: Dr Panniyampilly......

He told India about the Himalayan Blunder

Very few today realise that without Brigadier John Dalvi's courage, we would never have known what really happened during those tragic days of October/November 1962, reveals Claude Arpi. IMAGE:......

Amartya Sen, Home in the World

Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......

Specialty teas become popular with Assam's growers

Sale of India's specialty tea varieties from exclusive estates in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are on the rise in the domestic market, and sought after in overseas markets too. Mokalbari Tea......

Not just rich farmers, even agri cos with Rs 215 cr profit pay no tax

A large number of rich farmers, who earn more than salaried employees in the cities, get away with paying no tax at all in view of the government’s lack of will to consider an agricultural......

Once again! Coca-Cola spins the wheel

  Creating compelling stories defines the company's current advertising and marketing strategy; a master at the art of plugging brands, albeit subtlyTwenty years ago, Coca-Cola, the......

Super-filmi week: Long live Aamir's Model School!

A childhood favourite turned silver.A childhood icon passed away.And a childhood heartthrob from Hollywood showed up to surprise a movie screening.Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week. Monday It's 25......

Bringing Shakespeare to Mumbai

The stage is set once more at a venue as celebrated for its heady Irish coffee as its intimate setting for home-grown theatre. Prithvi turns 27 this November, and presents its 31st theatre festival......