On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 -- gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he......
Denouncing politics being played in the name of casteism and nepotism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched for a Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh to promote politics of......
What got the Jats of Haryana so furious? Shekhar Gupta explains. How does one explain to non-Haryanvis -- approximately 98.1 per cent of fellow Indians -- what the destruction of a most......
Top 20 images of all the events of the week that was. A Swiss Air Force F/A 18 Hornet aircraft releases flare during the Air14 airshow at the airport in Payerne. The Swiss Air Force celebrates......
India has the largest population of hungry in the world at a time when there is no shortage of food within the country. It is time the government affords priority to food storage and distribution,......
'Over the next 20 years, we would be adding almost 10 million people to the workforce every year!''And we won't be able to give employment to even 2 million out of the 10 million every year.''Don't......
Data shows that the current system of decentralised marketing and centralised procurement helps Punjab and Haryana farmers the most, while its efficacy in other states has been poor. Experts and......
Farmers find it difficult to source quality seeds or fertiliser on time from government agencies at subsidised rates. Image: Govt fails to help farmers in Bihar. Photograph: Reuters ......
We are all ‘Chasing the Monsoon’, notes Ajit Balakishnan. The skies over Mumbai, as I write this, are dark and foreboding. There is a sense that something is about to happen. Mumbai......
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Monday said the potential of farm sector to bring prosperity to a vast population in the long-run is limited and the country needs to focus on creating......
Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in an ongoing e-mail exchange with Ivan Crasto, Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude's first e-mail hereHis second hereHis third hereHis......