Hillary Clinton has long been an admirer of Ela Bhatt, the renowned Gandhian and founder of the Self-Empowered Women's Association, who passed into the ages last year. Hillary traveled to Ahmedabad......
Renowned women's rights activist Ela Bhatt, the founder of SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association), died in Ahmedabad on Wednesday due to age-related issues, her associates said. Bhatt, 89,......
India would have been better equipped to deal with the coronavirus pandemic had it followed a different economic policy than the one that is causing huge urbanisation and migration of farmers......
Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980. Medha Patkar Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Probably the best known woman activist in......
Dr Abdul Kalam passed away on July 27, last year while delivering a lecture at the IIM-Shillong in Meghalaya Rediff.com remembers a great and wonderful Indian with this interview in which......
Indian women have education, inspiration and perspiration -- but not enough employment, points out Mahesh Vyas. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The world celebrated International......
'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan......
"I am an academic and I have always made it clear that my ultimate home is in the realm of ideas," Rajan said in a letter to staff. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, who has faced......
Since many of Modi’s urban policies were initiated in Ahmedabad, the city may act as a template to examine what can be expected in a country that is witnessing the biggest migration from......
Amid slow progress in bringing the entire population under banking network, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday announced setting up of a high level committee to 'spearhead' efforts to ensure......