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......
'Le Carré's spies were nothing like the exotic Kim of Kipling or the caricature that is James Bond.''Driven by a simple patriotism, held back by incompetence and politics, his characters use......
A sprawling mansion in the heart of London which was the former family home of Maharaja Duleep Singh's son, Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh, has gone on sale with a price tag of £15.5......
For a while now we’ve known Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding will take place on Saturday, May 19. IMAGE: Prince Harry and Meghan Markel will get married on May......
'Even apart from the Bengal famine, there was a great deal more bloodshed and deceit than I was prepared for.''Almost every one of the acquisitions was won by extreme extortionate methods and what......
Now, the world over, policymakers are dusting off their copies of Keynes' classic, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, and figuring out whether there are any answers there to our......
Today it is difficult to believe that barely 30 years ago India was a country ruled by governments that believed in licences and permits and saw their own mission as levelling down people and......
Over five decades ago, when swimmers from Rajasthan participated in the National Swimming Championships, competitors from other states would look at the Rajasthan squad in awe. They wondered how a......
A collection of cricket memorabilia which belonged to a former England captain who toured India and interacted with the legendary W G Grace is expected to raise about 10,000 at auction next......