The Importance Of Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi's gritty refusal to backtrack on her plans to visit Taiwan is part of who she is. IMAGE: Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu welcomes US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at......

Backstage for the Trump visit

What goes behind the scenes for an American President's visit?Archana Masih/Rediff.com finds out. IMAGE: Members of the Gujarat police's bomb disposal squad scan a plant, February 18, 2020, along......

Lessons from a meaningless massacre

By some strange and bizarre twist of fate, Omar Mateen did exactly what he did not intend to do. He took the lives of gay people and made them extraordinary.He infused their stories with a......

Why bhakts are thrilled about this book

Tavleen Singh's book is less of a Hindutva-loving diatribe against the Dynasty than its detractors suggest, but it is still hard to agree with much of what she writes, says Vir Sanghvi. Before we......

Nurturing talent: ICICI, Infy among world's best

As many as five Indian firms, including ICICI Bank and Infosys Technologies, have made it to the list of top 12 companies in the Asia Pacific region for being instrumental in building leadership......

Rashmi Sinha among America's sexiest CEOs

A PhD holder in neuroscience, the chief executive officer of the world's largest presentation sharing web site, anda super sexy and desirable lady? For Non-Resident Indian Rashmi Sinha, it's all......

Ultra-lavish corporate picnics

Does your company's summer picnic consist of nothing more than hot dogs, hamburgers and a kiddie pool set up at the local campgrounds? Maybe it's time to consider alternative employment. Perhaps,......

Young desis off the beaten track

When Sanjaya Malakar stood in a long queue for American Idol's audition on September 19, 2006, he had just one ambition: he wanted America to hear him. Keeping him company was Shyamali, his sister,......

Can Bollywood go global?

As an exchange student to Spain, I was rather amused to find that the theatres in Madrid were playing two Indian movies--Mira Nair'sMonsoon Wedding and Gurinder Chaddha's Bend It Like Beckham.......

Napier: The score and more

After losing boththeTwenty20 matches, the Indian cricket team moves to Napier for the first One-Day International of the five-match series hoping for a turn in fortunes. Tuesday's match at McLean......