If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for the Indian economy will be immense, asserts A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi during the National......
The ruling coalition of Progressive Party of Maldives and the People's National Congress deployed anti-India sentiments and attempted to spread disinformation around this theme during the the 2023......
Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......
Pakistan continues to be ahead of India when it comes to possessing nuclear warheads, with China having double the quantity, according to a report by a leading Swedish think-tank. Pakistan is......
Prime ministers turning up with such frequency to launch trains is an indication of the political mileage resident in public transport.Will our railways step out of the government's shadow?After......
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......
Asking employees whether they would prefer to work under a man or woman amounts to asking them to discriminate, positively or negatively, on the basis of gender, explains Kanika Datta. First, the......
The allegations made by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary Jayalalithaa that investments through participatory notes is largely responsible for the sudden and unexplained......
The government has no choice but to accept that its actions have not just failed to create new jobs, but likely led to actual job losses, says Mihir S Sharma. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
There’s nothing wrong in Vidya Balan’s performance. There’s just nothing new about it, feels Sukanya Verma. You could be really good at mathematics and marvel at the ease with......
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair. By the end of Badhaai......
If an American were to scratch his chin and look scrutinisingly at Bollywood, perhaps the best way to explain the Akshay Kumar phenomenon would be to label him India's answer to Will Smith. Both......
... And it's written with tears, blood and unspoken lines, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: The beauty of Mayaanadhi is that it shows the guts to be a love story of two people who have exhausted the......
IMAGE: Anthony Martial celebrates scoring the goal for Manchester United during the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images Manchester United's......
Joined by two new teammates, Adrian Sutil, Force India's senior most driver for the 2011 season, refused to be labelled as lead racer of the team, but is optimistic of breaking the podium duck this......
Force India has launched its 2011 car, the VJM-04, which will carry the hopes of Adrian Sutil, British rookie Paul di Resta and test driver Nico Hulkenberg in the coming Formula One season. The......
As the first day of the second Test between India and Australia in Chennai progressed, umpire David Shepherd's face progressively turned deeper shades of mauve -- and the heat in Chennai had......