The feel-good factor seems to have rubbed off on the politicians. They are no longer afraid of accepting India has problems, big problems. They do not even shun from laughing at themselves.For......
In what is his final on-camera interview during his eight year stay at Washington’s most famous address, US President Obama tells CBS that his family will be happy to be out of the White......
Five non-resident Indian kids have been selected to be the 2008 Presidential Scholars, the US government's highest honour for high school seniors. Ravi N Sankar, Ishna A Sharma, Mythili K Iyer,......
Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan, 45, a brilliant Indian American legal mind, who, in August last year was named principal deputy solicitor general of the United States, succeeding Neal Kumar Katyal, has......
Swati Mylavarapu is one of the 32 recently named Rhodes Scholars for 2005 in the United States. She can study any subject of her choice for two to three years at Oxford, with her tuition and living......
In the early spring 2005, senior Sony executives were shocked to see Sir Howard Stringer, then chief of Sony's US operations, listening to an Apple iPod while riding an elevator in the company's US......
While modern gadgets and newer tech are constantly being introduced into present day classrooms to make learning fun, for Gen Y, tablets are the new "in" thing.Personalised tablets are now being......
The Information Technology Act needs another tweak to allow a different kind of information intermediary to flourish, says Ajit Balakrishnan. This is the story so far: on a recent day in December,......
The story of Gunvant Jain, an IIT-ian who borrowed money from his father to launch an educational start-up, as told by Indrani Roy / Rediff.com Image: Gunvant Jain. As a youngster, Gunvant Jain......
It has been a good year for business books. Spoilt for choice, readers have had a tough time making up their minds. Should they find out why Nassim Nicholas Taleb is urging everybody to imagine the......
'My tool is the way I look. This is the only thing that distinguishes me.' 'Most of us dress similarly. What sets you apart is your face. If you change that also, you're like anybody else.' IMAGE:......
Divya Narendra was a junior at Harvard University when he and his roommates -- twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss approached another student Marc Zuckerberg to program a social networking site,......