For the first time in nearly two years, tourism has been on the rise in Kashmir. But what does that mean for the average Kashmiri, ponders Abhishek Mande Bhot after a recent visit to the......
'He is the man,' US President Barack Obama had said at a G-20 gathering, enhancing Lula's stature.Six years later, has Brazil's impressive economic growth turned to sand?Will a President, who......
Who are the men the prime minister relies on to execute his impressive agenda? Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com finds out. As expected, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has selected his office staff on the......
Sonia Gandhi kept off the media, Rahul Gandhi was basking in his UP foray, while other Congressmenshowed little exuberance when they were not sniping at each other. Sheela Bhatt reports on UPAII's......
'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.''That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.''No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will......
Like when Tom goes over the cliff in Tom and Jerry, it claws the air for a while and then falls with a thud. Markets behaved a bit like that this May, losing a quarter of their value in less than......