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Why are writers protesting UK's bulldozer maker JCB?

Over a hundred writers, translators and publishers have written an open letter accusing the 'JCB Prize for Literature' of hypocrisy, saying the British bulldozer manufacturer company that funds it......

How Will History Remember Chandrachud?

He could have blazed a trail that few Indian judges had. It was a missed opportunity of a lifetime, notes Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Then Chief Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud on a ceremonial......

Munambam: The Politics Of Waqf Land

The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is proof of the price Kerala is paying for its emergent politics.Controversies become the stuff of slow-burn and......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

40 Years Later, Can The Wounds Ever Heal?

As a consequence of prominence given to the brutality during those few days, a very important aspect of that episode got almost glossed over. This was the intervention by a very significant section......

Now, Godrej locks its history in Amar Chitra Katha

The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: The comic book is all about......

How India transformed its image

The panel on the media's view of 'India: The Decade Ahead' at the 6th Annual India Business Conference of the South Asian Business Association at Columbia Business School spoke of India from a......

Of the business of protest

In the first week of April this year, a group of men came and stood outside the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. They carried placards with offensive slogans directed at me. We......

GM may launch Chevy Spark in early 2005

General Motors India could launch the Daewoo Matiz in India as Chevrolet Spark by early next year, senior GM functionaries told Business Standard.GM Daewoo Auto & Technology, GM's South Korean arm,......

Millionaire Wadhwani sets up India chair at CSIS

Multimillionaire Silicon Valley information technology entrepreneur Romesh Wadhwani, CEO of Symphony Technology Group in Palo Alto, California, has established an India Chair at the Center for......

The Swades State Of Mind

As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......

Why Did IC-814 Series Mute ISI Role?

Captain Devi Sharan and Flight Engineer Anil Jaggia both confirm that the hijackers seemed to know a lot about flying an aircraft.Without help from the ISI or the Pakistan army, it was impossible,......

You Must Watch This Heart-Breaking Film

'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tannishtha Chatterjee/Instagram Tannishtha......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

A Beautiful Childhood Made From Shankar's Fairies

'My Nani passed away in January 2016 and the house belonged to her and my Nana.' 'After they passed away, the family decided to sell the house.''My mother's immediate response was that we have to......

Does Indian Cricket Need A Plumber?

Following Team India's dressing room leaks during the Australian tour, it is high time BCCI considers hiring a plumber to stop the leaks. The ideal candidate should be deaf to avoid being shocked......

Memorial lunch in honour of Tiger Pataudi

A memorial lunch in honour of the late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's most charismatic cricket captains, will be held in London, on Friday. The lunch hosted by Indian Journalists'......

Mukesh Kumar to set up hockey academy

Olympian Mukesh Kumar has decided to sell off his own residence to finance part of his proposed hockey academy, to be set up in Hyderabad.The Hyderabad-based former forward, who converted the......

#MeToo: COA seeks BCCI CEO's response on anonymous post

The #MeToo storm hit Indian cricket on Saturday with the Committee of Administrators (COA) seeking an explanation from BCCI CEO Rahul Johri for an anonymous account of alleged sexual harassment by......

Why India-Pakistan cricket must return to Sharjah

'We are very hopeful that the India-Pakistan series will happen in the UAE. We are geared up for that.' Waleed Bukhatir and Mazhar Khan, the men who drive cricket in the Emirates, tell Harish......

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