Is Governor Ravi Serving Hindutva Electoral Cause Well?

When it comes to electoral politics, religion has taken a back seat in Tamil Nadu long before Hindutva became fashionable in its various avatars, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu......

Tamil Nadu's Is Saivism Hinduism Debate

Stalin's personal intervention in the Adheenam row may have contained the avoidable political damage and social tensions at least for now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief......

'I have never believed in Gandhiji's doctrine of Non-Violence'

'Absolute non-violence is not only sinful, but immoral.''This doctrine of non-violence benumbed the revolutionary fervor, softened the limbs and hearts of the Hindus, and stiffened the bones of......

How the British schemed to give Kashmir to Pakistan

'Once accession to Pakistan appeared unlikely, the British instituted Operations Gulmarg and Datta Khel respectively to foil possible accession to India.'Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Champions of investor trust: 10 stocks with institutional seal of approval

Equity investments by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) in the Indian market have shown a mixed trend over the past six months. Illustration: Uttam......

Analysts remain selective about space-related stocks

Recently, the government relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for the space sector by allowing 100 per cent FDI in manufacture of components, systems or sub-systems for satellites, ground......

Bandhan Bank's micro challenges: Unsecured loan book, CEO's tenure

It is 10 years since Bandhan Financial Services became the first microfinance institution (MFI) to receive the universal bank licence. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters A year later, in......

Ola Electric files for IPO, a first by Indian EV firm

The Indian entrepreneurship success story will soon see one more company debuting on the public markets. Photograph: Courtesy, Ola Electric Ola Electric, the electric vehicle (EV) company, has......

Public, private sectors must encourage future Olympians

T Thomas writes that the governments-- central and states -- should, along with the Private sector, work towards supporting and grooming young sporting talent in an effort to increase medals tally......