General Rawat hints at a major change in India's defence thinking

'It is crucial today to realise where we have reached in this 15 year-period in order to fully and properly assess the profundity of what General Rawat has said,' points out Ambassador M K......

Kalam's 2008 interview: 'Economic prosperity has to reach 700 million people in rural areas'

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who passed into the ages on Monday, had spoken to Rediff.com in 2008. We republish the feature. Former President A P J Abdul Kalam kindly......

Shiv Shankar Menon hangs up his boots after 42 years

Those who know Shiv Shankar Menon will vouch that he did many substantial things in the immediate neighbourhood and widespread in South Asia, but without making things public. Only twenty per cent......