'There are different ways in which some are lucky through their lives. My great boon has been serendipity,' says Subir Roy.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com I was overjoyed when I cast my first......
Anxious relatives of passengers in the Howrah-Mumbai Express, which was targeted by Maoists on Friday morning, are desperately calling up helpline numbers in Mumbai to know the status of their......
The banking sector's credibility is on thin ice.Unless the government takes strict steps, things could get worse.Joydeep Ghosh and Anup Roy report. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In less than......
With at least three IPOs in the offing this year, stock market investors have a lot to look forward to, says Hamsini Karthik.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Stock market investors are eagerly......
With the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) hiking their fees, many general category students will have to approach banks for educational loans. Most will also have to furnish collateral to get......
First, the shock: according to a National Council of Applied Economic Research survey, of the 78 per cent Indian households aware of life insurance, only 24 per cent actually own one. Now with the......
Here are some skill sets that are missing in many management graduates, along with my hypotheses on why they are not learnt:How to hire and fire, and handle unions: Dealing with real people is so......
In 15 Park Avenue, I play Joydeep Roy. He's been an advertising executive for 10-12 years. An upper middle-class Bengali; married, with two kids. He left Kolkata, relocated to America, and has just......
M C Mary Mom, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics, has urged those sportspersons, who could not make a finish at the 2012 Games, to keep striving hard to win a medal at the Rio Games. "To......
India's gold rush at the shooting range continued, with two more gold medals coming the team's way. Samaresh Jung had a hand in both. First he partnered Vivek Singh to win the gold in the men's 10m......