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Can Bangladesh Become A Secular Nation?

Pakistan wanted to be constitutionally communal, India wanted to be secular but is communalising itself. All three nations share a penal code, but they have amended their laws to enable the State......

18 Hour Power Cuts In VIP Kashmir Seat

'I have faced 18 hours of darkness daily all my life.' IMAGE: A bakery functions in the dark in downtown Srinagar. Power cuts are a common feature of life in Kashmir. Photographs: Umar Ganie for......

Will Modi's TN Over-Exposure Boomerang On BJP?

There is an impression within the Tamil Nadu BJP -- although no one is airing it -- that over-exposure for Narendra Modi may work against party candidates as they have triggered a near-continuous......

'Govt wakes up only when you come on the roads'

'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.' IMAGE: Farmers are stopped as they march to the frontline of a protest, at a site......

AMAZING! The Class 9 Dropout Who Is Building Helicopters

'Just because of my background and poor academic qualifications, most people disbelieve what I have done.' Pradip Shivaji Mohite, a Class 9 dropout who has built 9 helicopter models, speaks to IAF......

Gautam Singhania likes Trump's feud with China

'Trump's sparring with China is good for business,' Raymond's CMD tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Clad in a V-necked, orange pima cotton T-shirt emblazoned with his team......

A requiem for Rio in Paris

The net effect of the Paris agreement for India is a sense of resignation that we cannot gain much from international cooperation either in the form of technology or funding. Without any mandatory......

What makes these 10 companies the best to work for in India

Image: RMSI is India’s best company to work for. Photograph, courtesy: RMSI Companies come in all kinds. There are some who keep a hawkish eye over its employees, banning......

Chhoti Si Asha...

Shreekant Sambrani tells himself over and over again, don't lose heart in these dire times, there is asha (hope) still, in the divine voice of Asha Bhosle. IMAGE: The incomparable Asha Bhosle.......

'I Don't Preach About Keeping Two Wives'

'My primary reason to participate was -- and I told my wives as well -- that the three of us would live happily together on the show and create history.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor with Armaan Malik and......

OMG 2 Review: Goes Round In Circles

Akshay Kumar looks cool in that trippy get-up and adds his charisma to the film that is otherwise a lot of verbiage, observes Deepa Gahlot. The play Kanji Viruddh Kanji by Bhavesh Mandalia,......

Small Films That Became Blockbusters

Small films, huge returns. While it's expected of the top guns of Bollywood to fire regularly, the real wonder is when the unusual suspects work well. That's what happened with the Adah Sharma......

'You're not becoming a critic to tear cinema down'

'You become a critic because the job entails watching a 100 films a year, out of which there will be five or six good films.''It's really a glutton for punishment, but you're also optimistic and......

Ratan Tata: A lifelong champion of Indian sports

IMAGE: Ratan Tata with former Jamshedpur FC coach Steve Coppell during launch of the football club in 2017. Photograph: Jamshedpur FC Fans/Instagram From the time Sir Dorabji Tata sponsored a......

Hardik maintains stoic silence on controversies

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mumbai Indians/X India all-rounder Hardik Pandya remained tight-lipped on matters that kept him in limelight in recent times except for fitness here on Saturday, his......

BCCI boss Ganguly advices Rohit against playing in IPL

'You don't want him to get injured again. He has a hamstring tear and it will get ruptured again.' IMAGE: Rohit Sharma has been out of action since he sustained a left hamstring tear against Kings......

On this Day: The 'Master Blaster' was born

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar celebrates scoring a century during the first Test against South Africa in Pretoria, on December 19, 2010. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters India's batting legend Sachin......

Shubhankar fumbles at the end to finish tied 9th at World Golf Championships

With his top-10 finish at the event that featured an elite field of 64 top golfers from around the world, 21-year-old Shubhankar Sharma has moved up from 75 to 66th in the world rankings.......

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