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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......

The Challenges That Await Modi 3.0

'The lack of a majority isn't the issue. He has enough in 240, especially as none of his allies can pull down his coalition.' 'That's why he's started as if this were just another, normal term.......

Did the liberals lose the elections?

'No, the liberals haven't lost because there weren't any liberals in the fray to begin with.''What has happened is that left-wing orthodoxy has lost to right-wing orthodoxy.''That is at best a......

Reckless businessman to reckless president: Decoding Donald

'Can he be the statesman that a divided nation needs?''Not remotely, but by following his gut, he may yet surprise the scores upon scores of naysayers,' says Vikram Johri. IMAGE: Marvel Comics......

The hit filmmaker who left it all to tend cows

'It's odd, I made Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar which is about winning, but today I feel we live too much in a winning world.''Everybody wants to win.'Mansoor Khan, the director who left Bollywood at his......

Do Modi's ministers understand business?

Piyush Goyal's comments about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's investment in India reveals an inability to understand how businesses function, says Kanika Datta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Return of the Bharatiya 'Baniya' Party

'The BJP has shown signs lately of returning to its trader mindset.''Several strong emotions get meshed in this: Nationalism, protectionism, mercantilism, and arrogance,' points out Shekhar......

'Without skills you are a recipient of charity'

'Jobs will exist at very high levels or low levels of skill sets.''People, who are in middle level jobs, are the ones who are facing the problem as such jobs are fast disappearing because of......

How the Web lost its innocence

Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It all started in 1989 with an inter-office memo, describing in very humble......

The desi genetic engineer and his fine crop of mustard

GM is already in our food chain for years. The approval for indigenous GM mustard should put fake fear-mongering to rest, says Shekhar Gupta. If you want to see how some of the issues most......

C U Soon review

What Director Mahesh Narayanan captures perfectly in C U Soon is the texture of our online conversations, observes Sreehari Nair. I emerged from Mahesh Narayanan's C U Soon, plagued by one......

Can Mumbai's landmark theatres survive?

'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.''Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'Ranjita......

Review: Humshakals should be sued for cruelty to audiences

It’s all bad. All of it, every last instant, every single word, rants Raja Sen in his review of Humshakals. Two nights ago, I had a dream. I dreamt (I kid you not) that I watched and......

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