A small scar and Ode to Joy

A large shop display window, located in a corridor directly opposite the entrance to the now-boarded-up Harbour Bar, that was decimated in the 26/11 attack on the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower......

'Don't make news out of our tragedy'

Tears of joy and sorrow flowed outside Trident-Oberoi Hotel as the last batch of hostages started coming out on Friday evening. Anxious relatives waited impatiently as the hostages started coming......

Is Zia Mody planning to retire?

'I'm an unbalanced human,' the founding partner of AZB, India's top law firm, tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "So, who have you signed on recently?" I ask of Zia Mody,......

Mumbai's hot property: Rs 100-crore office space

Mannapuram Finance, Mahindra and Bharti Axa are some of the firms known to have bought office spaces worth more than Rs 100 crore Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com While big fund houses like......

The reality of Indian realty: More downs than ups

'Most real estate companies, were listed during the period of irrational exuberance. The sector at the time was at a peak after seeing steady growth over the last seven years. Hence, a correction......

Blackstone, Embassy pad up to launch first REIT, raise Rs 4k cr

Draft prospectus to be filed next week; second trust, with Panchshil, in a few months Blackstone, one of the largest investors in the world, is likely to file a draft prospectus next week, along......

From Amitabh to Madhuri, tweets hail India

As India won the World Cup, the tweeters went berserk. A sample of some of the more interesting tweets this wonderful night: From Bollywood legend Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Congrats Team India!!! We......

Mahindra United signs Serb Mijin

To bolster their midfield, weakened by the flight of Ivory Coast's Pierre Douhou to Pune FC, Mumbai glamour outfit Mahindra United signed up Serbian Svetozar Mijin from Romania's top division Club......

Mahindra United edge past JCT

Former champions Mahindra United got off to winning start in the Federation Cup football tournament, getting the better of JCT Mills, Phagwara, by a solitary goal, at the Nehru stadium, in Margao,......