Indians Star In World's Toughest Race

Race Across America -- which spans a little over 3,000 miles, from the west coast of the US to its east -- is often called the toughest race in the world.Indian cyclists are now returning multiple......

'I missed the sound of the school bell'

Shut for nearly a year due to the pandemic, schools reopened in Bihar on March 1. Rediff.com's Archana Masih spoke to 10-11 year olds about their year away from school and what it feels like to be......

Bengaluru is India's child trafficking capital

Children between the ages of 10 and 14 continue to be brought to Garden City from villages in north India after their parents are paid a nominal amount and promised a job, shelter and work in......

My Aunt, Indu Jain: Guru of Gurus

'She had a curiosity which she translated into action and was always open to new ideas and suggestions for the betterment of society.'Malti and Mudit Jain remember Indu Jain, the chairperson of the......

Google to invest Rs 75,000 crore in India over 5-7 years: Pichai

Pichai said a whole new generation of technologies are happening in India first, and that people in the country no longer have to wait for technology to come to them. Investments, he said, will......

Customers in limbo as banks, RBI thrash out differences

The RBI is not willing to ease its stance on tokenisation, insisting that payment facilitators cannot store customer card details. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The payments industry is......

Bloody tale of land acquisition in India

Most conflicts arise from government takeover of land, often on behalf of private investors: Report More than 250 conflicts have arisen over land acquisition cases between 2013 and 2014 in 165 of......

Soros plans SME investment firm in India

The Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network, and Google.org on Wednesday said they are working together to create a new $17 million small to medium enterprise investment company for India......

Memories from Mrinalda

Mrinal Sen, one of India's greatest film directors, passed into the ages on December 30.In this excerpt from a conversation with Samik Bandopadhyay, Mrinalda discusses three legendary actors he has......

After Brothels, Stolen Childhoods

The advertisement for Stolen Childhoods, a probing documentary about oppressive child labour in seven countries including India, is so small in The New York Times that readers may miss it. But the......

Smile Train expected to go places

Even had it not won the Oscar, Megan Mylan's Smile Pinki: A Real-World Fairy Tale was bound to travel wide. It had been shown at a few film festivals before the Oscars, and HBO was to air it.......

Why Urmila opted out of Yeh Hai Zindagi

Gracy Singh will now fill in for Urmila Matondkar in Ajay Phansekar's next venture, Yeh Hai Zindagi. Matondkar was supposed to star opposite Saahil Khan, but opted outdue todate hassles. Insiders......

India goalkeeper is now a labourer

'All I want to do is play football again.' A few years ago, she was the goalkeeper of the Indian women's football team. Today, Tanuja Bage lives hand to mouth, struggling to make ends meet. Unable......

I miss the action in India: Lee

October 28, 2003 | 11:50 IST News from India Never knew I'd get so many: Tendulkar [timesofindia.indiatimes.com] I want to play at least last two games: Ganguly [thatscricket.com] I miss the......

Indian archers eye redemption at Rio Olympics

IMAGE: India’s Deepika Kumari in action. Photograph: Archery World Cup Indian archers would look to make amends for the flop-show in London when they take aim in the 31st Olympic Games in......

Sports Shorts: Sania-Black storm into semis in Tokyo

Image: Sania Mirza (left) with Cara Black. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Defending champions Sania Mirza and Cara Black knocked out Martina Hingis and Belinda Bencic in straight sets to......

Tendulkar is in great touch: Dravid

December 23, 2003 | 12:40 IST India's tour to Australia Tendulkar is in great touch: Dravid [cricket.org] Who cares what Buchanan writes - Vengsarkar [web.mid-day.com] David Boon sees seeds of......