The Dangerous Ploy of Poll Freebies

The culture of freebies burdens coming generations with the huge bill for the flagrant abuse of power by preceding governments, points out Virendra Kapoor. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

'Dravidian parties have compromised on many issues'

'A recent compromise by the state government is accepting NEET exams for medical entrance.' IMAGE: DMK leader Udhaynidhi Stalin campaigns in the Parthasarathy temple in Triplicane, Chennai.......

Most retail businesses reopen in TN after 47 days

After being shut for 47 days, private sector firms resumed work with reduced workforce and as many as 34 types of businesses, a chunk of which are standalone retail shops, reopened......

Foolish ant and intelligent grasshopper - 2012 version

Call it by whatever name, the economic system of modern times favors indiscipline of individuals, societies and governments. Remember Aesop's parable of ant and grasshopper? The ant works hard all......

India a key source for future growth: Facebook

Social networking giant Facebook, which plans to raise$ 5 billion through an IPO, has said India is a key source for its future growth and its user base in the country has more than doubled in the......

We are strongly capitalised: HDFC

HDFC Bank has been growing its advances faster than the banking system for several years now.In an interview with Manojit Saha and Somasroy Chakraborty, executive director Paresh Sukthankar says......

The next billionaire boom

It's hard to see them with all the gloomy news, but they're out there. Working away in the shadows of the global recession, a slew of future billionaires are quietly tinkering with the ideas that......