Lillian Carter, a trained nurse and a Peace Corps worker, spent two years of her life, when she was in her late 60s, serving the poor in India, in the 1960s. She was posted as a volunteer to......
He was colourful. He was dramatic. He was The Master of His Craft. There never will be an editor as versatile as Pritish Nandy, notes Nikhil Lakshman. IMAGE: Pritish Nandy, Editor Extraordinaire,......
'I get enormous pleasure from seeing the uplift of an underprivileged or poor person.''I feel elated when I walk on the street and see someone who pushes a handcart talking on a cell phone.'A......
'The main thing Cyrus left is to tell us that you can be a business leader by being good.''He practiced that in all of his dealings, in all of his decisions -- in the way he thought, the way he......
'Parsis are brought up with a great sense of the importance of truth and speaking your mind.' IMAGE: Parsi New Year celebrations in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters When journalist Coomi......
Realty major DLF's chairman Rajiv Singh remains the wealthiest Indian real estate entrepreneur with a wealth of Rs 59,030 crore, according to GROHE-HURUN India. With a wealth of Rs 42,270 crore,......
Speaking at the consultation meeting called by P Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister on pre-Budget recommendations, Adi Godrej, president, CII, said that the objective of the Union Budget should be......
It could be his designation or the organisation he represents. Equally, it could be his name: Vivek ‘Gambhir’. At any rate, I was half expecting to meet an intensely serious,......
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com "I find in many of the schemes the government has, it is......
The 30-share Sensex lost 31 points to end at 26,745 and the 50-share Nifty shed 15 points to close at 8,002. Market ended flat on Wednesday, amid a choppy trading session, as investors turned......
Subhash K Jha remembers the flamboyant star, 12 years after he passed away. IMAGE: The dashing Feroz Khan in Qurbani. I have to agree with my friend, Fardeen, when he says his father was one of a......