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 projects that the government started to bring within Goa were totally anti-Goa and anti-people.''Can anyone describe a project as development when it is going to cause wanton destruction of......
The Emergency greatly influenced the RSS' makeover from a fringe force in the Indian political imagination to one that could have its own man sworn in as prime minister in two decades' time.A......
'Pakistan may feel emboldened to give an upswing to the proxy war in J&K, having secured a better international consensus on its strategic importance.' 'The raising of Pakistani flags by......
Richard Rahul Verma, the first Indian American to serve as US Ambassador to New delhi, quips that surviving the first month in India is his first goal. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com, the only journalist......
Swift Dzire has clocked 2.5 million in sales, and you might, in a non-too-distant future, see headlines that the DZire has done 3 million as well, observes Suveen Sinha. IMAGE: Maruti Suzuki's 4th......
India is sceptical that Tesla might import into the country cars made in China. Tesla executives were in India last month and appear to have proposed a factory in the country. But do not be......
Stepped up public expenditure must be accompanied by focused policies, advises Vinayak Chatterjee. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has let it known that in the......
The best way for the railways to become more professional will be to get corporatised, says Subir Roy. There is a strong likelihood that we have seen the last of the railway Budget. The only......
Prabhu has now to show that he can take on the vested interests within the railways which are resisting change through corporatisation, says Subir Roy. There is a strong likelihood that we have......
'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......
'When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I’ve been getting younger every since.' Raja Sen lists some famous quotes by former child star Shirley Temple. The most iconic of child stars and......