Lessons to learn from Delhi election

The politics of hate does not pay. The people are too sensible to fall for such a ruse, says Amulya Ganguli.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   There are a number of lessons for the......

Kashmir standoff: Uncertainty plagues the Valley

As one opens the morning newspaper in Srinagar, there is a new bunch of matrimonial advertisements on the black and white pages: Wedding stands cancelled! "Due to the current situation in the city,......

The village chosen for the 'Babri Masjid'

Iqbal Ansari, one of the main plaintiffs who fought for the right of the community over the disputed land, says Muslims in Ayodhya won't be satisfied if the Sunni Waqf Board accepts the five acres......

Yakub Memon, Mir Baqi and the dance of death

  Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com walks the streets of Mahim, where Yakub Memon grew up and lived till the day before the serial blasts in 1993, on the day he was hanged, and discovers an......