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The Global Ambassador Of Indian Music

He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......

'Goa Inquisition was most merciless and cruel'

IMAGE: Richard Zimler. Richard Zimler's novel, Guardian of the Dawn, documents the little-known Portuguese Inquisition in India, in 16th century Goa. He points out that, apart from their......

State-of-the-art Ayodhya airport set for takeoff, Modi to open on Saturday

The soon-to-open international airport here endowed with modern amenities carries a traditional look with the design of its facade depicting architectural style being used in the upcoming Ram......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

Bulldozers raze British era building at Patna collectorate after SC nod

Bulldozers on Saturday knocked down front columns of the British-era district board building at the Patna collectorate, a day after the Supreme Court paved the way for the demolition of the......

Professional manager, businessman...

Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The other day, when I was introduced at a conference as 'a businessman', I found myself squirming. I......

Carnegie Mellon receives $35 million gift from TCS

Largest industry gift to CMU and largest gift from outside US will support new facility and student scholarships Hamerschlag and Roberts Halls are two of the teaching facilities of the College of......

Slowdown effect: IT-BT Park at Pantnagar shelved

Four years after its launch, an integrated IT-BT Park (Information Technology, Biotechnology Park) which was coming up in Pantnagar area of Kumoan region has been shelved by the Uttarakhand......

Global economy, national problems, petty politics

"Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues and freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw." -- Winston Churchill on the eve of Indian Independence The recent......

Food processing: New era in the Indian economy

The agriculture sector has come a long way since independence. With the advent of green revolution, India has transformed itself from a country of shortages to a land of surpluses. With the rapid......

A legend talks cinema

Lord David Puttnam was, for over three decades, Britain's leading film producer, bringing to the fore directorial talents like Alan Parker (Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone), Ridley Scott (The......

Lord Puttnam in Mumbai!

Mumbai movie-lovers have a reason to rejoice -- Lord David Puttnamwill be in town to deliver a lecture. Lord Puttnamwas universally acclaimed as Britain's leading producer of motion pictures from......

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