'Rahul Gandhi Has No Idea How To Resurrect Congress'

'Rahul Gandhi never gets firsthand information. He does not know what is good or bad going on in the party.' IMAGE: Dr Shushruth Gowda, third from left, joins the Bharatiya Janata Party.......

US girl posing as Indian did MBBS, HC asks to pay NRI fees for exit permit

A US citizen who approached the high court of Karnataka seeking a direction to the Union government and Bureau of Immigration to issue her an exit permit has been ordered to pay the full fee of......

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,......

'We love you too': New York Crowd Tells Rahul

'A democracy cannot mean the rule of just two people,' said one audience member, who recalled that he too had chanted 'Modi, Modi' when the PM had visited the USA.Many of those gathered admitted to......

When Will Banks End Customer Harassment?

The branch managers have come out of their glass cabins and the sellers' market has transformed into a buyers' market, but there is no end to the harassment of customers, asserts Tamal......

NRIs can't buy agricultural property in India

A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answers your questions on NRI investment. A new Rediff India Abroad feature: I am of India descent and have been......

Bilimoria plans to sell Cobra beer in India, USA

Karan Bilimoria, Hyderabad-born NRI beer maker plans to export Cobra Beer to India, USA and South Africa in a big way."In 20 years China has gone from nowhere to become the world's second biggest......

NRI's US citizenship does not hit Indian pension

A N Shanbhag, the highly respected investment guru, and his son Sandeep Shanbhag, answer your questions on NRI investment.A new Rediff India Abroad feature:My mother bought business/office property......

Hum Tum, Veer-Zaara lead NRI award nominations

Director Kunal Kohli's romantic comedy Hum Tum and Yash Chopra's epic Veer-Zaara have been nominated in more than 10 categories, including Best Film and Best Direction, by NRIs all over the world......

'My character in Mirapakai is just too cute to handle'

Richa Gangopadhyay made her debut in Sekhar Kammula's Telugu film Leader last February and subsequently went on to do a Nagavalli where her performance was critically acclaimed. Within a span of......

Tabu, Irrfan are brilliant in Namesake

When a book is made into a film, especially one that is penned by a Pulitzer-Prize winning author, there's more scope for potential disaster. Will the characters, locations, plots and sub-plots......

Anandha Thandavam not as good as the novel

The successive works of a hit-maker are always eagerly looked forward to. Will he be able to re-create the magic, or will the film fall flat on its face? The expectations are doubled when the......

CSK eyeing stake in Major League Cricket's Texas team

IMAGE: CSK's Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Chahar. Photograph: CSK/Twitter Chennai Super Kings (CSK) could be eyeing a stake in the Texas team, one of Major League Cricket's......

NRI gymnast fights back to win

"An unbelievable feeling. It truly is an experience I will cherish all my life." Those are the words of Kyle Fernandez, a member of the Oklahoma University (OU) 'Sooners' Men's Gymnastics team,......

'I'm confident of winning an Olympic medal'

Ashwini Chidananda had set the tracks on fire at the recently concluded Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. With her sensational burst of speed, she won two gold medals for India, but during all this......