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Sorry Mr Modi, Katchatheevu Isn't An Election Issue In Tamil Nadu

Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the......

How Police Saved A Man From Suicide

'The nylon noose was around his neck; a suicide note was in his hands.' IMAGE: Sub-Inspector P Jeevan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sub-Inspector P Jeevan Sub-Inspector P Jeevan was working through......

Treading The AI Path Sensibly

... while learning from past tech revolutions, suggests Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Every two decades or so, we, humans, are forced to deal with a......

IIT-Delhi student hangs self in hostel room, no suicide note found

A 20-year-old B.Tech student at IIT Delhi allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his hostel room, the police said on Sunday. IMAGE: A view of IIT-Delhi. Photograph: Courtesy IIT-Delhi on......

Emerging AI: What Awaits Us?

Ajit Balakrishnan offers lessons from another tech revolution not so long ago. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "I will not go to college today if you don't buy me a nylon sari," I heard......

Reliance top-ranked Indian firm on Forbes Global 2000 list

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd climbed two spots to No. 53 on Forbes' latest Global 2000 list of public companies worldwide. Photograph: PTI Photo Forbes Global 2000 ranks the......

Unravelling what awaits us in 2022

As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I woke up one day, the eve of the new year, with a nightmare: A vision......

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......

US-China trade war a silver lining for India's garment exporters

Exporters say their capacity utilisation has reached almost 70 per cent and that big firms have brought it up to as high as 85 per cent. After a washout in the first quarter, garment exporters in......

Death knell for printed books, newspapers?

Or a brief stop on the way to better times, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The extended, multi-month lockdown has meant that in most parts of the world......

Mammootty Gets Off A Bus; Goes Down A Rabbit Hole

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mammootty in Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. In Nanpakal......

Vikram Vedha Review: Whistle-Worthy Film

A screenplay and superstar in perfect tandem, it doesn't get better than this, applauds Sukanya Verma. Nothing in Vikram Vedha happens without reason. But nearly all the events in the story have......

The birth of a Sufi singer

Sandip Roy tells the story of Shye Ben-Tzur, an Israeli musician who found his calling in Sufi music."I am not a Hebrew qawaal," says Shye Ben-Tzur. "I've never been one and never will be." But......

Robot: Not Rahman's best, to say the least

Sumit Bhattacharya reviews the music of Robot. Chitti Dance Showcase, the third song on the Hindi soundtrack for the Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Robot, has A R Rahman written all over......

Asian Games Hockey: India rout Bangladesh 9-0

Penalty corner specialist Sandeep Singh pumped in four goals as India swamped Bangladesh 9-0 to notch up their second straight victory in Group B men's league of the Asian Games hockey competition......

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