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Amitav Ghosh wins prestigious Dan David Prize

Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the Western novel in transnational terms. The one million dollar......

Zubin Mehta wins Dan David Prize

India-born music conductor Zubin Mehta has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for 2007 for outstanding contribution in his field. Mehta is the second Indian to receive the award. Prof C N R Rao......

What Amitav Ghosh said at Dan David prize ceremony

Unperturbed by criticisms over accepting the prestigious Dan David prize, noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has said that he is "equally disappointed by those running this campaign of admonition".......

NEET: Cure The Disease Not The Symptoms

'The Indian private sector knows how to build and run educational organisations, what is needed is a large dose of removal of restrictions.''Government restrictions hold back universities in India......

Prabha Atre: The Hindustani vocalist who followed no tradition

She wanted to sing till her last breath and she did. Almost. Prabha Atre, the woman who could have been lawyer, scientist or doctor but became a globally renowned Hindustani classical vocalist......

Business quiz on Tata group

The Tata Group What is the headquarters of the Tata group called?Take the Rediff Biz Quiz and find out how much you know about India and its giant business conglomerate, the Tata Group.1. What is......

Indians' love for things foreign

Is this a virus more dangerous than Covid-19, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com How often have I seen a situation, for example, that of having to choose a......

The art of investing and living

What is common between the art of living and the art of investing? Well, both require concentration and self-control and both give happiness, spiritual and material, respectively. Or should we......

Manage performance to maximise results

Using Measurement to Boost Your Unit's Performance If you're like most managers, you're drowning in statistics. Financial numbers. Operational data. Page after page of reports and tables piling up......

7 essentials to be a great leader

Can leadership be taught? The answer is simple. Yes, leadership, like all skills, can be taught. The literature is clear on the essential components, styles, and dynamics. Educational materials and......

Oppenheimer: Film-Making At Its Exhilarating Best

The narrative is faithful to the source, American Prometheus, but what makes it absolutely spell-binding is Christopher Nolan's technique, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Cillian Murphy as J......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

Golden Globe 2015: The awards that will go WRONG

Golden Globes that could go wrong. The Golden Globes frequently come with their share of pre-Oscar disappointments. But this time, while predicting who will win, we decided also to look at ones who......

'It's very important to make a happy film that entertains'

On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back excerpts from a Rediff interview with the brilliant filmmaker, just after the release of his last film, Jhoot Bole......

'I will never do commercial films'

Rahul Bose claims that he does not have a career strategy. And that explains his seven films in a nine-year career.But the last couple of months have been very favourable for the Bengali actor. Two......

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