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Charlie Hebdo and lessons for intolerant India

Rise up for the right to offend. Let there be no holy cow, person, religion, ideology that cannot be criticised, ridiculed, parodied, lampooned. That's what differentiates you from the bigots who......

Sai's Take: Masood over Maoism

'As casualties go, Maoism has been exacting a heavy price, and with a sickening regularity.''Yet, it is the other threat that hog all the limelight, the headlines and the TV studio debates,' says......

Authors who read from Satanic Verses leave Jaipur

Salman Rushdie may have skipped the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival, but his controversial novel The Satanic Verses continues to create a buzz at the event. At the session on 'The Literature......

'Terror became international priority after 9/11'

Post 9/11, when terrorism ceased to be a 'regional' issue and became an 'international' one, experts feel India went wrong in assuming that the United States and western forces would help wipe out......

Modi-Xi throw Afghanistan a railway life line, but is it ready?

Beyond the barbed wire and watchtowers lies a story that casts more than a little doubt on whether this dream will ever be realised. Praveen Swami reports. IMAGE: Equipment and machines......

A trader takes a worm's eye view of 2007

January 2: Not a bad start. The Nifty flirted around 4,000. Volumes high considering that most firangis are still in Mauritius, or wherever, recovering from hangovers. Many punters in the trading......

'I never imagined I would be playing Swami Chinmayananda some day'

'Acting for On The Quest was a very fulfilling experience,' Sandeep Hebbar tells Praveen Sundaram/ Rediff.com Sandeep Hebbar plays the young Swami Chinmayananda in Tamil filmmaker R S......

Review: Krishna Nee Latege Baro is funny

Kannada romantic comedy Krishna Nee Lateag Baro is an offering from first time director, Mohan.This film comes sans a long storyline and wishes to tickle your funny bone through its characters......

'Vaastu Prakaara is an out-and-out commercial film'

Rakshit Shetty is one of the busiest actors in Kannada cinema. He is also charting a path in the film industry as a credible writer-director. His directorial debut Ulidavaru Kandathe may not have......

Check out Indian athletes who've qualified for Paralympics

India’s largest-ever contingent of 84 para-athletes competing across 12 sports disciplines, will look to create history at the Paralympics in Paris starting on August 28. India......

Youth World C'ship: Archer Salunkhe creates history!

IMAGE: Parth Salunkhe outclassed Korea's Song Injun in the final to become the first male archer to win a gold in the recurve category at the Youth World Championships in Limerick, Ireland, on......

Asian Games 2023 Schedule

The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou officially opens on Saturday, September 23. While some events like football, rowing and volleyball have already begun, the other big-ticket sports start over the......

Schedule: India at the Tokyo Paralaympics

The Tokyo Paralympics gets underway with the ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday, August 24. Flag bearer Tek Chand will lead the Indian contingent -- India will be represented by 54 para athletes,......

What is Ajinkya Rahane's batting success mantra?

IMAGE: India's Ajinkya Rahane. Photograph: PTI The shortest format may have resulted in change of batting philosophy for many but India's star batsman Ajinkya Rahane says that he will never trade......

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