The Magic of Katha

'If we're able to make a child laugh or feel happy to come to school, more than half the battle is won,' Katha Founder Geeta Dharmarajan tells Geetanjali Krishna.Illustration: Dominic......

Nestle and the Billa-Ranga syndrome

Just as Billa-Ranga had become symbols of everything that was wrong with the system many years ago, Nestle is now portrayed as the wickedest of the wicked. Every known food crime in India is now......

Five-star hotels line up special menus to beat Covid blues

These hotels are crafting menus that are not only high on health quotient, but also have food capable of improving the mood. In 2020, after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, several five-star......

Why India's telecom secretary feels like a chess player

'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com She says......

'We have been a bit like a fast tortoise'

'My biggest contribution is the creation of the first 'modern Indian law firm',' Cyril Shroff tells Sudipto Dey.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On a Saturday afternoon, a few minutes past......

Meet India's new business tycoons

Patanjali Ayurved's rise has prompted most other babas to go back to the drawing board. Most of them are either scripting or re-jigging their business plans, says Arvind Singhal. Out of nowhere,......

'You can't wait for Karan Johar to call you'

'When you're an outsider, the journey to make it to your first film is a movie by itself.''It has struggle, pain, rejection, transformation...' Photograph: Kind courtesy Naveen......

The War Review

War is an ode to star power, which pits Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff together for the first time and capitalises on their famous idol-idoliser energy to draw us into a world of espionage, action......

'I would love to play Kiran Bedi or P T Usha'

'Lots of Indians are not eating healthy.''They eat lot of carbs, eat late, and use sugar unnecessarily.' A rising career was cut short after Pooja Batra married, left for the US, divorced,......

'My friendship with Anil Kapoor has survived over 30 years'

'Anil Kapoor is driven as no other I know in this profession.' 'He has a sharp sense of making the right choices. Even at the height of his herogiri, he realised that if he had to......

How Kohli deals with trolls

Photograph: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images   Virat Kohli is only the fourth athlete after footballers Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar to score 100 million followers on Instagram. The......

I never claimed to be vegan, says Kohli

IMAGE: Virat Kohli gave up eating meat in 2018. Photograph: Kind courtesy Virat Kohli/Instagram   Virat Kohli sought to clarify the controversy regarding his diet after fans questioned him......