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One march won't revive Cong: Ramachandra Guha on Bharat Jodo Yatra

Historian Ramachandra Guha has said that to 'revive' healthy democracy in India in which one party does not steamroll the Opposition, a lot depends on the Congress becoming more competitive, which......

Kerala did disastrous thing by electing Rahul: Ramachandra Guha

A "fifth-generation dynast" Rahul Gandhi has no chance in Indian politics against a "hard-working and self-made" Narendra Modi, and Kerala did a disastrous thing by electing the Congress leader to......

Kiriyama Prize: Ramachandra Guha among finalists

Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi has been picked among the finalists in the prestigious 12th annual Kiriyama Prize. Conceived to promote greater understanding of South Asia and the Pacific......

Writer, historian Patrick French dies after battle with cancer

Award-winning British author, historian and academic Patrick French, best known for his biography of VS Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, and India: A Portrait, died in London on Thursday after a......

Claim on Nehru, Patel fuels Jaishankar vs Guha-Cong duel

Was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Jawaharlal Nehru's initial cabinet list in 1947? That was the hotly debated question on Thursday with external affairs minister S Jaishankar citing a new book to......

Over 48,000, including top industrialists, sign petition for GST

Even people from US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, South Africa and New Zealand have signed the petition. Over 48,000 people, including prominent industrialists, have......

China does not have coherent global strategy: LSE

China lacks a coherent global strategy to match its growth, power, wealth and ambition, a new report by a prominent UK think-tank has said.The study finds that China's foreign economic policies are......

'Incredible India @60' campaign in NYC

The Yale University and the Confederation of Indian Industry are jointly holding two panel discussions on India in New York later this month, featuring corporate leaders like Indra Nooyi and Nandan......

Entrepreneurship is not the solving of a sum but the painting of a picture

India’s salvation lies in job creation by entrepreneurs, say Manish Sabharwal and Ashok Reddy. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Now that the heaviest drama of the Infosys and Tata......

Shastri: India's forgotten reformer

Shastri took the first big step to transform India’s agriculture, the benefits of which his successors reaped in plenty, says A K Bhattacharya. In a recent article, eminent historian......

Cinema Has Loved Gandhi; Get Ready To See Him Again

IMAGE: Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. For Mahatma Gandhi, cinema was a corrupting influence on young minds, a 'sinful technology'. It is that very medium which......

Pratik Gandhi To Play Mahatma Gandhi

IMAGE: Historian Ramachandra Guha, centre, with actor Pratik Gandhi, right, and Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair, left. Gandhi Before India and Gandhi -- The Years That Changed The World,......

The curtain falls: Theatre legend Girish Karnad takes a final bow

'With his stature as a playwright and actor, Girish Karnad was one of the voices of modernity for not just Karnataka but the entire country.' IMAGE: Girish Karnad. Photograph: Rajesh......

Historian Ramachandra Guha resigns from BCCI post

Historian Ramachandra Guha, appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the four administrators of BCCI, on Thursday informed the court that he had resigned from the post due to personal reasons. A......

'I won't say it was unfair, I will say it was totally unfair'

'Why was he was given only a one-year contract?''Nobody has ever asked that question and obviously nobody has answered that question.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli with then India head coach Anil Kumble......

Guha doesn't want to be paid for CoA role

IMAGE: Ramachandra Guha. Photograph: Ram Guha/Twitter Noted historian Ramchandra Guha on Wednesday said he didn't expect to be paid for his tenure in the outgoing Committee of Administrators and......

Dravid, Zaheer did not deserve this public humiliation: Guha

'The shameful treatment of Anil Kumble has now been compounded by the cavalier treatment of Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid.' Former member of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrator......

Was proximity to Kumble behind Guha's resignation?

Ramachandra Guha has cited personal reasons but his resignation from the Committee of Administrators (COA) could be linked to the speculation surrounding Anil Kumble's future as India coach. The......

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