'The Left Won't Survive In India'

'Our Left is squeamish about democracy. They are so mechanical they have only dogma.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "It came in the newspapers that I was expelled from the party. My......

Readers' agenda for Modi: 'Prove to Muslims you are secular'

Rediff.com had asked its readers to set an agenda for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to achieve his dream job of becoming India's prime minister.We had asked our readers to suggest a 5- or......

Why is Indian culture so anti-female?

Rajeev Srinivasan on whether the tragic cases of several women grievously injured in India has some larger lessons that we need to learn. It has been precisely one year since Sowmya was murdered......

Readers' take: The endless battle with power cuts

Imagine this. The summer sun is beating down hard and the last thing you want to do is step out in the open. A fan on the ceiling or an airconditioner blows away any remnants of the heat. Just......

Chat: How will the Budget impact taxpayers?

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday did not change tax slabs but offered a relief of Rs 3,000 to the salaried with income below Rs 5 lakh per year.  Deduction for rent paid will be......

Tips on how you can pay less tax and save more!

The Budget is over. According to most financial analysts, though the Budget is not big bang, it is pro-growth. There has not been much change to the taxation policy and people are keen to know how......

'Investments must be goal-oriented'

With the financial year 2012-13 almost coming to an end, are you still grappling with options to save taxes at the last minute?To help our readers with all their tax queries, Rediff Business......

'Sell a flat and earn long term capital gains'

It's that time of the year, once again, when people grapple to make last-minute tax saving plans. To help our readers with our various tax queries, Rediff Business arranged a chat with tax experts......

The real Kishore Kumar no one knew

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

Triple treat for Kannada moviegoers

Three Kannada films will fight it out this Friday at the box office. They are Krishna Nee Lateag Baro, Khiladi Krishna and Parole.  Renowned flutist Praveen Godkhindi is making his debut in......

Kishore Kumar, the only Genius I ever knew

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

BCCI lost Rs 50 crore on fraud land deal, admits NCA

Members of the National Cricket Academy’s sub-committee were in for a rude shock when it was intimated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India lost a whopping Rs 50 crore on a dubious......