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'Democracy is not a destination'
'Democracy cannot be taken for granted. It has to be fiercely guarded.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit A Shah at a meeting of BJP polling booth workers at the Lal Bahadur stadium......Modiji, Is India Ready For UCC?
Introducing UCC is a challenging task for any government.The complexities are real and difficult to negotiate as it deals with sensitive religious and cultural sentiments.How can it strike an easy......'What Gives Me Hope About India Is...'
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.' IMAGE: A Tiranga walkathon on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai, August 14, 2023.......India Sitting on COVID Time Bomb
Whether the third wave will ravage us depends on the pace of vaccinations, careful and calibrated opening up of establishments, and a strategy to contain the spread in specific states or pockets,......'We were like ostriches burying their heads in the sand'
'We behaved as if this disease is not a problem for India.''We acted as if it would go away. But it didn't go away; it exploded.' IMAGE: A family member faints at the cremation of a COVID-19......The utopian myth of India's double dividend
Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of the Indian capital territory of Delhi, looks neither fat nor nervous, but she was disarmingly frank this week about the difficulties of coping with an annual......'Monetisation of assets has come 75 years too late'
'When the government wants to sell these assets, even if one set of assets gets caught in any quagmire, the whole process will fail.''The entire world is watching us.' IMAGE: Union Finance......'GST execution has been extremely bad'
'From the tiniest to mid-level organisations and even some at the lower end of the large-scale ones would say that computerisation and the extensive documentation and regulatory requirements for......Why a flop called SEZ remains attractive to politicians
SEZs account for just about a third of India's merchandise exports (and roughly the same proportion of services exports). Yet, the notion of creating global manufacturing centres of the kind that......Projects delayed by 13 yrs! Billions lost
Development is the buzzword today in emerging India, even as the country resolves to build an economically stronger, more efficient set-up which is devoid of bureaucratic delays.But that dream may......10 Films You Must Watch
Aseem Chhabra picks 10 movies that amazed him at the international film festival in El Gouna, Egypt. Last month as film people from around the world traveled to El Gouna, an Egyptian resort by the......The Hundred-Foot Journey, served with a lot of heart
The Hundred-Foot Journey treats its Indian characters with respect, discovers Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com Someone first reading the premise of The Hundred-Foot Journey may think it is an implausible......Review: Jai Ho! Democracy is more silly than satirical!
'Jai Ho! Democracy is a hasty uptake of news channels and papers drawn into a skit that's too short on subtext to be a realised satire and too silly to be taken seriously', writes......The 25 Moods of Kishore Kumar
Lata Mangeshkar considers him her favourite co-singer. Asha Bhosle recalls her experience of singing with him as both challenging and positive. Amitabh Bachchan calls him an......What I find compelling about masala movies...
'...that it takes fantasy seriously as a part of real life.'A fascinating excerpt from Jonathan Gil Harris's book, Masala Shakespeare: How A Firangi Writer Became Indian. IMAGE: Gracy Singh and......India-Pakistan series is more than cricket: Dravid
'If you look at it from the cricketing perspective, it is always exciting to play against Pakistan' Former India captain Rahul Dravid shares his thoughts on Pakistan hosting India in a series in......India have reasons to oppose DRS, says ICC CEO
The Board of Control for Cricket in India does "have its own reasons" for opposing the controversial Decision Review System (DRS), says International Cricket Council Chief Executive Dave......Kohli needs all help for the World Cup
'Kohli is the kind of ethereal athlete who can not only help Elon Musk discover life on Mars, but also test out its gravitational parameters by stroking hundreds in the red dirt.''But when playing......The man who changed Indian cricket forever
'A man who is sometimes loved and loathed in equal measure, a man we're seemingly tired of seeing yet can't imagine life without.'Dhruv Munjal salutes the incomparable M S Dhoni. Photograph:......Top Coverage News
World Test Championship 2023
India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...Manipur's Tragedy
Here are news, updates and coverage from violence hit Manipur.IPL 2023
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Complete Coverage of Indian cricket team's encounter with Sri Lanka during 3rd Jan - 15th Jan 2023.GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS
The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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