'We have the talent. What we need is the cultural encouragement to take risks, to fail occasionally, and to keep questioning.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff "Questioning, challenging......
Banking, postal and other services are likely to face disruption on Wednesday as more than 25 crore workers affiliated with central and sectoral trade unions have announced to go on strike across......
'40 percent of voters in Bihar will be excluded.' Photograph: ANI Photo The Election Commission of India has launched a comprehensive voter verification exercise across Bihar as the state......
The Indian Army still uses old British-era names and recruits soldiers based on caste or region, which hurts national unity, argues Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd). Illustrations: Dominic......
India's population is estimated to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, continuing to be the highest in the world, according to a new United Nations demographic report, which also revealed the country's......
More than 25 crore workers engaged in sectors ranging from banking, insurance, postal to coal mining, highway and construction are expected to go on a nationwide general strike on Wednesday,......
'We don't have to compete with Maharashtra or Gujarat. We have to now start thinking about how we compete with the United States or China.' IMAGE: Vehicles pass through the security check at the......
'The more educated a young person is, the higher the chances of him or her remaining unemployed.' IMAGE: Government job-seeking candidates stage a protest demanding immediate recruitment at......
'You don't need massive industry or huge energy resources.''You could start with just 3 or 4 people in a coffee shop and invent the world.' IMAGE: Sebastian Thrun, German-American entrepreneur,......
Ratan Tata was one of the world's most influential industrialists yet he never appeared on any list of billionaires. Photograph: ANI Photo He controlled over 30 companies that operated in over......
'What is fascinating about Aamir sir is that the audience in him is still alive and throbbing.''He still cries. He still laughs.' IMAGE: Aamir Khan in Sitaare Zameen Par. Eighteen years after his......
'Thankfully, as Indians, we have a long history of trans people in our culture, in our religions, in our mythology.''It's not a fad which has suddenly come into existence, the way that a lot of......
'If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are always talking in numbers.''We are always assigning them a statistic.'......
'We want to hide it (by saying) we are too busy in our lives, we have other things to attend to, we have families.''But they all had families, including Jyotiba Phule or Mahatma Gandhi, or anybody......
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Worms are daily crawling......
'We are committed to leveraging our influence constructively to support the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in fostering cricket development and ensuring playing opportunities for both men and......
IMAGE: England will face Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy on February 26 in Lahore. Photograph: Kind courtesy England Cricket/X A group of British lawmakers urged England to boycott their......
'It was tough financially for the first few years but my friends and family supported me and once he did well at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, there was no looking back.' IMAGE: Women's doubles......