'My 7 years in Anda cell were the most inhuman form of solitary confinement'

'When there was no crime committed, everything had to be fabricated.' 'They see it as a war, and everything is fair in love and war.' IMAGE: Prashant Rahi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jyoti Punwani......

What if 'socialist' and 'secular' go from the Preamble

It is in circumstances like this that the Constitution becomes extremely important. It reminds us that we have a commitment towards higher human values to fulfil, a path to get back......

'Educated youth prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed'

'When manufacturing or even services cannot generate the kind of employment they are looking for, they prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Stop Displaying 'Army' On Private Vehicles

Displaying 'ARMY' on private transport is an attempt to milk the respect and reverence that the common citizen has for a person in the armed forces, observes Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd).By......

Will Mid, Smallcaps Sustain Upward Trend?

131 stocks from the Nifty MidCap 150 index, and 211 stocks from the Nifty SmallCap 250 index are seen trading above the long-term moving average as of date. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

'Tax Relief For Middle Class Will Boost Markets'

'Like every Budget, this time, too, there is chatter around tinkering with the long-term capital gains tax.''Investors may not want to jump into the markets until there is clarity on this front.'......

MFs Pump Rs 1.8 Trillion Into Markets

Domestic institutional investors pumped Rs 2.3 trillion into equities during H1 CY24.Of this, mutual funds contributed 80%. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Indian equities posted......

How Front-Running Hurts MFs, Investors

Cases of front-running mostly happen when large asset managers and intermediaries are involved in bulk trades as their transaction size is generally big enough to impact the stock price.......