'We Are Destroying The Constitution'

'We have to make people aware that the Constitution belongs to us.''We are the people who decide who will govern on our behalf.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Vinay Kumar, 38, is an......

CDS Is A China Specialist

In an army that favours officers who have spent the bulk of their service years doing counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir, General Anil Chauhan is that rarity: A China specialist who......

'Humans have never learned from history'

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

The Forgotten Hero of the Indian Air Force

Did Vinod Sehgal die in Tsangdgar or was he taken PoW to China?Why has the IAF kept so quiet for all these years, asks Claude Arpi. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com One of the greatest......

'Corona is a wake up call for all of us'

'I'm not surprised with what's happening in India,' 'Tiger' Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After days of deliberation on the venue for lunch, my guest......

How to end the govt-RBI rift

'Has the time come to devise Version 2 of ad hoc T-bills?''In return, the government must agree to privatise all but five or six banks.''If something like this is not done, we will have governments......

What 2018 Economics Nobel means for growth-hungry India

William Nordhaus believes that climate change can best be addressed by ensuring the correct pricing for polluting resources like fuel through government intervention – in other words, through......

How to fix India's flawed banking system

What was the RBI doing, what was the PNB top management doing, what were the auditors doing, asks Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com To the collective dismay of the public,......

BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS From SRK's Life

What is Shah Rukh Khan's life like? What is it *really* like to be a superstar? What's it really like to be loved by millions of fans all over the world? Khan may try to keep it as natural as he......

Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett win top awards

The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture American HustleGravityTwelve Years A SlaveCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers......

PIX: Messi, Hollywood And Gaza Protestor At Super Bowl

Stars Watch As Eagles Win Super Bowl; Serena steals show at half-time IMAGE: Football superstars and former FC Barcelona teammates Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets at the......

IPL 2025 Auction: 182 players sold; Rs 639.15 crore spent!

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged the two biggest deals at the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI Rishabh Pant pipped Shreyas Iyer to emerge as the costliest buy......

India to play two-day day-night tour match in Australia

  IMAGE: India are set to play a five-match Test series in Australia, starting in Perth in November. Photograph: BCCI The visiting Indian cricket team will play a two-day day-night tour match......

PIX: France Wows With Spectacular Olympics Opening

IMAGE: A balloon carrying the lit Olympic cauldron flies at Jardin des Tuileries during the opening ceremony. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters The city of Paris transformed into a colossal......

Hamilton edges Rosberg to secure Singapore pole

Mercedes GP's Lewis Hamilton poses with Mercedes GP's Nico Rosberg and Infiniti Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo after claiming pole position. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images Lewis......