Would Manipur Violence Have Continued If...

...the BJP's template of operation was different or if the Centre and the state were ruled by dissimilar parties? asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Manipur Students Union members protest in Imphal, July......

Preparation For Biparjoy Paid Dividends

No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......

Who Stoked Migrant Labour 'Exodus' From Tamil Nadu?

Unless controlled and contained, given the untested belief that the north Indian labour support and follow the Hindutva kind of political ideology, there is a potential in terms of ideological......

He Wanted India, China To Be Friends

'My father's life sends a message that there are positive things happening between India and China, no matter what happens at the border.' All Photographs: Kind courtesy Atul Dalakoti Janaki......

Mukesh Ambani pitches for subsidised smatphones

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday pitched for using the USO Fund to subsidise smartphones for select groups to help penetrate the digital revolution and said India should make the rollout of......

Once again, jewellers may miss the glitter on Akshaya Tritiya

The gems and jewellery industry is staring at a sales washout on Akshaya Tritiya for the second consecutive year as most of the states are under lockdowns due to the raging second wave of the......

India, Pakistan and the story of lost trading opportunity

Despite being a neighbour, Pakistan has never accounted for more than 2 per cent of India’s total exports, and its share in India’s total imports is less than 1 per cent. On the other......

From the brink to recovery, India's retail sector pins hope on 2021

With an epic battle of billionaires for supremacy in one of the world's most prolific markets and a pandemic-propelled surge in online shopping in the background, India's nearly trillion-dollar......

'Friendship is the key to making a film'

'Film shooting is a long process, and it is important to have a good bonding with the person you are going to spend six to eight months of your life.''Baaki, film toh bann jaati hain.' IMAGE:......

When Aamir pierced his ears...

On Lagaan's 20th anniversary, we bring back Aamir Khan's views expressed in an exclusive interview to Rediff.com Contributor Haresh Pandya in February 2000.   IMAGE: Gracy Singh and Aamir Khan......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......

'I was called Basuda's favourite hero'

'As an actor, he gave me so much.' IMAGE: Vidya Sinha and Amol Palekar in Basu Chatterjee's Rajinigandha. Basu Chatterjee was instrumental in making Amol Palekar the common man of the Hindi film......

1970 Asian Games medallist Kenneth Powell passes away

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Getty Images Olympian and India's 1970 Asian Games 4x100m relay bronze-winning team member Kenneth Powell died on Sunday in Bengaluru,......

Present perfect, future tense for Aizawl FC

IMAGE: Aizawl FC players celebrate after wining the I-League. Photograph: Facebook India's prolific film industry churns out scores of movies with plotlines bordering on the absurd every year but......