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Why These Fishermen Escaped From Kuwait

'They often complained about the ill-treatment by their employer in Kuwait. They were not taken to a doctor also when they fell ill.' Kindly note the image has been published only for......

Hyderabad woman found starving in US, mother seeks help

A woman from Telangana who is currently in the United States pursuing MS was found in an awful condition. Her mother wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking his help to......

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

The gau rakshak stated that the famine-stricken people were suffering because of their past karma and nothing could be done for them. The reply apparently infuriated Vivekananda, who told the gau......

'Partition is a massive part of our history'

'Partition was a two-sided story in a very big way.''We've oversimplified it, blamed the British, thought of ourselves only as victims.''We've been both victims and perpetrators.' IMAGE: One of......

'I have grown some steel in my psyche'

'I'm 79 + now, and I've been doing all this since my late 20s.''Sometimes the ideological war extends to the home as well.''Many nights I couldn't sleep when someone close to me uttered the......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor sent to custody till Mar 11

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, arrested on money laundering charges, was remanded in the Enforcement Directorate's custody till March 11 by a Mumbai court on Sunday. IMAGE: Yes Bank founder Rana......

From Mata to Menace: How the holy cow may end up 'eating' votes

Thanks to the increased thrust on cow protection, the enforcement of the ban on cow slaughter and the relentless crusade by cow vigilantes, the agrarian ecosystem from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh has......

Why Urjit Patel said, 'I quit'

The resignation is sure to create more political firestorms for the government as it comes on the eve of the winter session of Parliament where the Opposition has already made it clear to the......

Holy cow! Now even India Inc spends money on them

41 listed firms made 73 donations to gaushalas (cow shelters) and other cow-related charities over the last four years. The donations range from a few thousand rupees to a million.......

10 OTT Shows That Make Us Nostalgic

Scoop reminded viewers of a time in the not-so-recent-past when Mumbai was in the grip of the underworld. The new Web series Guns And Gulaabs is set in the opium town of Gulaabganj sometime in the......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga Review

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga is a boring, overlong, tale of an eccentric with delusions of leadership, sighs Deepa Gahlot. In India, if there is a government scheme for the poor, there has to be a......

'Let them have a secret police to censor films!'

'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!' *IMAGE: 'The idea of censoring films was instituted by the British our colonial masters who never trusted......

Rishi Kapoor: I don't like any of Ranbir's films

'When we saw Saawariya for the first time, I was aghast.''If only Bhansali had told me, I would have dissuaded him.'Rishi Kapoor gets candid in his memoir, Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored.......

Meet India's heroes from the Tokyo Olympic Games

India capped off its best-ever performance at the Olympic Games with a haul of seven medals, including a gold. As the curtain came down on the Tokyo Olympics, here’s a glance at the country's......

God has answered our prayers: Neeraj's family

'Today, he has lived up to everyone's expectations and made India proud' IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra celebrates with gold medal after winning the Javelin Throw Final at the Olympic Games. Photograph:......

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Indian sports in 2020

The year 2020 had its share of good, bad, ugly and unfortunately some truly sad events that won't be forgotten for a long time to come. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians celebrate winning the 2020......

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