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How the State oppresses the 'little people'

Rajeev Srinivasan on how insurgents and terrorists seem to have more human rights than the average citizen in India. First of a two-part series. Even though 2010 went down in history as the year of......

'It's just like Bangladesh'

On Thursday, July 7, I was planning to go on an Exploring Banglatown walk in Brick Lane in London. I was expecting to check out the Rosogolla and Ilish fish and connect with my Bangla roots.......

Gandhi, a great Briton

What do a witch, Romans, Queen Victoria, George Washington, Julius Caesar, punk rocker Sid Vicious, Sir Charles Isham, (who introduced the garden gnome to Britain) and Mahatma Gandhi have in......

The spectacular exit of V N Khare

Indian democracy appears to have developed far too many innovative features which, while enhancing freedom, have compromised decorum, responsibility and common sense. Predictably, in a......

Okay to share bed with kids: Jackson

In his first interview since his arrest on child molestation charges, pop star Michael Jackson has said he still considers it okay to share his bed with children."Of course. Why not? If you're......

How vulnerable are bank ATMs?

The war between hackers and banks over ATM security will be dynamically redefined, notes Atanu Biswas.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com At least 22 people of the same locality in Kolkata......

Indian tycoon seals hotel deal at London's Old Scotland Yard

The Kerala-born businessman is the latest in a slew of foreign buyers who have shaken off mounting fears of a 'Brexit' from the European Union Indian tycoon Yusuffali M A (bottom, left) has sealed......

Cyber black market is a multi-billion-dollar business

RAND report says the market is replete with buyers, sellers & intermediaries; while rippers abound, they are regularly banned or pushed off the market. The collapse of Mt Gox, the largest bitcoin......

Review: Azhar: Such a wasted chance!

Emraan Hashmi and director Tony D'Souza try hard, and their effort shows. But Raja Sen wishes he could have said the boys played well. When news of the match-fixing scandal broke, my very first......

The Top 10 Time Travel Movies

On Back To The Future Day, Raja Sen lists his favourite movies on time travel. Which is the greatest movie about time travel? That may be one of the most rhetorical questions as the brain floods......

New releases: Desis lead the charge in America

Leap Year, You Might Want to Skip It This Year, declared a reviewer. Many others toowere dismissive of the romantic film directed by Anand Tucker, his first mainstream film. But the movie which is......

Zodiac chills

The Zodiac Killer is one of the great unsolved serial killer mysteries of all time, taking only second place to Jack the Ripper. David Fincher, who gave us the classically cold and edgy Se7en,......

Why Coldplay is upset

British band Coldplay could be forgiven for not being in the best of moods this year. You wouldn't exactly feel elated either, if your song were knocked off the charts by a dancing frog humming a......

No debut jitters! Mayank channels inner speed machine

Photograph: Kind courtesy LSG/X Speed thrills and excites India's latest fast-bowling sensation Mayank Yadav, a passion cultivated since childhood where the sleek lines of jet planes,......

PIX: RCB edge past UP Warriorz in WPL thriller

IMAGES from the WPL encounter played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz on Saturday SCORECARD IMAGE: RCB’s Asha Shobana celebrates bowling Grace Harris of UP......

PIX: Jaiswal rocks England with century as India dominate

Images from Day 3 of the third Test between India and England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Saturday SCORECARD IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates his century. Photograph: BCCI/X......

1st Test: The Players Who Disappointed

In a devastating Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park, India experienced one of its most humbling overseas defeats in recent memory, succumbing to an innings and 32-run loss in less than three days.......

SAFF: India denied victory as Kuwait forces dramatic draw

IMAGE: India and Kuwait ended up on seven points but the latter topped Group A on better goal average. Photograph: Kind Courtesy AIFF/Twitter Sunil Chhetri worked his magic but India had to split......

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