What farmers fear the most

IMAGE: A vegetable market in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters   P Sainath -- the doughty journalist and founding editor of People's Archive of Rural India -- whose grip on......

Sai's Take: For whom the exit polls toll

'When the clouds lift and the mists clear, when saner heads and minds sit down to parse the outcome, they will find that the Congress was not lacking in either fight or spirit,' notes Saisuresh......

Sheena Bora Trial: When Mekhail last met Sheena

After the wedding, Sheena and Mekhail did not meet again.Four or five months later she met her death.Mekhail referred to their last meeting without overt emotion, clear-eyed.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel......

As we exit a year of horrors, the one we enter may be worse

'If tempers all over the country are so fragile that they can be lost because a couple of film stars give their child the same name as a 14th-century warlord, exactly what sort of compromises can......

Airtel takes a leaf out of Jio as telecom battle intensifies

Just as Jio Platforms controls Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel has carved out a new subsidiary in Airtel Ltd which will run the mobile, broadband, and enterprise business followed, later on, by the DTH......

Modi's dream team to transform Indian economy

India’s new policy commission has received a makeover and a dream team has been formed to head the Think Tank, NITI Aayog. Arvind Panagariya, a free-market economist will be first Vice......

PCs now look like your TV

Haven't you always wanted your desktop to look like your liquid crystal display television, or those ungainly cords and wires to vanish from sight? Major PC (personal computer) manufacturers like......

Cloud computing: Opportunity for Indian IT firms

Cloud computing is helping corporations create new, cost-effective business models. It has opened a world of opportunities for Indian IT companies, says Leslie D'Monte. Devang Mody, the head of......

'I would like to continue acting and also direct films'

Rishabh Shetty, a diploma holder in film direction from the Government Film and TV Institute in Bangalore started off in the Kannada film industry by assisting director AMR Ramesh in Cyanide. He......

Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods to down shutters?

In the next few weeks, the Bombay High Court will hear Whistling Wood's petition to review its 2011 directive to vacate the land it occupies in Film City, Mumbai.Ketan Rana's first film, Dekh Le, a......

'Cricket needs to wake up. But how?'

'Put cricket, first and foremost, at the centre of every decision you take.''The bottom line must always be the sport that we love.'Rahul Dravid as eloquent as always in his M A K Pataudi Memorial......

Rahul Dravid's Pataudi Memorial Lecture: Full Text

Full text of Rahul Dravid's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi. IMAGE: Former India captain Rahul Dravid delivering the Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi. Photograph: Twitter (@BCCI)......

'Never used the phrase 'licking Warne's feet''

Faced with legal action for his derogatory comments against the RCA, former Australian cricketer Dean Jones defended his statement, saying that he never used any word that was deemed to be......

RCA to file criminal complaint against Shane Warne

Rajasthan Cricket Association has decided to lodge a criminal complaint against Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne at a local court for allegedly abusing its secretary Sanjay Dixit after an IPL......

'Ganguly's ouster was wrong'

As part of a series of weekly chats on cricket, Prem Panicker appeared on the rediff Chat at 1300 EDT/1000 PDT on December 15. Following is a transcript of the chat. Earlier transcripts: - 'On form......