'Sheikh Hasina is better than the others. But is that good enough?'

'Are we supposed to look the other way as Islamists go on a rampage against Hindus and the Hasina government pay lip service to secularism?' A revealing excerpt from Avishek Biswas and Deep......

Modi's Flawed Foreign Policy

We should reassess what India's role in the world is and whether we are doing the right thing for ourselves, notes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi addresses the Meri Maati Mera......

What I Discover When I Open A Heart?

On this World Heart Day, let us for once imagine that the heart is the centre of emotions. We should fill our heart with things that we will be proud of when anyone opens our hearts -- fill it with......

Huge win for India as G20 adopts New Delhi declaration

India on Saturday pulled off a big diplomatic win after the G20 summit adopted a consensus declaration overcoming major differences on the Russia-Ukraine war, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called......

Nipah scare: Fruit and vegetables from Kerala banned in Gulf

Region takes about a third of all Indian fruit shipment and quarter of vegetables sold abroad; consignments from other states could face ban, too, if virus not contained With Kerala continuing to......

Meet Ajit Pai, the man at the center of the US net neutrality debate

The chief of America's Federal Communications Commission is not a fan of net neutrality.So what's his vision of communications and digital policy in these times?We find out... IMAGE: Ajit Pai at a......

'Indian media needs the next Raghav Bahl or Prannoy Roy'

More people from the content side should be running the business of media if the industry has to grow, Bloomberg's Parry Ravindranathan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Prannoy Roy, centre,......

This CEO used to wash dishes as a young boy!

'Looking back, I feel we were poor, but back then it did not feel poor.' This is my second meeting with Mayank Ashar, chief executive officer and managing director, Cairn India, and I soon realise......

Life Of Pi Comes Alive Again

IMAGE: Jonathan David Martin poses with the tiger puppet at the Broadway opening night of Life Of Pi at The Schoenfeld Theatre, in New York, March 30, 2023. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty......

'If you have too many girls, that's a problem'

'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......

My Name is Khan, A Decade Later

What has not changed in a decade is the character of Rizwan Khan.He is complex, multi-dimensional and lovable.In fact, his character continues to grow on you, notes Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. IMAGE:......

'I'm not always Chitrangada, sometimes, I'm Tina'

'And Tina, that girl inside that woman, wants to try different things.'Chitrangada Singh tells Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni what she's looking for. IMAGE: Chitrangada Singh. Photograph: Kind......

'Our Football Tragedy': 17 children among those killed in stampede

IMAGE: Ribbon-shaped candles and petals are pictured during a vigil, after a riot and stampede following a soccer match between Arema vs Persebaya in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday.......

Boxers prepare for potential return to ring

Boxing's national camp all set to resume next month: Top official Photograph: AIBA/Twitter The Boxing Federation of India's plan to resume the national camp for Olympic-bound pugilists in Patiala......

Boxing set to resume from June 10; men, women to have joint camp

IMAGE: Boxers have been barred from doing human sparring. Photograph: BFI/Twitter The Boxing Federation of India plans to restart camp training for its Olympic-bound boxers from June 10, bringing......

Extras: No broadcast of Arsenal-City game in China

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: An ethnic Uighur demonstrator holds a placard with a picture of English soccer club Arsenal's midfielder Mesut Ozil during a......

Football Extras: FA to pay tribute to Christchurch attack victims

IMAGE: Flowers and messages are seen at the memorial site for the victims of Friday's shooting, outside Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters The......