They Showed India To The World

'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......

Can Bhagwant Mann stop Punjab from going the Sri Lanka way?

Bhagwant Mann stares at a twin-headed monster: Resuscitating the state's debilitated public-sector enterprises and controlling the spiralling debt to keep the State machinery and his poll-fuelled......

The World Weeps With Ukraine

Please click on the images for glimpses of anti-Russia protests in different parts of the world. IMAGE: An Ukrainian citizen living in India lights candles in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree......

Omicron: 200 Million Indians Yet To Be Vaccinated

We need to give a booster shot to all our frontline workers first as if they fall victim to Omicron, the health system will collapse, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A man waits inside a COVID......

Happiness index: India ranks 117, below Pakistan!

The report highlights four supports for well-being and their underlying neural bases. Image: A view of Zurich, Switzerland. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters India has not fared well in a global......

The world's fastest growing companies

The world's fastest growing company is Canada-based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry phones. Three Indian-founded companies Infosys Technologies, Robin Raina-founded insurance......

8 ways India can hurt Pakistani economy

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said: "Unless we want to go to war with Pakistan, dialogue is the only way out." The kind-hearted economist must know that the days of conventional warfare......

All about the Ambani gas war

Rediff Business Desk There seems to be no end to the internecine Ambani war. Even four years after splitting the Reliance empire, the Ambani brothers still seem to be washing dirty linen in......

The Pathaan Review: A Naatu Naatu Experience

The underlying message is clear: Please do not question Shah Rukh Khan's loyalty to India.He is Indian, loves his motherland.And he will continue to entertain India for as long as he can, applauds......

When Bollywood Travelled To Pakistan

India and Pakistan's tumultuous relationship is fodder for drama in many Bollywood movies. Be it Partition, war, jingoism or aman ki asha, there is a movie for every theme and timeline. In......

Bollywood's Ticket To Hollywood

It's a small world. Desi sightings in Western fare are no longer a rarity. Be it Farhan Akhtar in Ms. Marvel, Shabana Azmi in Halo or Nimrit Kaur in Homeland, it's great to see our stars in......

Samrat Prithviraj Review

Akshay Kumar plays the part with enthusiasm, like he was just waiting to get into the costume of a historical hero, observes Deepa Gahlot. When ads of a film proclaim that it is about the last......

Sculptor creates Formula One cars with meaning

Pintor Sirait loathes Formula One racing, so it's fitting the renowned Indonesian sculptor chose the superfast cars to highlight what he believes is wrong with mankind. Sirait's stainless steel......

Ronaldo: From Lisbon to Madrid, via Manchester

Few players in world football fit the Galactico description better than Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Portuguese box of tricks appears to be on the verge of re-locating to his natural habitat at Real......