'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Indira......

What a post-COVID-19 world may look like

'Whatever else may or may not happen, China and its people are likely to pay a very heavy price for the lack of transparency of its Communist regime,' predicts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE:......

What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A few days ago, a friend said he doesn’t read fiction. This reminded me of......

Islamic State opens bank, moves towards statehood

Any attempt to defang Islamic State must first cut off its main sources of funding, says Sandhya Jain. In a bid to legitimise its existence as a new State carved out of vast swathes of territories......

Inflation to further decline, assures Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday exuded confidence that inflation would further decline and the government is on track to meet its budgetary target for deficit and said that there......

Rupee outperforms most EM peers as dollar surges to a 20-year high

If there was one event that made the month of August stand out, it was a strengthening of the dollar index to levels last seen only 20 years ago, as the Federal Reserve dispelled all doubts about......

Why Citi is exiting India

The Indian regulatory framework forced Citi to hibernate -- contrary to the claim that it never sleeps!Manojit Saha reports. IMAGE: In India Citibank started the consumer banking business in 1985.......

South Africa's FirstRand Bank to exit India after 12 years

The plan was to expand further, add more branches and also eventually become the third bank in India to start a wholly owned subsidiary after Singapore's DBS Bank and State Bank of Mauritius, but......

SA T20 Auctions: IPL teams spend big, Stubbs biggest buy

IMAGE: With a salary cap of R 34 million (US$1.9 million approx, INR 15 crore) per team, robust bidding was witnessed with Tristan Stubbs, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, being the most......

Gary Kirsten: Ridiculous to ask Dhoni to step down

'He has led India to wins in the World T20, the World Cup and the Champions Trophy. Which other captain in the world can boast of such a record?' 'And if it is about form, then Kohli isn't in the......

World Cup Sid: Colours of the Rainbow Nation

World Cup Sid, Rediff.com's man in South Africa shares his experiences in the Rainbow Nation... Perhaps a delay in writing this has tempered down the incredulousness with which I lived the......

Teams return to infamous Test venue

Centurion Park, venue of the final Test between South Africa and England starting on Friday, was an implausible backdrop for a corruption scandal which threatened to rip international cricket......