Will Chennai Shed Its 'Disaster Capital' Tag?

For the Stalin government to win back the confidence of voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, post-flooding restoration works, their speed and efficacy would be closely watched, and not just by the......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Aristotle Would Have Envied Ivan

Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......

Revealed: 6-point plan to revive TN economy

The Palaniswami government is expected to utilise the Rangarajan Committee's recommendations before the 2021 assembly election.R Rajagopalan reports. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K......

Noted economist BPR Vithal passes away

Noted economist B P R Vithal, who served as a member of the Tenth Finance Commission, died in Hyderabad on Friday.  IMAGE: Economist BPR Vithal. Photograph: Courtesy, Vice President of......

Modi @ 3: A report card

Critics argue that much more could have been done and that the government was slow to react to many events. In the last three years, the Narendra Modi government has faced it all. From severe......

Why the RBI needs a change of guard

India’s political class should shed its fascination for foreign-bred, foreign-trained and foreign-brainwashed promoters of exotic prescriptions, and appoint for positions critical to the......

With This Ring... Mary Kom and women's boxing in India

Why did two Canadians make a documentary on women's boxing in India?Harish Kotian/Rediff.com finds out. IMAGE: Anna Sarkissian, left, and Ameesha Joshi with India's boxing queen M C Mary Kom.......