A 10-Point Wishlist For Modi's Third Term

If Modi wants to leave a real legacy, breaking India's strategic triangulation would be the real gift, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish......

Maharashtra passes 10% quota bill for Marathas, leaves OBCs untouched

The Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled......

Ram ki baat ho gayi, ab...: Uddhav targets Modi

Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday invoked king Vali from epic Ramayana to launch a veiled attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde whom he accused of "stealing" the party......

'Not counting caste is as political an act as counting it'

'The upper caste elite's belief that they are casteless is a belief that is available only to the upper castes. Because all the lower castes are reminded by society every day what their caste is.'......

Working with Ratan Tata

Mukund Rajan, who worked closely with Ratan Tata, recalls the unique experience of working with the corporate titan. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Gopal Shetty As the first......

40 years ago and now: ITC struggles to kick tobacco

The conglomerate adopted an unremitting focus on diversifying from the mid-seventies but the exercise has not been without controversy and the results have been mixedTwo decades after joining......

Mid-size retailers still feel the slowdown pinch

Rustomjee Business School, promoted by realtor Boman Irani, stands tall on S V Road in Mumbai's Dahisar area. Just a year ago, it was the site of an equally impressive Mega Mart promoted by Vishal......

An American on the Bandra Worli Sea Link

As we approached the toll-booth entrance to the newly completed Bandra Worli Sea Link, the first thing that struck me was the size. It is utterly and unequivocally massive, a man-made mega......

'I am very shy and awkward with ladies'

'I didn't know how I would say all the loving, romantic bits.' Shah Rukh Khan has fond memories of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ), which completes 25 years on October 20. But what stands out......

The Kajol Interview You Must Read!

'Normally, I'm very sure about what I look like on screen and what I portray on screen. But, with Savitri, I was not so confident,' Kajol tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Kajol as......

Your FAVOURITE Ashutosh Gowariker Film? VOTE!

Ashutosh Gowariker's career is a roller coaster ride. From movies that came and left the theatre in the blink of an eye to ones that caught Oscar's eye, it's quite a story. Although the......

Panipat Review

'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha......

Sushil personally instigated his supporters against me: Rana

Wrestler Parveen Rana on Monday accused two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar of "personally instigating" his supporters to manhandle him after the Commonwealth Games selection trials a few days......

England bounce India out

Kevin Pietersen provided England the impetus early on with a quick knock of 46 from 27 deliveries, while Ravi Bopara hit run-a-ball 37. The famed batting failed for the second game in a row......

Mumbai struggle against Hyderabad

After conceding a 239-run first innings lead to Hyderabad, Mumbai were 108 for three on the penultimate day of the four-day Elite Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match at the Uppal Stadium in......

Chandigarh Dynamos beat Sher-e-Jalandhar

Local favourites Chandigarh Dynamos began their campaign in style beating an off-colour Sher-e-Jalandhar 2-0 in the Tier I match of the Premier Hockey League II in Chandigarh on Sunday.Deepak......