Varna and Jati Are Not Same

The relative ranking of castes can vary across regions and localities and depends on a number of factors including control over land, wealth, and political power.Castes have often tried to......

Sudha Murty: India has not been united for 2,000 years

Sudha Murty worries that India has still not learnt its lessons from history, she tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar.Videos: Afsar Datayar/Rediff.com Part 1: Sudha Murty: We are not an equal......

Congress-mukht Bharat is a question of when, not if

It seems the Congress just does not have the energy and vitality to break through even in the states where it has a ground presence and the wind of anti-incumbency on its back, says Aakar Patel. In......

What the BJP-RSS's own exit poll says

'This survey, done on the basis of feedback from BJP-RSS workers at the booth level, has given Narendra Modi the confidence to start packing his bags in Gandhinagar. on Tuesday, he has done photo......

Modi's sell-off drive thwarted; more spending cuts likely

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters India will fall well short of its $9.5 billion privatisation target this year, despite a big stock market rally that has......

India's most astute deal maker is now a bankrupt entrepreneur

A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran Chinnakannan Sivasankaran On August 26, the Supreme Court of Seychelles declared Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, better......

India's infrastructure action on the Twitter route

From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, Vinayak Chatterjee takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.   1. Kudankulam goes ‘critical’. Southern states to receive......

Bank shares drag markets

Benchmark share indices ended lower on Wednesday weighed down by selling pressure in bank shares on concerns of rising non performing assets in wake of the economic slowdown. Selling in metal and......

Why NaMo, Rahul, Kejri etc MUST watch Newton

'Will anything change for you after the election?' And the man said, 'Kuch nahin badlega.' And he had a smile on his face. He knew nothing was going to change. IMAGE: Rajkummar Rao in and as......

PIX: A Sneak Peek of Budhia Singh - Born to Run!

Based on the real life story of Budhia Singh, world's youngest marathon runner, the sports biographical drama Budhia Singh – Born to Run is directed by Soumendra Padhi and stars......

Two Malayalam films set to release this weekend

M Padmakumar's Ithu Pathiramanal and Jayan K Cherian's controversial film Papilio Buddha are the two major releases today, March 15, 2013. Ithu Pathiramanal Director: M Padmakumar Cast: Unni......

Stars sizzle in silver and black for MTV

Seems like the colour theme for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, held on Sunday, is black with slivers of silver every now and then. From classy to whacky, these celebrities grabbed eyeballs......

Dilip Tirkey feels, love for hockey will drive votes towards BJD

'The Odisha government has changed the image of the state by making it a sporting hub of the country with high performance centres, state-of-the-art training facilities and hosting big tournaments.......

Ranji round up: TN oust Karnataka, champions Mumbai in trouble

Tamil Nadu outclassed Karnataka in a low-scoring encounter, while defending champions Mumbai find themselves in trouble against Hyderabad. A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches:......

Sports Shorts: Manipur win National women's football for 17th time

Manipur beat defending champions Orissa 3-1 in the final to win the 20th women’s National Football Championship, at the Golaghat stadium in Assam, on Monday. Goals at the start of each......

Promising India sprinter Mallick to train under Usain Bolt's coach

India's sprint champion Amiya Mallick tells Harish Kotian he is confident of bettering the national 200 metres record and making it to the Commonwealth and Asian Games later this year. ......

Ranji Trophy: Meet the five batting stars after Round 5

Domestic cricket has always been the main yardstick to gauge a player's talent and potential. A player who has gone through the grind of Indian domestic cricket for a couple of years and achieved......