A Rainy Day Check-List for Chennaiites

If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya......

What When The Modi Magic Fades?

It's great to win election after election on the strength of Modi's charisma and voter appeal, but the larger the Modi myth grows, the more the BJP diminishes, notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy. IMAGE:......

NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the......

G20 Summit: Cong says govt hiding poor people, stray animals

The Congress on Saturday accused the government of covering up or demolishing slums and rounding up stray animals in view of the G20 Summit, with its leader Rahul Gandhi saying 'there is no need to......

How To Invest in 2022: Market Gurus' Gyaan

'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.' Illustration: Uttam......

How companies deal with coronavirus panic

Employees asked to work from home... cancelled travel plans... curtailed meetings...Caution and precaution dominate Corporate India's response to Covid-19. IMAGE: Security personnel scan a visitor......

Energy is India's key challenge in 2019

The country must get its act on global alliances right in order to feed its fuel-hungry economy, points out Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.   Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Trend spotting on a......

How Samsung plans to counter iPhone7 launch

Plans a high-voltage relaunch of Note7, multi-media campaign before new iPhone launch In a bid to counter the hype over the launch of Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus on October 7 in India, Samsung is......

What makes Meel Patthar a MUST WATCH

Meel Patthar is, both by theme and design, a tragedy of inertia, observes Rohit Sathish Nair. The pandemic isn't yet a major player (or rather, a visible player) in the events of Meel Patthar......

Is The Great Indian Kitchen gutsy cinema?

If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair. The Great Indian Kitchen begins as a......

Bigg Boss 14: Vikas and Arshi's NASTY FIGHT

The Bigg Boss house gets divided into two as some contestants support Vikas whereas others stick by Arshi. Wednesday's episode begins with housemates waking up to the peppy song Laila Main Laila......

Bigg Boss 13: Meet the FINALISTS!

Thursday’s episode turned out to be very interesting as Rashami Desai finally started playing her own game. She made sure that Arti Singh does not become the delivery girl -- click here to......

U-19 PIX: Australia hand India another final heartbreak

IMAGE: Australia's players celebrate a wicket during the U-19 World Cup final against India in Benoni on Sunday. Photographs: ICC/X A dominant Australian side produced a superb all-round......

Jadeja, Rahul injured, Kohli unavailable: India's desperate search for solutions

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid have enough options to choose from with selectors adding three players to the squad. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Untimely injuries to Ravindra Jadeja......

Rohit's spin dilemma: Axar or Kuldeep?

It was a headache to decide between Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav as third spinner: Rohit Sharma IMAGE: Rohit Sharma did not give away his final team for the match, he indicated that Axar Patel......

Axar's redemption: World Cup heartbreak to T20s hero

Needed to bowl stump to stump to negate dew factor: Axar Patel IMAGE: Axar Patel celebrates Travis Head’s wicket. Photograph: BCCI It required a lot of mental fortitude to come back......

Guess what lured goalkeeper Sreejesh to hockey!

'I was a chubby kid and opted for goalkeeping because you don't have to run and bend your back with the stick like other hockey players.' IMAGE: P R Sreejesh is India's first choice goalkeeper for......