Staring at an abyss

Do India's laws governing the Internet need revolutionary change, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Some nights nowadays I wake with a nightmare, which is unusual for......

How Modi got the media to acknowledge his hangout

'Who can motivate and appeal to the young and idealistic who are willing to work hard to create an India that matches their ambitions? Who is their role model?' 'Someone like Modi who has worked......

Pakistan's two-pronged internal threat

Despite their differences, mainly related to political strategy, Islamist groups like the Jamaat-e Islami and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa share a very similar ideology -- of the centrality of the notion of......

Inter-faith council submits report to Obama

An year after it was constituted, the US President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships has submitted a report to senior Barack Obama administration officials with......

How to protect investors from stockbrokers

The problem is with the broking model and what brokers are allowed to do, notes Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   If you are a retiree and have opened a broking account......

Indians just don't trust the stock markets

The investor is voting for safe investment avenues and is not impressed by the lucre promised by Dalal Street, says Mahesh Vyas. Why do households prefer to invest much smaller amounts in shares......

Unravelling India's innovative streak

This was the high noon of the shortage economy. Necessity, the old cliche goes, is the mother of invention. That must make scarcity the father of innovation. India had to make do with very little,......

Equal chance

Issue opens: July 24 Issue closes: July 27 Central Bank of India faces both the opportunities and challenges of any typical government owned bank but the issue price is reasonable. Banking......