Dakshayani, Tamil Nadu's First Transwoman Panchayat Secretary

'Jobs for transgender people should be advertised widely and they should be motivated to join. There should be reservations for them.' IMAGE: Dakshayani takes charge as panchayat secretary.......

The Shelter Home in the Nilgiris

'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.' IMAGE: Rajeswari and N Ramamurthy run a shelter home in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district. All photographs: Kind......

Dalit panchayat chief in TN not allowed to sit on chair

A woman Dalit panchayat president in the district was allegedly humiliated by the vice president, who did not allow her to sit on a chair at meetings or hoist the national flag,......

Why India plans to build a space station

Once ISRO masters the technology to send humans into space, the next step will be experimenting with technologies allowing humans to live in space.T E Narasimhan reports. IMAGE: International......

What the government overlooked about the economy

The longer it takes for RBI and the government to stabilise monetary conditions in the economy, the more severe and long lasting will be the damage caused to various sectors of the economy,......

Big challenges before Urjit Patel

Infrastructure and inflation targeting are expected to be top priorities for the new Reserve Bank of India governor, says A V Rajwade. When the present governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)......

Some advice on choosing money advisors

Rajeswari Venkatesh, 26, a software professional, was looking to invest Rs 50,000. Although her friends and colleagues suggested a plethora of stocks or mutual fund schemes, she wasn't feeling very......

Goldstone to restore film archives

The media division of Goldstone Technologies, a Hyderabad-based software solutions and Internet protocol television provider, is eyeing business potential outside the film industry. The division,......

'Till yesterday, you were glowing in your exalted place like a queen'

'The very fact that she survived her migration to Bollywood, where many young lives have been sacrificed or abandoned to the streets, bears testimony to her grit, determination and good fortune,'......

D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker

Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making......

Review: Mappillai is a bad copy of original

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Mappillai. Post YOUR reviews here! "If you think the worst of me, I'll turn out to be a good man. But if you think I'm a good man-- then I'll be the worst you'll see."......

Ajith's 50th film launched

Get your low down on what's happening in the Tamil film industry right here! The talk about Ajith's 50th film has been going on for quite sometime now. As per the initial reports, Gautham Vasudev......

WPL PIX: 16 YO Shabnam shines; UP Warriorz fall short despite Deepti's efforts

IMAGES from the WPL 2024 UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants match played in New Delhi on Monday SCORECARD IMAGE: Shabnam Shakil of UP Warriorz celebrates the wicket of Shweta......

Women's Asia Cup: Bangladesh shock India

IMAGE: One of their bigger victories in international cricket for Bangladeshi women. Photograph: BCB Tigers/Twitter Bangladesh took full advantage of a complacent India as they recorded a......

BCCI contracts: Dhoni remains in Grade A category, Raina demoted

IMAGE: India's ODI and T20 captain MS Dhoni. Photograph: Reuters Indian limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Monday retained in Group A of the men's player contracts......

Indian eves crush NZ to win series; BCCI awards Rs 21 lakh

India's women cricketers produced a clinical performance to beat New Zealand by nine wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International in Bengaluru and win the series by a 3-2 margin on......

Indian women score easy victory

Openers Karuna Jain and Jaya Sharma scored fluent half-centuries and medium pacer Amita Sharma grabbed four wickets for 16 runs as India scored an eight-wicket victory over England in the......