Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

'Israelis have no morals, no ethics'

'How can you shoot somebody raising a white flag, even if he's a fighter, when he's surrendered?' IMAGE: Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians Mohammed Abu Saba, 22, and Ahed Muhammed, 21, who......

Now on pay only processing charges to buy blood at hospitals

Hospitals and blood banks can now only charge processing fees for blood as the apex drug regulator has decided to do away with all other fees to check the practice of overcharging. IMAGE: Kindly......

Taiwan remains a flashpoint as Biden, Xi agree to mend ties

United States President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to resume high-level military-to-military communication and counter-narcotics cooperation as they met for four......

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Shivanand Kanavi salutes the visionary IT leader F C Kohli who passed into the ages recently. IMAGE: Faqir Chand Kohli. All photographs: Kind courtesy Shivanand Kanavi   Part 1: The......

The blind spot on India's biggest banking whodunit

The PNB fiasco falls into a family line that involves non-fund limits - read contingent liabilities which are off-books. Harshad Mehta did it with bankers’ receipts in 1992.Ketan Parekh......

Chanda Kochhar falls on her sword, but why now?

Make no mistake, legally Chanda Kochhar was not and still is not obliged to quit.But quitting earlier would have placed her personally and as a leader on a very high pedestal, indeed where she......

A slice of Vibrant Gujarat for the state's Muslim businessmen

Muslims have marginal representation in the state’s industry chambers Gaurav Path, Surat. Photograph: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Enterprises run by Muslims account for 20-23 per cent of the......

A Beginner's Guide To K-Drama

It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back. A binge worthy mix of style and substance, South Korea's small-screen wave, which hit......

The BEST International Films of 2021

2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......

10 Films that Amazed Me at Cannes

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......

Meet Bollywood's Small Town Girl

'Choti ungli pe nachayegi tumhe, she's the small-town girl,' warns Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno. But clearly, the audience is happy to stay wrapped around her finger and lap up all her......

PIX: Gaza amputee an inspiration to young swimmers

IMAGE: Majdi El-Tattar, who lost his right leg in an accident, is a high-in-demand swimming coach in Gaza. Photographs: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Majdi El-Tattar was just nine years old when he......

Real Madrid to donate 1m euros to help displaced in Ukraine

IMAGE: Real Madrid players celebrate a goal (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Spanish club Real Madrid will donate one million euros ($1.10 million)......

Is this why KL Rahul is struggling in Test cricket?

'He has got the game, but somewhere I feel he does not express himself, the way he needs to. I think he needs to come out and back his game.' IMAGE: KL Rahul struggled in the two-Test series in......

This Indian Navyman ran the toughest marathon on earth

Not everyone completes the Badwater Marathon, Breeze Sharma did so, the fastest Indian ever.Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi spoke to the Indian Navyman to find out how he did it. Not every man survives a......