Should We Ignore Democracy Rankings?

India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.......

'We struggled to see each day through'

'In that dark tunnel, we spent our energy searching for a ray of hope.''It was tough; nobody can even imagine the conversations we had.''Laughter had disappeared from our lives.''I would tell my......

Why BJP Needs A Democratic Check-Up

The country may become militarily impressive, pile on GDP and the durbar of the ruling party may fill with the wealthy indebted to the rulers for their riches.But the spontaneous camaraderie of a......

The Age of the Loh Purush

Overt displays of physical machismo is the stamp of the strongman and it's a symptom that manifests itself in direct proportion to their sense of insecurity, says Kanika Datta. Illustration: Uttam......

'RBI should pause rate hikes'

'It will send a very strong signal that it is now our time to grow.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the private sector to increase capital......

Look Out For Smaller Company Stocks

They will not be followed by analysts and no fund manager can buy such small companies with low trading liquidity.Large companies, those that are talked about in the media and tracked on social......

How a tortoise made due diligence process NPA-free

Only NIIF has stayed the course as a viable infrastructure financing institution. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Started in 2015, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited......

Privatisation of PSBs gets bankers' thumbs up

Exuding confidence in sustaining the tempo of credit growth, public sector bankers said on Wednesday that consolidation in the public sector bank (PSB) space has given them a robust base to scale.......

China's big bucks luring soccer's talent

Carlos Tevez will be paid £615,000 a week at Shanghai Shenhua, making him the world's best paid footballer -- his salary is now more than Cristiano Ronaldo's and Lionel Messi's!China is......