Warring Kukis, Meitis agree on one thing: Not right time for polls

The Kukis and Meitis may be at loggerheads in Manipur but their thoughts on one point converge -- this is not the right time for Lok Sabha elections in the restive state. IMAGE: Kuki Students......

Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

'Democracy is not a destination'

'Democracy cannot be taken for granted. It has to be fiercely guarded.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit A Shah at a meeting of BJP polling booth workers at the Lal Bahadur stadium......

India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

'The more we automate, the more work will come'

'We do not see people getting reduced, but because of automation, we will do more work.' IMAGE: Tata Consultancy Services CEO K Krithivasan at a press conference in Mumbai, January 11, 2024,......

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.' IMAGE: Shoppers......

'If you have made good money, book profits'

'In the next one-and-a-half, two months you'll get decent amount of opportunities in the mid-cap and small-cap sector at lower levels.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "When the market......

Israel trade with India doubled after Covid-19 pandemic

India’s trade ties with Israel have only strengthened in the years after 2019. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The total value of trade rose to $10.5 billion on a rolling four-quarter......

What Makes Malayalam Cinema So Distinctive?

The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course.A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a......

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Review: Lost In Politics

With the kind of money and talent that has gone into making this movie, a really good biopic of a personality like Savarkar could be made. But this film is lost in polemics, as is the case with......

'When He Spoke, The Whole Nation Listened'

'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1960, when the film Dil Apna Aur......

Is He India's Finest Director Of Romcoms?

Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mamitha Baiju and Naslen in Premalu. I consider Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super......

Rohit and Virat should open at T20 World Cup: Ganguly

IMAGE: While Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be an ideal opening combination for India, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly also reckons that Kohli has the ability to hit a 40-ball century in......

We will have to accept our flaws and work on them: Hardik

Mumbai Indians' skipper Hardik Pandya said he would not get into any immediate dissection of the team's fifth loss in eight matches so far, which kept them on the seventh spot in the points table.......

'RCB needs a middle-order partnership with Kohli'

'The other guys have to step up and also all their money is sitting in the dug-out. You can't spend that much cash on players and not have them play.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli is Royal Challengers......

SRH's Powerplay was the difference, laments DC skipper Pant

SCORECARD IMAGE: Sunrisers Hyderabad openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma took Powerplay to a different level, smashing 125 runs to set a new IPL record, in the match against Delhi Capitals......

Narine, probably the greatest bowler in IPL history: Gambhir

IMAGE: Sunil Narine celebrates his century during the IPL 2024 match against Rajasthan Royals. Photographs: BCCI Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir says Sunil Narine is one the greatest bowler......