UTTAM GHOSH, DOMINIC XAVIER

Stories by UTTAM GHOSH, DOMINIC XAVIER

Uttam's Take: Between Russian Bear And Chinese Dragon

Uttam's Take: Between Russian Bear And Chinese Dragon

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2025

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the smile fest at the SCO summit in Tianjin.

Mahindra XEV 9e Mid Variant: The Future Is Here!

Mahindra XEV 9e Mid Variant: The Future Is Here!

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2025

The Mahindra XEV 9e mid variant, particularly the PACK TWO, presents a compelling package with a strong emphasis on futuristic design, advanced technology, and passenger comfort, notes Rajesh Karkera.

Uttam's Take: Should We Work Longer Hours?

Uttam's Take: Should We Work Longer Hours?

Rediff.com   22 Jan 2025

Uttam Ghosh gives us his unique take on the longer work hours debate.

Is Kerala Ready For Elections?

Is Kerala Ready For Elections?

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2024

Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com captures the election mood in and near the town of Shoranur in Kerala,

Wonderful Scenes From Kanyakumari

Wonderful Scenes From Kanyakumari

Rediff.com   5 Apr 2024

Temple festivals, Christmas mass, sunrise prayers for the new year at Vivekananda Rock -- Tamil Nadu's southern districts are the place to be.

Goodbye, Mr Gangadhar

Goodbye, Mr Gangadhar

Rediff.com   12 Oct 2023

Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to V Gangadhar, the long-time Rediff.com columnist who passed into the ages on Monday, October 10, 2023.

Uttam's Take: RIP, Ajit Ninan

Uttam's Take: RIP, Ajit Ninan

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2023

Uttam Ghosh is devastated by the news that Ajit Ninan, the renowned cartoonist who enlivened the pages of India Today and the children's magazine Target for many years, passed into the ages on Friday, September 8, 2023.

What Your Teachers Always Tell You

What Your Teachers Always Tell You

Rediff.com   5 Sep 2023

Their one-liners are pithy, sharp and can never be forgotten. Happy Teacher's Day, Dear Teacher.

Now Neeraj Takes India To The Moon

Now Neeraj Takes India To The Moon

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2023

Dominic Xavier congratulates Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra as he scripted history yet again on Sunday by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a big throw of 88.17m in the men's javelin final in Budapest.

Rahul Beats The Drum Of Unity

Rahul Beats The Drum Of Unity

Rediff.com   18 Nov 2022

As Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra travels across Maharashtra, Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com captures scenes from the walkathon to spread kindness and harmony from Nanded.

They Have Been Walking From Kanyakumari

They Have Been Walking From Kanyakumari

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2022

As Rahul Gandhi resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Nanded district on November 9, Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com spoke with yatris who have walked from Kanyakumari for more than 63 days.

Uttam's Take: Mourning Morbi

Uttam's Take: Mourning Morbi

Rediff.com   1 Nov 2022

Uttam Ghosh mourns the victims of the cable bridge tragedy on the Machchhu river in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday evening in which more then 135 people lost their lives.

Uttam's Take: Is Kharge Ready To Fly?

Uttam's Take: Is Kharge Ready To Fly?

Rediff.com   20 Oct 2022

Uttam Ghosh's take on the Congress presidential election.

Dom's Take: What Will India Do Without Boom Boom?

Dom's Take: What Will India Do Without Boom Boom?

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah missing the T20 World Cup because of a back stress fracture.

Dom's Take: Kaun Banega Congress Ka King?

Dom's Take: Kaun Banega Congress Ka King?

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on the flurry of candidatures for the Congress presidential poll now that frontrunner Ashok Gehlot seems out of the race.

Uttam's Take: Gehlot's Game

Uttam's Take: Gehlot's Game

Rediff.com   27 Sep 2022

Ashok Gehlot, widely seen as the Congress's ruling family's nominee for the Congress president's post, bunged a spanner in the works when his MLA supporters submitted their resignations on Sunday night to assembly Speaker C P Joshi.

Dom's Take: How Can Gehlot Be Congress Prez?

Dom's Take: How Can Gehlot Be Congress Prez?

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2022

Dominic Xavier wonders how a rebel leader -- and clearly, Gehlot is one after Sunday's rebellion by his MLA supporters, no matter his assertions to the high command's emissaries that he has no links to the mutiny -- can now lead the national party which so badly needs the adhesive of unity and tender care.

Uttam's Take: Didi Cozying Up To Modi?

Uttam's Take: Didi Cozying Up To Modi?

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's startling remark in the state assembly that she believed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not behind the alleged misuse of the CBI and ED in the state and that it the handiwork of some BJP leaders.

Uttam's Take: Adani 'Squeezes' Prannoy Roy's NDTV

Uttam's Take: Adani 'Squeezes' Prannoy Roy's NDTV

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gautam Adani's hostile takeover attempt of Radhika and Prannoy Roy's NDTV.

Dom's Take: NDTV Within Adani's Grasp

Dom's Take: NDTV Within Adani's Grasp

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2022

Dominic Xavier offers his take on Adani group's takeover bid of of NDTV, arguably the rare English and Hindi news television network that is not part of what has come to be known as the godi media.