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The World Before Us

The World Before Us

Rediff.com23 Jun 2014

The World Before Her is a remarkable film, if for no other reason than that it tells the story of India's women centred on them alone.

3 things Modi must fix for the success of 'Make in India'

3 things Modi must fix for the success of 'Make in India'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2014

Modi's Make in India will work only if the cost of borrowing comes down.

Battling ISIS remains the prime objective

Battling ISIS remains the prime objective

Rediff.com25 Apr 2015

'What needs to be pursued as the operations progress is a degree of reconciliation amongst the other parties, less the more orthodox Al Qaeda affiliates.'

Why Rani feels today's actors are spoilt, pampered

Why Rani feels today's actors are spoilt, pampered

Rediff.com7 Mar 2018

Rani Mukerji, unusually candid.

7 things successful women do differently

7 things successful women do differently

Rediff.com16 Dec 2015

Leadership is a personal need not an inborn trait. Develop your leadership skills and soar to new heights.

It's small, it's beautiful. It's San Francisco!

It's small, it's beautiful. It's San Francisco!

Rediff.com21 Aug 2015

San Francisco, nobody calls it Frisco, has its own laid back pace and is absolutely inviting. Ansh M visited the city recently and hopes to return some day...

'Gujarat result is a wake-up call for BJP'

'Gujarat result is a wake-up call for BJP'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2017

'Gujarat should have been a breeze. But the Patidar agitation and economic uncertainty queered the pitch.' 'Yes, the BJP won and its rank-and-file will take great comfort in the assembly victory. But the leadership is taking stock for a very tricky set of elections coming up in 2018.'

Mudra Bank is more politics and less economics

Mudra Bank is more politics and less economics

Rediff.com2 Nov 2015

Even if Mudra steps in to play its main role of refinancing at some stage, the responsibility for the bad loans remains with the banks.

Top 5 riding mistakes beginners make

Top 5 riding mistakes beginners make

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

Avoid these for your own safety as well as those on the roads

Does your start-up need a lawyer?

Does your start-up need a lawyer?

Rediff.com16 Oct 2015

The nature of the entity you choose for your business, how you structure its legal form, how conducive you make it to receive funding, compliance with statutes from the outset, are all vital parameters that a good lawyer can lend you his experience with.

Lipstick Under My Burkha Review: This revolution is heading nowhere

Lipstick Under My Burkha Review: This revolution is heading nowhere

Rediff.com21 Jul 2017

'This is a film that trumpets out its sex -- it is content in being a girl's version of the archetypical boy's locker-room picture.' 'And if it was just that, that would have been fun too, but Lipstick Under My Burkha doesn't want to affect your senses, it wants to control your mind!' Sreehari Nair comes away unimpressed.

What Modi proved by his Silicon Valley visit

What Modi proved by his Silicon Valley visit

Rediff.com30 Sep 2015

'If such is the ambition to effect change, India is a platform where an innovation can be tested on a scale unavailable in most places. To take the simplest example, where else are hundreds of millions in one country waiting for Internet access, for better broadband, for 4G roll out -- millions of them in each of these categories -- of the ascending scale?'

Smart cities can change the urban way of life

Smart cities can change the urban way of life

Rediff.com11 Aug 2014

Smart cities can provide more safety, better management of traffic congestion, a low-carbon environment and better services.

Why BJP lost rural Gujarat

Why BJP lost rural Gujarat

Rediff.com21 Dec 2017

'I hope the anger that Gujarat farmers have demonstrated is also reflected in other parts of the country in ensuing elections.' 'Only then will the ruling parties accept that something is terribly going wrong in the hinterland.'

Poll position: Can Aam Aadmi Party be second-time lucky?

Poll position: Can Aam Aadmi Party be second-time lucky?

Rediff.com18 Dec 2013

A closer analysis of the Delhi election results suggests that the Aam Aadmi Party, despite a stunning debut, may actually be on shakier ground if another election were held, says Venkat Goli.

Civilisation & barbarism: A perspective on the ISIS assault

Civilisation & barbarism: A perspective on the ISIS assault

Rediff.com25 Jun 2014

The Al-Qaeda and its patrons seems to have outsourced, for the time being, the achieving of that larger, civilisationally retrograde goal of establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the Middle-East, to the ISIS. The symptoms are all similar; the difference lies only in the expressions, says Dr Anirban Ganguly.

The top 5 Hindi films of 2015

The top 5 Hindi films of 2015

Rediff.com28 Dec 2015

'2015 gave us a set of Hindi films that brought to light, the true uncorrupted joys of filmmaking even in their roughness.' 'Films which told us why we loved films in the first place. Films that were less ashamed of revealing their weakness and ones that took chances with audience expectations.'

EPL PIX: Palace stun Chelsea, Man United held

EPL PIX: Palace stun Chelsea, Man United held

Rediff.com1 Apr 2017

Philippe Coutinho inspired Liverpool to a comfortable 3-1 home win over Everton in the 228th Merseyside derby on Saturday to move provisionally up to third in the Premier League.

How crony capitalism is killing the Indian economy

How crony capitalism is killing the Indian economy

Rediff.com15 Aug 2014

Mr Modi, it came across, did not want to be seen as favouring any one business group.

Congress and its 'Achche Din' dreams

Congress and its 'Achche Din' dreams

Rediff.com30 Nov 2015

The resurgence that Congressmen feel is in fact more sentimental than substantive. The substantive reality is that the Congress is a party in terminal decline since 1989, says Shekhar Gupta.

Review: Leonardo DiCaprio excels in Wolf Of Wall Street

Review: Leonardo DiCaprio excels in Wolf Of Wall Street

Rediff.com3 Jan 2014

The Wolf of Wall Street has its moments but it is director Martin Scorsese's weakest attempt at film-making, says Aseem Chhabra.

Tomas Berdych still searching for his 'chosen one'

Tomas Berdych still searching for his 'chosen one'

Rediff.com5 Nov 2014

Ivan Lendl might be 'way too busy' to be his mentor but Tomas Berdych has not given up the dream of jumping on the 'super coach' bandwagon.

An opportunity for Team India to test the bench strength

An opportunity for Team India to test the bench strength

Rediff.com1 Nov 2014

Their World Cup build-up halted by West Indies team's sudden mid-series pullout, India would resume the preparations for the mega-event when they square off against under-cooked sub-continental rivals Sri Lanka in a hastily-arranged ODI series starting in Cuttack on Sunday.

After drone stunt, diplomatic row between Serbia and Albania

After drone stunt, diplomatic row between Serbia and Albania

Rediff.com16 Oct 2014

The Serbian FA (FSS) blamed their Albanian rivals for incidents which forced Tuesday's Euro 2016 qualifier to be abandoned but will press for several dozen home fans who invaded the pitch to be charged, the governing body said.

5 factors that will drive e-commerce growth

5 factors that will drive e-commerce growth

Rediff.com13 Feb 2015

Online retail is increasing market share rapidly.

Stunning Samsung Galaxy Edge is here to compete with iPhone

Stunning Samsung Galaxy Edge is here to compete with iPhone

Rediff.com2 Feb 2015

The Edge has a chamfered metal frame only in the front, unlike the Note 4.

No longer Pappu, he has NaMo to thank!

No longer Pappu, he has NaMo to thank!

Rediff.com27 Aug 2015

'Manmohan Singh was blamed for administrative paralysis, but if you speak to any senior bureaucrat today, they are very bitter and say that files do not move. I am told that more than a thousand files are awaiting clearance.'

Indo-Pak situation worse today than before Ufa

Indo-Pak situation worse today than before Ufa

Rediff.com24 Aug 2015

'The entire Ufa fiasco was predictable and predicted. The Ufa venue had created international interest in the initiative and its failure may have implications for both Pakistan and India. What remains for Modi to do is to produce a prettier rabbit out of his hat next time to deal with the Pakistan imbroglio,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Sikka's first year ends with signs of progress for Infosys

Sikka's first year ends with signs of progress for Infosys

Rediff.com6 Aug 2015

The route to that target is clear in Sikka's mind.

Why History is more important now than ever before

Why History is more important now than ever before

Rediff.com26 Oct 2017

'Studying History, we come close to all of the messiness of human life -- we understand what motivates people, what makes them get along or go to war, what dreams they had for themselves and their futures.'

Sheena Bora Trial: Sanjeev's lawyer has Mekhail in a tangle

Sheena Bora Trial: Sanjeev's lawyer has Mekhail in a tangle

Rediff.com25 Aug 2018

And then came the chief moment of Friday. If the courtroom had a soundtrack, Beethoven's 9th would be playing, providing a triumphant, dramatic prologue to the production of this last clip. A woman reporter was asking Mekhail about Sanjeev Khanna. He says clearly, without mincing words, emphatically: 'Never seen him. First time I am hearing his name.'

'The Congress is like a waste management company'

'The Congress is like a waste management company'

Rediff.com22 Dec 2016

'While Kejriwal has lost his credibility due to his failure in Delhi, Captain Amarinder Singh is dancing on the tune of his image managers.'

Why Aamir Khan has begun smoking again

Why Aamir Khan has begun smoking again

Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

Intensive training and meticulous planning have gone into the making of Dangal.

So how is the Modi sarkar doing?

So how is the Modi sarkar doing?

Rediff.com23 Jul 2014

The kind of people Narendra Modi has chosen, the decisions he has taken and the rail and central budgets suggests that he is treading carefully in New Delhi. There is less of innovation and more of continuity, so far. He is not ready to rock the boat and start from scratch, says Sheela Bhatt.

Why it's good time to buy commercial property

Why it's good time to buy commercial property

Rediff.com12 Oct 2014

With a stable government at the Centre and the a renewed sense of confidence among the industry, there is expectation that there will be more demand for office space.

'Non-IAS experts must feel welcome in govt organisations'

'Non-IAS experts must feel welcome in govt organisations'

Rediff.com18 Nov 2013

The sudden exit of Yogesh Agarwal as the chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, or PFRDA, has once again brought the relationship between financial sector regulators and the finance ministry into sharp focus.

Is your broker misleading you?

Is your broker misleading you?

Rediff.com9 Mar 2015

How both brokers and NSEL misled the investors.

The three parties get battle-ready

The three parties get battle-ready

Rediff.com22 Jan 2014

The Congress,BJP and AAP have carved out clear constituencies for themselves. Some of them may overlap with one another, but they seem to have positioned themselves well, says A K Bhattacharya.

'Satnam, Bhullar can inspire Indian kids to dream of shot at NBA'

'Satnam, Bhullar can inspire Indian kids to dream of shot at NBA'

Rediff.com8 Mar 2016

On his first visit to India, former three-time NBA champion Brian Shaw talks of potential that Indian youngsters possess to make the cut in the NBA and shares his views on the sensational Stephen Curry and his partnership with Shaqueille O'Neal.Norma Godinho/Rediff.com listens in.

How Jallikattu protests left the State on the backfoot

How Jallikattu protests left the State on the backfoot

Rediff.com25 Jan 2017

The governments at the Centre and in the state were unprepared to handle the massive response to the large numbers of people, as they were not aware of the groundswell of public admonition that was against the Establishment, says N Sathiyamoorthy.