This divisiveness is upsetting social cohesion and can throw the bright young people thronging to Bengaluru with billion dollar ideas in their creative minds off balance, warns Shekhar Gupta.
In life, you always need that someone who directs you to the right path, who shows you the way. In my case, I was very fortunate it was Aditya Chopra.
'My main ambition is to be on the sets everyday for the rest of my life.'
Though the mandate is seen largely an outcome of Banerjee's welfare schemes, she has promised to industrialise at a faster pace, or so read the manifesto.
'It was unfair to expect him to continue to keep on supplying vaccines without being given a firm commitment or a financial grant of any sort.'
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'The National Award is our nation's highest recognition, being recognised at the President's hand is our privilege, our honour and our dream.' 'The nation's sentiment got left out in the choices that were made yesterday...'
Naga splinter groups impatient with stalled talks as well as rebel Manipuri groups who have a stake in disrupting upcoming elections to the state assembly, are believed to be regrouping in the borderlands of China's Yunnan province and Myanmar, taking advantage of the turmoil in the latter by using it as a transit corridor.
'What really works is the core story, the characters who come together, the twists and turns, and, above all, Sushmita Sen,' notes Joginder Tuteja.
Virat Kohli's talismanic presence will be the shot in the arm that India would need in their bid to win the historic first-ever away Test series against South Africa.
'Approach people with respect, mindful that they know their job better than you do, and that you're not superior to them just because you may be better educated or their boss.' Skoda Auto VW India MD Gurpratap S Boparai cites his management credo to Pavan Lall.
The Modi government's defeat on farm laws underlines the perils of governing an entire continent-sized, diverse and federal nation like the chief minister of a state, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Actor Vijayendra Kumeria shares his parenting story as senior Rediff.com contributor Rajul Hegde listens in.
Rediff readers take the 10 year challenge and tell us how their lives have changed.
As its factories resumed operations after over two-month of grim battle against coronavirus, China is busy tapping into the vast business opportunities of export of key medical goods, specially ventilators and personal protection equipment (PPE), across the world, including India, where both private and government bodies are placing orders for the import of these products.
Currently more than 95 per cent of America's 330 million population are under a stay-at-home order and over 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits.
In the ad, the government highlighted how the separatists sent their children to "exotic lands" to study, work and earn while instigating the common people to push their children into "violence, stone pelting and hartals".
Kohli attended the special screening of Pari
To fight cravings, keep substitutes handy that you can chew on, such as carrots, pickles, apples, celery, raisins, or sugar-free gum or hard candy, says Seema Singh.
'When Zubeida came, everybody loved me and I got a slew of offers of the same kind.' 'People started saying, "Aap nayi Aruna Irani ban jayegi".'
Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant display of cross-country skiing to win gold for Finland at the Beijing Games
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Sunny Deol and Dimple Kapadia starrer Arjun, 1985.
'If you enjoy learning and if you can risk the failures, entrepreneurship can be a rewarding, enriching experience.'
On the upcoming ODI series in India, Steve Waugh feels the home team starts favourites despite Australia winning the five-match series 12 months ago.
Roma teenager Afena-Gyan plays down apparent racist remark.
Privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) may sell a part of its stake in Petronet LNG and Indraprastha Gas (IGL) to shed its promoter status to obviate the need for its new owner to make open offers for the two gas companies, sources said. BPCL holds 12.5 per cent of shareholding in India's largest liquefied natural gas importer, Petronet, and a 22.5 per cent stake in city gas retailer, IGL. It is a promoter of both the listed companies and holds board positions. As per the legal position evaluated by Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) - the department running the process for sale of government's entire 52.98 per cent stake in BPCL - the acquirer of BPCL will have to make an open offer to the minority shareholders of Petronet and IGL for acquisition of 26 per cent shares, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
It is in no way a government of the economic Right. The Right is limited to religion and nationalism. The rest is as Left as the Congress or any other party, observes Shekhar Gupta.
There is growing acceptance of the idea in the international community that engaging the Taliban government is a far better approach than ostracising it, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
By evaluating their loan rate against the best available every year, borrowers can achieve considerable savings over the entire tenor, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
It is that time of the year when fresh business school graduates try their luck at placements.
Main markets and other business establishments across the Valley remained shut and public transport was off the roads.
'They are waiting for the kind of experience they had in the film, the kind of emotion they felt in the film.'
In the final engagement of the visit, the US President participated in a banquet dinner hosted by his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Dhoni, who turned a year older Sunday, shook a leg with daughter Ziva in the presence of wife Sakshi as his teammates, in his preferred minimalistic manner.
Pakistan is once again becoming a frontline State in big-power rivalry. But this time around, Pakistan stands to gain out of its geography, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
From TC to Cricket Legend, what an incredible journey Mahi has had!
West Indies' two-time World Cup winning captain Clive Lloyd believes India are the best balanced side at the 2019 World Cup.
'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the Mohanlal brand.' 'And he wasn't meant to be a brand. He was meant to be an artist, a tireless explorer of the unique seas inside him,' asserts Sreehari Nair.
'People have only seen me crying and being this martyr mother and sacrificing wife.' 'But I want to do something which is dark, something mysterious.'
'He was intelligent beyond belief and some of you can barely read.' 'And you know what? He didn't care about all of you or your dumb opinions then.' 'He won't care any less now.' 'But I do.' 'Protecting his legacy is important to me.'
