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Xi's foreign policy bad for India-China relations

Chinese foreign policy will acquire a more ideological and less pragmatic character. It will be conducted with more nationalist overtones, predicts former foreign secretary Shyam Saran. IMAGE: Xi......

Can the Panjshiris BATTLE the Taliban?

The Taliban is highly pragmatic and would regard it wasteful to resume military offensive to capture Panjshir.The Taliban's preference, historically, has been to keep the military option as the......

India must prepare for the Taliban threat

The Taliban will view India through the eyes of the ISI and, can be relied upon to undertake hostile actions against this country, warns Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: Afghan Special Forces on in......

Heads Rolled, But Buck Stopped

The BJP ignored the principle of the Cabinet's joint responsibility and the adage of the buck stopping at the top, observes Amulya Ganguli. IMAGE: Dr Harsh Vardhan was asked to resign as India's......

'For us, only saving lives matters'

'We fought back with and whatever little we were given -- little time, infrastructure, oxygen, medicines and people; and with whatever we had -- determination, common sense, experience and......

Is Gurugram going the Kolkata way?

Militant labour policies compounded a poor security environment for capital in West Bengal and encouraged the business community to relocate. constraining the private sector’s right to hire......

Modiji, this is your last chance

'The most important thing to do is to stop taxing citizens so brutally,' recommends T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Now that practically every economy in......

'Vested interests want private players in space'

'ISRO facilities are very expensive and any damage caused by these start-ups can create havoc to our space programme.' In a major policy decision, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday allowed the......

Why Franklin-type fiascos will keep happening

'MFs acted as reckless lenders and not as prudent investors.''Clearly, how debt funds are being run is a systemic issue,' warns Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ......

Is Modi going the Manmohan way?

'The Modi government, like the Singh one, has run into what is called a perfect storm, where everything that can go wrong does so at the same time,' points out T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. ......

Joji: The Mundane Disarranged by a Heart of Darkness

With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Fahadh Faasil in and as Joji. Greed......

12 Films When The Lovers Eloped

A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood. IMAGE: Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Q. What is eloping? A. It is the act......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

You must watch these AMAZING movies!

The stars were there. For a small festival in its fourth year, the International Film Festivals and Awards Macao brings quite a few global film personalities to promote their films. French actress......

Frozen 2 Review

'For kids, the audience Frozen 2 is focusing on, it's a world they would love to be part of.''It teaches life doesn't have to be hunky dory after a happy ending, but it's fixable if there is love,'......

Is IPL the Saviour of Test cricket?

The IPL, by giving a large pool of Indian talent the opportunity to compete with the best international players, has also come to be seen as the cauldron that spews out the most exciting talent for......

Bench strength the secret behind India's dream run...

IMAGE: Pace bowler Shardul Thakur was the top wicket-taker in both the T20Is and ODIs with eight and seven wickets respectively. Photograph: BCCI The Indian team enjoyed a dream season!If the......

Tour de France: Kwiatkowski wins Tour 18th stage, Roglic retains yellow

IMAGE: Team INEOS Grenadiers riders Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland and Richard Carapaz of Ecuador celebrate as they cross the finish line.Photograph: Stephane Mahenadie/Reuters Michal Kwiatkowski,......

Buzz: Bangladesh expect India players in BPL

IMAGE: Manpreet Gony is among 439 foreign players who have listed their names in the draft for new season of BPL. Photograph: BCCI In an effort to raise the profile and rebuild the image of its......

Warner just wouldn't shut up: Stokes on Ashes epic

IMAGE: Stokes said it was Warner, who ended up motivating him to save his team. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Ben Stokes has revealed that it was David Warner's relentless attempt to......

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