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Farewell, India Abroad

Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30. IMAGE: India Abroad, the oldest Indian-American......

Elitism, populism, meritocracy...

Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Not a day passes without encountering some serious thinker venting his/her angst on this......

The Maoist threat in Wayanad

The NDA candidate tells the Election Commission that the Maoists plan to kidnap him.Rediff.com's Nikhil Lakshman reports from Wayanad where Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha election.......

Fake news and its dimensions

Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Suddenly, the word on practically everyone's lips is 'fake news'. In a simpler, less......

The elusive search for truth in media

Is it likely that one of these days, a demand may rise that only truthful endorsement should be made in the media and that if it is discovered that she or he in real life does not use that brand,......

Death knell for printed books, newspapers?

Or a brief stop on the way to better times, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The extended, multi-month lockdown has meant that in most parts of the world......

A better world after Covid?

It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Most of us, unless we are professional......

Hail the power of networks!

Not just in the fight against COVID-19, but also in politics, economics and society, observes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Words such as 'infection', 'social......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you have been befuddled by news headlines which alternately feature the......

Why you must see The Good Road

Ajit Balakrishnan watches India's entry for the Oscars, The Good Road. A yuppie Bombay couple and their seven-year old son set out in their SUV, across the barren salt marshes of the Rann of Kutch.......

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Death knell for printed books, newspapers?

Or a brief stop on the way to better times, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com � The extended, multi-month lockdown... ...

http://www.rediff.com/money/column/death-knell-for-printed-books-newspapers/20200612.htm

A better world after Covid?

It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic... ...

http://www.rediff.com/money/column/coronavirus-a-better-world-after-covid/20200513.htm

Hail the power of networks!

Not just in the fight against COVID-19, but also in politics, economics and society, observes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic... ...

http://www.rediff.com/money/column/hail-the-power-of-networks/20200415.htm

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