Whither The Middle Class?

Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......

Cong leader promotes Hindu saint to foster social justice in TN

Be it Dalit assertion or championing the cause of social justice, egalitarian icons Babasaheb Ambedkar, Buddha and Periyar E V Ramasamy have been characteristic of political symbolism to promote......

Ambedkar wanted Sanskrit as official language: CJI

  Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde on Wednesday said B R Ambedkar had proposed Sanskrit as the "official national language" of India as he understood the political and social issues well......

'For 1,400 years India led the world in science'

'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.''Nobody tried or convicted Aryabhata just because he said Rahu-Ketu is nonsense.''Some Indians take the extreme view......

Adi Godrej: 'There's no dearth of jobs in India'

'What exists instead is a clear gap between skilled people and the work at hand.' 'Employers on most occasions find it difficult to find a match between the two,' Adi Godrej tells Viveat Susan......

Telangana: A hotspot for e-commerce, retail and aviation companies

Riding on e-commerce wave is the youngest state, which faces competition from neighbours. Image: Telangana has become the favourite of major e-commerce, retail and aviation companies. Photograph:......

The Greece Crisis and its lessons for India

'India cannot expect to be insulated from the crisis. Europe is India's biggest trading partner with two-way trade of E72.5 billion or Rs 530,000 crore last year,' says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......

Love at first 'swipe': Cupid goes digital

Forget love at first sight. It’s about love at first ‘swipe’ now, as a bunch of apps are taking the concept of dating to a different levelAristotle has famously said: 'Love is......

Why is Janhvi Kapoor sorry?

Bollywood stars celebrate Earth Day with stunning pictures, beautiful messages and quotes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Janhvi Kapoor/Instagram Janhvi Kapoor: I'm sorry for every time I didn't value......

Super 30 Teachers of Bollywood

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle's words acquire a larger-than-life embodiment in Bollywood's brand of educationists. In Super 30, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bihar-based......

Review: Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor is special

Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Buddoor is the best Hindi film you'll see this year, writes Raja Sen.There is a scene in Sai Paranjpye’s Chashme Buddoor where Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval are on......

How Kadha Parayumbol came to

Sreenivasan, the maverick film personality, is one of the most talented scriptwriters in Malayalam cinema. His dialogues, laced as they are with subtle humour, cynicism and references to global......

Ancient Games marked by violence

Spectacle, violence and myth mingled every fourth summer for more than 1,000 years in the ancient Olympic Games to celebrate the Greek passion for competitive sport.Controversies and dramas......

Athens has to live up to romantic past

Sigmund Freud was astonished that it just existed.Henry Miller, Mark Twain, John Milton and Lord Byron were equally awe-struck.The Olympic spotlight falling on Athens in August will be the latest......