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25 years on, a slice of the Berlin Wall

On November 9, Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall, which divided West Berlin from the communist East after it was built in 1961, was the......

'This is like the fall of the Berlin wall'

This is like the fall of the Berlin wall.' This is what summed it up for many at the Gateway of India on Wednesday evening. The waves of people just kept coming, they poured in from every......

RSS leaders' 'Berlin Wall' comment creates ripples

Senior leader and spokesman of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha Ram Madhav's statement that the wall between India and Pakistan would come down like the Wall of Berlin has created ripples, particularly......

LoC will fall like the Berlin Wall: Geelani

At the time Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani was holding the second round of talks with a delegation of the separatist All-Parties Hurriyat Conference in New Delhi on March 27, another separatist......

'LoC will crumble like the Berlin wall one day'

Former prime minister of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and senior......

Why globalism is the new villain

National borders are now more real than ever. Personal freedom is under attack in many forms. Visas are more difficult to get, writes Barun Roy. To many like me, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989......

Predicting 2006 and beyond

The year was 1989. P N Dhar, an economist and a distinguished economic administrator with vast experience, was asked to forecast the way the world would evolve in the 1990s.The Berlin Wall had just......

Wall Street Journal to launch fax edition in India

Rupert Murdoch's international financial daily The Wall Street Journal, published by Dow Jones & Company, is all set to launch its facsimile edition in India next month. The newspaper, to be......

Is Google search making people more forgetful?

The Internet is fast eroding people's memories of world-changing events in history, making them more forgetful as they increasingly bank upon Google to provide the information, a new UK study has......

Why Is Modi Chipping Away At EPFO?

Will the EPFO be required to deduct tax at source or will the employee have to calculate the tax and pay it separately? asks Harsh Roongta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

'I Wasted Four Years Of My Life'

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.''And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the......

My Favourite Oscar Moment

The balance was so perfect in that moment, the irony so rich.Those who cheered on Elia Kazan were cheering on the one quality that made him such a singular artist: He was his own man and not......

Priyanka in Berlin: Baywatch babe and troll slayer

...and she shuts the 'sanskari' trolls.You slay, PeeCee, in a way only you can! Priyanka Chopra was in Berlin on Monday and Tuesday promoting her Hollywood debut film, Baywatch, which releases this......

OTT's 10 Best Male Performances of 2024

Actors get enviably good roles in series and films on streaming platforms. Many of them get a fan following without even doing a feature film. That is the reason why movie stars are gravitating......

Malaika-Arjun Make Romantic Memories

Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor may be back from their Europe tour but they're still dreaming about it! The couple posted pictures from their trip to Berlin, Salzburg and Frankfurt, where they made......

PIX: Muldur own goal sends Netherlands into Euro semis

Images from the Euro 2024 quarter-final between the Netherlands and Turkey, at Berlin Olympiastadion, Germany, on Saturday. IMAGE: Turkey defender Mert Muldur (No. 18) deflects the ball into his......

Euro semis: Spain and France rekindle rivalry

Spain v France, a knockout clash which usually leads to Euro triumph IMAGE: France's Kylian Mbappe, William Saliba and Eduardo Camavinga during training. Photograph: Michaela Stache/Reuters......

Alcaraz-Djokovic in Wimbledon blockbuster repeat final

Sunday's match will be the first Wimbledon repeat final since Djokovic met Roger Federer in the 2014 and 2015 title matches. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic uses his racket to play an imaginary......

Special Olympics: India finish with 202 medals!

India claimed a rich haul of 202 medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin. IMAGE: India's athletes pose with their medals at the Special Olympics in Berlin. Photograph: PTI The......

The Highs, The Lows At Euro 2024

Spain went home worthy winners after edging out England 2-1 in an exciting Euro 2024 final in Berlin, on Sunday, July 14. While the tournament saw the emergence of young stars, the usual suspects,......