On the 83rd anniversary of the Quit India movement, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff recalls the conditions under which the Congress, led by Mahatma Gandhi, launched the final struggle for independence.......
Trump's new rules for how countries should treat him have led to the current breakdown in India-US relations, explains Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US......
United States President Donald Trump has set off a firestorm by suggesting he may seek a third term in office, despite the constitutional barriers. IMAGE: United States President Donald Trump.......
December 7 remains a "date that will live in infamy". On this day, 70 years ago the Japanese launched a surprise attack on United States naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii killing more than 2,000......
1965 was a very eventful year in Algeria. Jammu and Kashmir leader Sheikh Abdullah, who had been released from prison in India, under the pretext of seeing Algerian Revolutionary leader and......
Policies to break down the business group format are far more likely to be effective, argues Simon Commander. IMAGE: A Youth Congress activist holds a placard featuring Gautam Adani, chairman of......
'Should the most important part of economic reform not comprise the way we look at the fiscal deficit?', asks T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We are now......
During World War II, in 1942 to be precise, US President Franklin D Roosevelt signed an executive order forcing some 116,000 Japanese Americans (of which over 60 per cent were US citizens) to......
On gold buying occasions such as Akshaya Tritiya, Chiraj Mehta points out, investors are often confronted with the question: Should I make just a token purchase, or should I buy more towards......
The disparity between the outlook of the rich and poor was greater in India than in any other emerging economy. Indians might want to be worried about this because this suggests that the rich are......
Oppenheimer is a very politically significant film for our time, observes Utkarsh Mishra. When 'American Prometheus' Dr J Robert Oppenheimer decided to lead the Manhattan Project to make the......