Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024.Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus......

Darrang: 12-hr bandh to protest eviction drive deaths

A 12-hour bandh called by a body of various organisations representing the minority community to protest the death of two persons during an eviction drive affected normal life in Assam's Darrang......

Why were the BK 16 Arrested?

None of them had anything to do with the violence at Bhima Koregaon, where they were not even present, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: A protest in Mumbai, March 26, 2018, to demand action against......

'Vaccinate, Vaccinate, Vaccinate!'

'One thing we have learnt is that a pandemic can be arrested at any stage.''Not suddenly, of course but slowly with steady unwavering focus.' IMAGE: Beneficiaries from the 18-45 age-group pose......

TCS, Infosys come to terms with reality of real-time recruiting

Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest software exporter, hired 100,000 freshers in the financial year 2021-22, more than in any other year. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com That......

Explained: How Covid got HR to relook its role in a changed world

With the focus on employee retention and wellness, HR has its job cut out. Sindhu Bhattacharya reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India Inc has weathered many a storm during......

IT majors to focus on localised hiring

TCS, Infosys ramp up onshore hiring; Infosys committed to hire 25,000 over 5 years, reports Shivani Shinde. IMAGE: Between April last year and January 2021, onshore hiring, including taking in......

A year of living and working in the shadow of Covid-19 pandemic

There is no one way to describe the 12 months that have gone by since India reported its first Covid-positive case on January 30, 2020. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A year when life......

'Mere Paas Maa Hain'

What would Bollywood folk do without their mommies?   Photograph: Kind courtesy Shriya Saran/Instagram Shriya Saran with her mumNeeraja Saran.   Photograph: Kind courtesy Athiya......

Watch out for Sobhita, folks!

'I didn't want to be the bottom-most in the food chain of a commercial film.''I'd rather do something experimental and learn and hope that this translates into somebody noticing me.' Photograph:......

Resul Pookutty: How Hrithik made my life hell

The Oscar winner tells Subhash K Jha how Hrithik's voice was used to sound like various characters in Kaabil. Photograph: Kind courtesy Resul Pookutty/Twitter In Kaabil, Hrithik Roshan plays a......

A new Sanskrit wave

A cow that speaks, a question on patriarchy and the story of a 17th-century poet -- Sanskrit filmmakers are finding new ways to revive the 'dying' language. IMAGE: Rajesh Hebbar and Pratheeksha......