'What happened to me can happen to anyone'

'I cannot conceive of any reason than my unsparing criticism of government policies that the government picked me to send a message to many who dare to take it on.' Author and scholar Professor......

Readers' Photos: When we met President Kalam

Readers share their memories of India's 'Missile Man', the likes of whom the world will never see again. Rediff.com asked readers to share their memories of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, India’s most......

Kalam's remarkable gesture moments before he collapsed

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam had congratulated a constable for remaining alert throughout the day, minutes before he collapsed at the Indian Institute of Management and died in Shillong on......

When Comes Such Another

'Let us celebrate the fact of his having lived amongst us, and our having lived in his time.' B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant, remembers President Kalam. India will not see the like......

Startup mania: Are we looking at the next internet bubble?

It's Saturday morning, when most people would either lounge at home or, if they're particularly energetic, head out for brunch or to crawl one of the many malls in Bangalore. Yet, the auditorium on......

Why VK Sibal is in the news

In November 2004, when Vinod Kumar Sibal took over as director general of Hydrocarbons, he welcomed the media in his Rajiv Chowk office, promising regular press conferences to provide updates on......

IIM Kolkata to raise number of post graduate seats

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta has planned to raise its intake for its post-graduate programme course to 400 seats for the 2008-10 batch, regardless of whether the proposed 27 per cent......

IIM Calcutta in Rs 100 crore facelift

In one of the biggest such programmes, Indian Institute of Management Calcuttais investing Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) over three years in remodelling its campus to make room for 25 per cent more......