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BJP leader seeks ban on Paresh Rawal's 'The Taj Story'

A Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Ayodhya has filed a complaint with the I&B Ministry and the CBFC, seeking a ban on the upcoming film The Taj Story starring Paresh Rawal, claiming that it is......

'At 101, He Was Ready To Go To Jail'

'I dreaded meeting him these days because every time he'd say: We have to fight this government, even if it means going to jail.''He'd been in jails run by the British, he'd also been in jails in......

From modest start to mass movement, RSS turns 100

On September 27, 1925, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, a doctor shaped by the freedom movement, gathered a small group of young men, most of them teenagers, at his home in Nagpur, and made a simple......

'His Life, Words And Deeds Were Silent Teachers'

Shivanand Kanavi remembers his father, the eminent Kannada poet Nadoja Chennaveera Kanavi. IMAGE: Chennaveera Kanavi, the eminent Kannada poet, on an early morning walk on the Karnatak University......

'Rahul Gandhi Would Have Been Wiser Had He...'

'...spent 1/10th of his time at 24, Akbar Road...''He would have met thousands of party workers and ordinary Congress supporters who have love for the party.''Left of Centre intellectuals have......

'Investing is a loser's game'

'In investing, you have to first make sure you don't make big mistakes.''I would advise small investors to be systematic, don't be arbitrary; don't be on either end of the risk spectrum.''Don't go......

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

Old ideas contained in the heads of old economists still dominate.That's not good, asserts T C A Srinivasa Raghavan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com After watching or reading celebrity......

'India will eventually come through'

No government can 'ignore inclusiveness in a democracy', Montek Singh Ahluwalia tells Anjuli Bhargava. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Lunch with BS is a known animal for Montek......

Trump bans Federal agencies from contracting H-1B visa holders

Trump told reporters that his administration will not tolerate firing of hardworking Americans in pursuit of cheap foreign labour. In a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job......

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India

'If the almost literally heart-stopping Suez block has any positive outcome, it is to be hoped that it will accelerate the setting up of a fab (perhaps Taiwanese) in India,' asserts Rajeev......

BJP leader seeks ban on Paresh Rawal's 'The Taj Story'

'Kareena Is The Opposite Of Jab We Met's Geet'

'A director's actor, if I had told her to jump from a building, she would probably have.''But I only told her to jump off a running train...' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram......

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'Sukanya Verma mourns the movie legend. IMAGE: Shabana......

'Bombay Has An Intoxicating Personality'

'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.' IMAGE: Boys with their faces painted in silver during Holi celebrations in......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

Wilander on how to curb Big Four dominance in tennis

IMAGE: 'Every player, they should sit down and have a meeting. They should agree, 'this is how we play Nadal, this is how we play Federer, this is how we play Djokovic', says Wilander Photograph:......

World Chess Championship: Host hopes to make a smart move

The fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa approved an expenditure of Rs 29 crore for the World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Norway’s Magnus Carlsen to be held......

The legend of Socrates

How did how a reluctant, chain-smoking, beer-swigging footballer captain the greatest football nation in the world?Dhruv Munjal salutes the memories of Dr Socrates. IMAGE: Doctor Socrates:......

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BJP leader seeks ban on Paresh Rawal's 'The Taj Story'

'At 101, He Was Ready To Go To Jail'

From modest start to mass movement, RSS turns 100

'His Life, Words And Deeds Were Silent Teachers'

'Rahul Gandhi Would Have Been Wiser Had He...'

'Investing is a loser's game'

India Needs To Shift To Modern Economics

'India will eventually come through'

Trump bans Federal agencies from contracting H-1B visa holders

Suez, de-globalization, and a Semiconductor Fab for India

BJP leader seeks ban on Paresh Rawal's 'The Taj Story'

'Kareena Is The Opposite Of Jab We Met's Geet'

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'Bombay Has An Intoxicating Personality'

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

Wilander on how to curb Big Four dominance in tennis

World Chess Championship: Host hopes to make a smart move

The legend of Socrates

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