The brightest Indian-American stars in the US

Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them everywhere -- in politics, in research, in the movies, even on YouTube, says......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

2 scientists share Nobel Prize for chemistry

Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2003 for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes.Agre, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,......

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......

Meet Indian-American inventor of Email as it turns 32

Email turned 32 on Saturday but how many of us know that this quick method of message transfer was invented by Indian American V A Shiva Ayyadurai when he was just 14. In 1978, Ayyadurai created a......

Indian-American billionaire arrested; charged with opioid fraud

Amritsar-born entrepreneur John Nath Kapoor was arrested by the FBI for bribing doctors to over-prescribe a powerful opioid to patients. More than 20,000 Americans died of synthetic opioid......

Why do parents chase this man?

The man sought after by parents when they want to admit their children to Ivy League colleges tells Anjuli Bhargava how a hobby became a source of livelihood. Viral Doshi is nothing like what I......

Buffett's wit, humility, charm never fail to impress shareholders

Unusually, for letters to shareholders but not for Mr Buffett's annual missives that have been compiled into a book, there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments as you retrace the journey Berkshire......

How The Happening came to M Night Shyamalan

The course of Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan's life was defined not by the family's involvement in the practice of medicine, but by the Super-8 camera he was gifted in his pre-teens. By the time he......

Experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19

IMAGE: International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics,......

Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika

IMAGE: A municipal worker stands next to a banner that reads, "Rio Carnival 2016" before spraying insecticide to prevent the spread of Zika's vector. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters More than......

Can Serena make tennis comeback after childbirth?

It would be perfectly safe for Serena Williams to continue with rigorous training throughout pregnancy, but how quickly the 35-year-old would return to tournament tennis is uncertain. IMAGE:......