Why Right vehemently targets Left

The Right needs an apparently potent and dangerous foe to keep its followers in line.If they lower their guard, the insidious enemy may creep in, argues Amulya Ganguli.Illustration: Uttam......

Why Modi is so obsessed with Pakistan

'India serves itself poorly with its latter-day discovery of Pakistan as an instrument in domestic politics,' notes Shekhar Gupta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com=   How do we define a......

What makes Modi tick?

The answer has two components: As a leader with a vision who can carry the masses and his ability to realise his vision through his decision-making and executive skills, says Colonel R Hariharan.......

Stories our grandmother told us...

'What we really need is a revival of storytelling at bedtime.'Avantika Bhuyan reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a child, my favourite event of the day was the power cut. That's......

Global economy to strengthen in 2014 but risk remains: IMF chief

The global economy, which gathered momentum in 2013, would continue to strengthen in 2014, largely because of improvements in the advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund Chief Christine......

Finance ministry: Return of the Gladstonians

The global financial crisis has empowered fiscal conservatives in India, writes Sanjaya Baru. Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a finance ministry that liked to keep its Budgets balanced.......

The India-China paradigm is passe

A China consultant visiting India once said he found it odd that Indian companies did not respond with appropriate enthusiasm to his dire predictions that they would go under if they did not invest......

Are you driving your boss crazy?

Anita Bruzzese has been writing a nationally syndicated workplace column for Gannett News Service for nearly 15 years. She has a newspaper readership of 8 million, not counting her online presence.......

Finally! An Indian Coming-Of-Age Movie For Grownups

Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari......

Cartel review

Fixated on guns, genitals and gaalis, Cartel's first impression is a complete stinker, warns Sukanya Verma. Streaming space is swamped in schlock and Cartel could very well find a top place in the......

Watching a sicko get away just rankles

'Scenes of self-destruction are exhausting after a point. At nearly three hours, Kabir Singh's belligerence is too much to bear,' says Sukanya Verma. Is it important to like a character to like a......

Have you watched these short films?

Streaming a diverse range of moods and moments, these films are a fairly commendable effort, if not always riveting, feels Sukanya Verma. Short films can achieve so much in so little. In a fraction......

India golfers get another shot at qualifying for Tokyo Games

IMAGE: Anirban Lahiri is the lone Indian on the PGA tour and has 497 points. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Rashid Khan and Udayan Mane maybe leading the race for the two Olympics spots......

Tokyo Games golf qualifying extended to June next year

IMAGE: The top 15 players at the end of the qualifying period will be eligible for the Olympics, with a limit of four players from any given country. Photograph: TaylorMade Golf/Facebook......

Watching sports with Naana

'Few athletes are ever able to win his admiration; he mostly relegates them to the status of worthless imbeciles,' says Dhruv Munjal. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In recent years, I've......

Rumble in the Jungle shook the world

The Rumble in the Jungle was the greatest boxing spectacle of the 20th century, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Photograph: Stewart Cook/Getty Images It almost didn't......

Player, Els set Oosthuizen on his way to major win

Louis Oosthuizen's fans were out in number around the Old Course at the British Open on Saturday, but no messages of support were more welcome than those of multiple major winners Gary Player and......