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Why Modi-Shah failed to convince the farmers

In politics, if your objective is only winning elections, just Chanakya neeti might do.For governance you need both, Chanakya neeti and Ram Rajya.You can neither beat up the farmers into......

India can never trust the Chinese again!

'Magnanimity and appeasement have no place in the world of realpolitik as India has learned the hard way,' notes Vivek Gumaste in the first of a two-part column. IMAGE: An Indian Army convoy on......

China: When Modi picked up Nehru's bad habits

'As his party's Supreme Leader, Modi has led India down the wrong road by insisting on friendship with China even as its soldiers went about claiming territory,' argues Harishchandra Dighe. IMAGE:......

Claim on Nehru, Patel fuels Jaishankar vs Guha-Cong duel

Was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Jawaharlal Nehru's initial cabinet list in 1947? That was the hotly debated question on Thursday with external affairs minister S Jaishankar citing a new book to......

The American who caught Gandhiji's killer

In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the......

Entrepreneurship is not the solving of a sum but the painting of a picture

India’s salvation lies in job creation by entrepreneurs, say Manish Sabharwal and Ashok Reddy. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Now that the heaviest drama of the Infosys and Tata......

Shastri: India's forgotten reformer

Shastri took the first big step to transform India’s agriculture, the benefits of which his successors reaped in plenty, says A K Bhattacharya. In a recent article, eminent historian......

Over 48,000, including top industrialists, sign petition for GST

Even people from US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, South Africa and New Zealand have signed the petition. Over 48,000 people, including prominent industrialists, have......

China does not have coherent global strategy: LSE

China lacks a coherent global strategy to match its growth, power, wealth and ambition, a new report by a prominent UK think-tank has said.The study finds that China's foreign economic policies are......

The curtain falls: Theatre legend Girish Karnad takes a final bow

'With his stature as a playwright and actor, Girish Karnad was one of the voices of modernity for not just Karnataka but the entire country.' IMAGE: Girish Karnad. Photograph: Rajesh......

Hyderabad masala

An upcoming film on Mohammad Azharuddin promises to be a potboiler, though not a true biopic, says Shakya Mitra. In December 1984, Kapil Dev was dropped for the Kolkata Test against England because......

Guha doesn't want to be paid for CoA role

IMAGE: Ramachandra Guha. Photograph: Ram Guha/Twitter Noted historian Ramchandra Guha on Wednesday said he didn't expect to be paid for his tenure in the outgoing Committee of Administrators and......

BCCI to pay Edulji, Rai Rs 3.5 crore each

CoA chief Vinod Rai and fellow panel member Diana Edulji will be getting around Rs 3.5 crore each for their 33-month tenure with the BCCI. The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators......

Edulji opens up on differences with Vinod Rai

IMAGE: Edulji said she had no regrets. Photograph: PTI Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana Edulji, on Tuesday, said there were serious differences within the Vinod Rai-led panel like......

Why Edulji rejected BCCI's Lifetime Award

The murmur in the BCCI corridors is about the timing of such a recommendation when she is a part of the Supreme Court-appointed COA running Indian cricket. IMAGE: Former India women's team captain......

That's a wrap! Kohli rules in 2017 while Anand turns back the clock

IMAGE: Virat Kohli became first captain to score six double tons when he reached the milestone on Day 2 of the 3rd Test against Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on December 3.......

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