Nehru wasn't keen about struggle against Communist ministry in Kerala

India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared to have reservations about the Congress support to the 'liberation struggle' against Kerala's first Communist ministry led by E M S......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

'The market is getting ahead of the fundamentals'

'It is advisable to invest with at least a three to five year horizon.' 'We believe ‘time in the market is more important than timing the market’.' 'Investors should focus on asset......

Narayana Murthy's biggest regret: Quitting Infosys in 2014

A lot of my decisions are based on idealism, says N R Narayana Murthy Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy has said his biggest regret in life is the decision to leave the company in 2014 -......

Why markets rose 17% in less than one year

A first in 7 years, the combined institutional investor flow stands at Rs 69,000 crore in 2016-17 It is not often that inflow from foreign and domestic institutional investors trend in the same......

Rs 156,000 crore: Shareholders earned this last year

Wonder why corporate India is showering dividends on shareholders?Krishna Kant and Ashley Coutinho find out.<br Corporate India is using higher dividends to reward shareholders, even as......

Review: Singam 2 roars louder than ever

Suriya's charisma and director Hari Gopalakrishnan’s brilliant screenplay make Tamil film Singam 2 a joyful experience, says S Saraswathi. Duraisingam, the much-loved character of the......

Where Biutiful meets Elektra

Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India. Perhaps the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) has an outsize reputation because of the dedicated army of cineastes and......

A taste of Cannes in India

Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India. This is the second year in a row that I have managed to make it to the International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum from......

Goodbye, Mankada Ravi Varma

Shobha Warrier pays tribute toworld renowned cinematographer Mankada Ravi Varma.The setting was almost like an Adoor or Aravindan film; a small balcony with branches from trees falling onto it and......