How war anxiety is haunting Indian homes

The escalating military tension between the two nations, a deluge of information, and the inability to sift through fake and real news can significantly affect the psychological well-being of......

Operation Sindoor Outreach What Did Panda & Co Achieve In West Asia?

'It is high time that the 'war on terror' is removed from our diplomatic toolbox.' 'Certainly, our parliamentarians have no role in it,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata......

Kerala: The Puzzled Book Of Questions

Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? asks Shyam G Menon. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff First week of January. My first rail......

Jayant Narlikar: A Voice That Lit The Cosmos

'When Dr Murli Manohar Joshi wanted to start a course on astrology, Jayant was the first one to have the courage to stand up and say astrology is not science.''That's a very rare quality -- to......

How Indian banks will change by 2025

Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in......

Budget has a vaccine for banking's virus

Of the three major Budget announcements related to the banking sector, privatisation of PSBs is the most audacious, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been......

Needed: Urban employment guarantee scheme

'Under-employment continues to be a very big problem.''What we see today is many youth who would have accepted any kind of job are not willing to accept any job.''They are ready to wait for a......

'Films offer you life lessons'

'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohini Hattangady/Instagram Rohini......

When A Country Erases Its Film-makers

'The Iranians are very resilient people. So even when they are throttled, they try their best to survive.' IMAGE: Sreemoyee Singh and Iranian Director Jafar Panahi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Javed Akhtar at 75: The Best Songs

Much like Harsha Bhogle, Javed Akhtar is a wonderful chronicler of Simple Indian Joys. Javed Akhtar's greatness, perhaps, is that he has never been afraid to do many voices. Akhtar writes his way......

Gulabo Sitabo: Bachchan's finest performance in 30 years

'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan as Mirza with Ayushmann Khurrana as Bankey Rastogi in a scene from Shoojit Sircar's......

How SKY & Co. plan to tackle South Africa

'I think the key to success to playing on such wickets will be to be yourself. We've played on all fast tracks in India and everyone is really equipped for it' IMAGE: Suryakumar Yadav backed his......

England might play all-spin attack in Vizag, says McCullum

IMAGE: England's players celebrate a wicket during the first Test against India in Hyderabad. Photograph: BCCI Tom Hartley has not only won the opening Test for England but more importantly dented......

'Kishan no 'hit-or-miss' player, his time will come'

'He is an utility player, best suited for the shorter format. He can open, can play as a finisher, extremely athletic as a fielder.' IMAGE: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar had called Ishan Kishan a......

Atwal aims to swing it his way at Indian Open

Winning his first national championship 14 years ago is one memory which Arjun Atwal will never forget and the veteran golfer said he can't wait to tee up again at the 50th Hero Indian Open next......

'My destiny was to write about the game'

'That has always been my ambition -- to take the reader behind the scenes, to the places he was not allowed to visit, but which I had the privilege of entering.'Haresh Pandya remembers Ted Corbett,......