'With the Election Commission wisening up to the practice, which strikes at the very root of electoral democracy, the practitioners of cash for votes have been getting more and more ingenious,'......
'If it is true that we are in a moment in time when the few economic advantages we hold are being lost, our focus must be on that rather than on finger-pointing,' says Aakar Patel.Illustration:......
'What the interview with Modi told me was that now he is open to granting interviews.''And in this connection let me offer our credentials for being considered in this election season,' says......
'May it be the guardian which calls for breaking down narrow walls of the mind.''May it continue to invite everyone to celebrate the possibilities of humanity's one-ness.'Claude Arpi salutes 50......
'How can a State, which claims to be a responsible power, unilaterally grab a "disputed" area to build a road on it?' asks Claude Arpi. After completing my first book on Tibet in the 1990s, I......
'The book captures Rana Kapoor's hunger for real estate leading to bungalows in Delhi, Mumbai, London and other cities; the multiple companies -- over 100 -- to fund his family's various ventures;......
Do the actual numbers bear out the claims made by the government or do they suggest something else? asks A K Bhattacharya. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Four weeks ago the Union......
The fact that the US recovery needs an elaborate defence suggests that things are far from certain. US consumers need to loosen their purse strings a bit more for demand to drive growth, point out......
While earlier it was China and other Asian economies that were contributing to a 'global savings glut', it seems Germany is now sitting on a mountain of savings, point out Abheek Barua &......
5.0 reasons to love the latest update for Android, notes Nitin Sreedhar Unveiled in June this year at the Google I/O, Android Lollipop or L (5.0) has been finally rolled out for most major devices......