The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024.Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus......
The question is if the BJP's increasing dependence on Hindutva politics, coupled with the DMK's Dravidian model, would decide the LS polls for the DMK and allies, as it did in 2019. Or, will the......
'They have to be seen as being responsive to the employment woes and economic stagnation afflicting many young people.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo and Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas......
To beat BJP, you either deny them a critical mass of Hindu vote or build a regional leader and party strong enough to protect their turf, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party......
'Priyanka did draw huge crowds and eventually all of those ended up voting for the Samajwadi Party.''The voters today are smart enough to vote for the party which they know is going to win or they......
'It doesn't matter where you come from. If you strongly believe in your idea and we see potential in scaling it up, there are people to back it up.' IMAGE: Shark Tank India aired the first of 30......
A report by the Azim Premji University showed that during the pandemic 270 million Indians were pushed into poverty.Meaning that they were not poor according to the government poverty line before,......
The total household wealth in India during this period rose 1.7 per cent to $246 billion. Wealth per adult in India rose 0.7 per cent to $17,420 at end of June 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic......
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......
'It does not look like unemployment is a priority for the government.''If there was one external factor which could have made an impact on low investment and low jobs, it was the Budget and it has......
'My producer earns, I earn. It's a win-win situation.' IMAGE: Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon in Bachchhan Paandey. Akshay Kumar, known for drawing big bucks at the ticket counter, has been a......
Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the 72nd Berlinale. While the COVID-19 situation in Europe was uncertain, the organisers of Berlinale made the tough decision of physically holding the film......
'You need to be very passionate towards life, not because you are a film-maker, but because you are a human being.''If you can do that, then I think it reflects in the films that you make.' IMAGE:......
'I was attracted to her both as a fine co-star and as a person who had some of the attributes I hoped to find in a woman at that age and time,' confesses Dilip Kumar in his autobiography, Dilip......
'It is difficult to pin down any singular factor but marriage does invite the emotional investment of viewers,' observes Chintan Girish Modi. IMAGE: A scene from A Suitable Boy streaming on......
'Sometimes we arrange a Zoom call just for him to say hello to the players, that's about it.''But otherwise, no, no direct talk, it's never happened, even in a normal year.''After the game, you......
The view is that the attention on the national team is fleeting, incidental and dependent on the results they produce. IMAGE: India produced a fine display of passing football during their draw......
Will India finally reach the elusive double-digit mark?Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, for one, is willing to stick his neck out on the possibility. IMAGE: The......
IMAGE: AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates scoring their first goal while wearing red face paint to raise awareness of domestic violence against women in their match against Napoli on......
'We need to work on a few aspects of the game and hopefully we will get there quickly.' IMAGE: Pullela Gopichand with PV Sindhu. Photograph: PTI India's chief national badminton coach Pullela......