India is free, certainly, and has been so for 70 years. But are Indians free-spirited? asks Shreekant Sambrani.
'In a country like ours, people talk about wanting to be like Singapore, but when it comes to paying taxes, they start criticising.' 'The medicine is bitter, but the long term effect is good,' Senthil Natarajan, who runs Kovai Pazamudhir Nilayam, a one of its kind fruit and vegetable chain in Tamil Nadu, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih.
The narrow lanes of Majnu ka Tilla in north Delhi hide many Tibetan marvels, from authentic food to vignettes of their lives
Industry analysts were broadly excited at the prospect, but sceptical that it could produce a working model at a mass-market price that soon.
Phee Teik Yeoh says that the worst is behind them.
The new Audi R8 V10 is a super-fast car that is also intelligent
'I am not a friend of anyone who wants to defend, justify and glorify any businessman, power drunk person or religious fanatics, fake activists, apologists of terrorists, appeasers of some, oppressors of others, pretending to be political leaders,' says Amit Mehra.
It was a year of big gains for equity investors.
Over the last two years, despite an amnesty scheme, only about Rs 2,500 crore of taxes have been recovered.
Google Inc opened its first two data centres in Asia on Wednesday to cater to the world's fastest growing consumer technology markets, but the company has no plans to open one in China or India.
Maruti has plans to rev up sales of the Dzire, India's fourth most-sold car, by relaunching it.
Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com reveals the good, bad and ugly of the latest MPV from the Mahindra stable.
If carmakers don't explore innovations to improve safety, they could be relegated to the garbage heap by new players, says Indrajit Gupta
Both have made factory jobs the centre of their economic agendas. Kanika Datta explains the practical limits to their ambitions.
Microsoft CEO holds all-hands-meet with India employees, reiterates thrust on 'mobile-first, cloud-first' strategy
Former England football captain David Beckham announced on Wednesday that he is exercising his option to become the owner of a Major League Soccer team in Miami.
'This has been an ongoing process,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former consul general in San Francisco, 'but I believe a Modi visit to the West Coast can be a force-multiplier.'
'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.' 'It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
Retired soccer star David Beckham and Major League Soccer (MLS) took a step toward fielding a new Miami team as local officials on Tuesday unanimously approved on-going efforts to find a suitable stadium location.
Whether history will remember Edward Snowden as a traitor to his country or as a champion for free speech and less intrusive government is hard to tell, but the issues he has brought into focus need deep thought, writes Ajit Balakrishnan
He is stemming migration to cities and ushering in social change in Uttarakhand.
'People are more interested in India now than ever before.'
Even though Note 4 happens to be a marquee device, it faces stiff competition from iPhone 6 Plus and Sony Xperia Z3. Having said that, we bring you features of this phone that sets it apart from the competition.
If "innovation" were a person, he or she would have looked like David Bowie.
What does the Mi 3 offer buyers at this price? A closer look at the phone that sold 95,000 units in six online flash sales.
Shortage of top engineering talent in Silicon Valley is inflating paychecks.
The authors look at some of these android phones will help you decide which one to buy.
'We are making a transition from governance to campaign mode.' 'The speed of execution is picking up,' says Union Minister Jayant Sinha.
'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' -- breaking the myth that 'affordability' and 'excellence' cannot go together -- is indeed possible!' says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, in this fascinating feature.
Michael Dell clinched shareholder approval on Thursday for his $25 billion offer to buy and take Dell Inc private, ending months of conflict with the company's largest investors and removing the uncertainty surrounding the world's No. 3 PC maker.
Abhishek Agarwal takes a controversial view on how our dreams are being mortgaged by EMIs we keep paying month after month.
Recently, The World Bank has come up with the latest figures on the wealthiest countries in the world.
Sensex, Nifty under pressure on weak global cues.
The company hopes to revive its fortune with the move
Meet the teen tech prodigy, educationist, AI expert and lover of SpongeBob SquarePants.
'I was trying to play every match like it was my last one. Trying to play best all the time' 'For me it is easy to practise and stay in this life but sometimes it is hard to compete'
Google's Android 6.0 Marshmallow comes with some nifty features, says Himanshu Juneja.
Quikr founder & CEO Pranay Chulet tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy.
The Forbes 30 Under 30 list is harder to get into than Stanford or Harvard University. Meet the desis who made the cut this year.
With big dreams and high hopes of earning lakhs or even crores, more and more youngsters are getting into software development for smartphones.
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