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'Hindiuism is inclusive, assimilative and based on dialogue'

'Hindiuism is inclusive, assimilative and based on dialogue'

Rediff.com23 Oct 2018

'It is exceptionally important for Hindus to once again get in touch with the foundation of Hinduism.' 'Aggressive evangelists are reducing Hinduism to its lowest common denominator.'

Nachiket Mor has his heart in the right place

Nachiket Mor has his heart in the right place

Rediff.com9 Oct 2017

After a 25-year stint at ICICI Bank, Mor suddenly quit as he wanted to add more value in the bigger areas of health care and financial inclusion.

What Savarkar Thought of Independence

What Savarkar Thought of Independence

Rediff.com20 Dec 2021

Savarkar believed Swarajya is more than the mere geographical independence of a stretch of earth called India. There was no point in fighting and sacrificing one's life for a Swarajya (mere territorial independence) at the cost of our Svatva (self-existence) or Hindutva itself! A revealing excerpt from Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit's Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition.

India's coal mining ambition hurting indigenous group: Amnesty

India's coal mining ambition hurting indigenous group: Amnesty

Rediff.com13 Jul 2016

Coal accounts for more than 60 per cent of India's electricity capacity, and the government plans to nearly double annual coal output by 2020, opening a new mine nearly every month

A Challenging US Visit for Modi

A Challenging US Visit for Modi

Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

This visit has ended on a vastly different note in comparison with Modi's previous visits. Call it a rebuke, call it a censure, call it a distancing from Modi, the sharp message would have gone home, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Take forward Tamil reconciliation process: Modi to Rajapaksa

Take forward Tamil reconciliation process: Modi to Rajapaksa

Rediff.com8 Feb 2020

Rajapaksa's five-day visit to India assumes significance as his tenure as Sri Lanka's president from 2005 to 2016 saw expansion of China's footprints in the Indian Ocean island nation, triggering concerns in India.

PHOTOS: A peek into the Celebrity Classico 2016

PHOTOS: A peek into the Celebrity Classico 2016

Rediff.com4 Jun 2016

A charity football match was played to raise funds for the severe drought in Maharashtra.

City of Dreams 2 review

City of Dreams 2 review

Rediff.com8 Aug 2021

The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair.

Activists voice concern over report ranking India most dangerous country for women

Activists voice concern over report ranking India most dangerous country for women

Rediff.com1 Jul 2018

"The issue is not whether India is first or third or fourth, the issue is that this perception should be taken seriously to set our house in order".

US varsity returns $3 million grant; claims donors were 'Hindu right-wingers'

US varsity returns $3 million grant; claims donors were 'Hindu right-wingers'

Rediff.com23 Feb 2016

A top US university is "walking away" from the $3 million grants it received to establish endowed chairs in India studies after alleged that the donors had "extreme right-wing notions".

Mumbai floods: A guru's solace

Mumbai floods: A guru's solace

Rediff.com26 Aug 2005

How much does earth's plastic weigh? Try a 100 crore elephants!

How much does earth's plastic weigh? Try a 100 crore elephants!

Rediff.com21 Jul 2017

According to a study, humans have generated 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastics, turning earth into a 'plastic planet'.

Wipro Q1 profit marginally up at Rs 2,390 crore

Wipro Q1 profit marginally up at Rs 2,390 crore

Rediff.com14 Jul 2020

Total income of Wipro was almost flat at Rs 15,571.4 crore at the end of the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to Rs 15,566.6 crore in the corresponding quarter of the fiscal year 2019-20.

Coronavirus: Good cop, bad cop

Coronavirus: Good cop, bad cop

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

As we get used to a long haul of isolation to curb the spread of COVID-19, the police's new avatar in many places is a far cry from that of the high-handed enforcer of law and order.

Budget focuses on wealth & wellness; has farmers at its heart: PM

Budget focuses on wealth & wellness; has farmers at its heart: PM

Rediff.com1 Feb 2021

In televised remarks after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget, Modi said it has many provisions for the agriculture sector, including for making loans easier for farmers.

How this Mumbai boy is changing lives!

How this Mumbai boy is changing lives!

Rediff.com28 Mar 2019

With a small team of like-willed youngsters, Himanshu Goenka is creating opportunities for underprivileged children to dream big.

'I was a lambi race ka ghoda, but...'

'I was a lambi race ka ghoda, but...'

Rediff.com8 Sep 2021

'Salman sir hears everyone out.' 'I felt Karan sir hears girls out more then the men.'

'We try to find the extraordinary in the ordinary'

'We try to find the extraordinary in the ordinary'

Rediff.com3 Apr 2022

'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'

Moon Jae-in wins South Korean presidential polls

Moon Jae-in wins South Korean presidential polls

Rediff.com10 May 2017

Early results suggested that Moon, the Democratic Party's candidate in the election to replace ousted president Park Geun-hye.

Hijab Row Can Hurt Indian Diplomacy

Hijab Row Can Hurt Indian Diplomacy

Rediff.com17 Feb 2022

India and Indians can ignore Pakistan, but that cannot be said of other nations in the neighbourhood, where New Delhi's 'Neighbourhood First' policy constantly reverberates. Four of the eight SAARC member-nations are Muslim -- Afghanistan and Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. The rulers decide the nation's India or anti-India policy in the first two, and street-opinion contributes to the same in the latter two, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

Recent breakthroughs on vaccines offer ray of hope: UN chief

Recent breakthroughs on vaccines offer ray of hope: UN chief

Rediff.com21 Nov 2020

This week, global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective, including in adults over 65 years of age.

Bollywood's Sexiest Women on the ramp

Bollywood's Sexiest Women on the ramp

Rediff.com17 Mar 2011

Priyanka Chopra was a big hit on the ramp.

'Vaccine shortage can't be blamed on Adar Poonawalla'

'Vaccine shortage can't be blamed on Adar Poonawalla'

Rediff.com16 Aug 2021

'It was unfair to expect him to continue to keep on supplying vaccines without being given a firm commitment or a financial grant of any sort.'

Why Padma wants you to talk about endometriosis

Why Padma wants you to talk about endometriosis

Rediff.com4 Jun 2019

Approximately 25 mn Indian women suffer from excruciating pain during their periods. What's your story?

'They took everything they could find'

'They took everything they could find'

Rediff.com7 Aug 2021

'Anything that couldn't be stolen they destroyed.' Saloni Dhumne and Atreya Raghavan speak to members of the Indian community in Durban -- the largest congregation of Indians outside India -- who were targeted in last month's horrific riots.

Sena stages walkout before voting on CAB

Sena stages walkout before voting on CAB

Rediff.com11 Dec 2019

The party had supported CAB in Lok Sabha. Sena MP said the govt did not give satisfactory answers to the concerns raised by the party.

Dear Mayank: It's my first job. Please help!

Dear Mayank: It's my first job. Please help!

Rediff.com10 Mar 2021

HR guru Mayank Rautela has some suggestions.

When Love's Magic touched the Ghazal!

When Love's Magic touched the Ghazal!

Rediff.com14 Feb 2020

Beauty is woven into the ghazal with such deep feelings of love that the focus is always on seeking oneness with the other, notes Gopi Chand Narang.

Can't find a job? Here's why you MUST skill up

Can't find a job? Here's why you MUST skill up

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

Upskilling would not only improve chances of employability but would also increase the scope of jobs based on skills they have acquired over a period of time, says Akhand Swaroop Pandit, co-founder and CEO, The Catalyst Group.

Jeet Thayil on International Booker Prize judging panel

Jeet Thayil on International Booker Prize judging panel

Rediff.com11 Jul 2019

Thayil, the author of 'Narcopolis' and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, will join his fellow judges to look for the best works of translated fiction, selected from entries published in the UK and Ireland between May 2019 and April 2020.

Legendary Pak philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies

Legendary Pak philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies

Rediff.com9 Jul 2016

Legendary Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who had dedicated his life to humanity and serving the poor, died in Karachi from renal failure. He was 92.

ASK MAYANK: How can I re-enter the job market?

ASK MAYANK: How can I re-enter the job market?

Rediff.com2 Mar 2021

HR guru Mayank Rautela provides a three-point plan.

Well played sir: Tendulkar pays tribute to Achrekar

Well played sir: Tendulkar pays tribute to Achrekar

Rediff.com2 Jan 2019

Tendulkar, unarguably the greatest batsman in modern cricket, was coached by Achrekar at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai's Dadar as a child.

Hamid Mir to get SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award

Hamid Mir to get SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award

Rediff.com20 Mar 2010

Foundation of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Writers and Literature have nominated Pakistani journalist and columnist of rediff.com Hamid Mir for the SAARC Lifetime Achievement Award 2010. Mir works for Geo TV in Islamabad.

'Far from truth': Govt on Amnesty's 'witch-hunt' claims

'Far from truth': Govt on Amnesty's 'witch-hunt' claims

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The MHA said all the "glossy statements" about humanitarian work and speaking truth to power are nothing but a "ploy to divert attention" from their activities which were in clear contravention of laid down Indian laws.

Indian eyecare NGO gets Hilton Humanitarian prize

Indian eyecare NGO gets Hilton Humanitarian prize

Rediff.com6 Mar 2010

Aravind Eye Care System, the world's largest eye care provider that has developed innovative technologies allowing it to perform 300,000 eye surgeries each year - 70 percent subsidized or free for the poor - has been selected to receive the $1.5 million Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize for 2010.

Budget 2020 has both vision and action: PM Modi

Budget 2020 has both vision and action: PM Modi

Rediff.com1 Feb 2020

The PM said that the Union Budget will accelerate the economic growth, financially empower every citizen and strengthen the foundation of the economy in the new decade.

What made the Action Replayy gang nervous

What made the Action Replayy gang nervous

Rediff.com3 Nov 2010

The team get on the hot seat with Amitabh Bachchan.

Facebook's Hate Content Crisis is Ajit Mohan's biggest headache

Facebook's Hate Content Crisis is Ajit Mohan's biggest headache

Rediff.com28 Sep 2020

'The reality is no one, including some of the names that have shown up in the last few weeks, have any unilateral decision-making power in this,' Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan tells Peerzada Abrar.

10 life skills to master during lockdown

10 life skills to master during lockdown

Rediff.com1 Apr 2020

Use this time to learn some basic workplace skills so you can fulfill your potential and take charge of your own growth, says Shreyasi Singh.