Farhan Akhtar's Bhaag Milkha Bhaag does not offer anything new
It is well-known, and the Brooks-Bhagat report vouches for it, that the real failure for the 1962 debacle against China was not military, but political, says Ram Madhav.
'Even with the restrictions of depositing more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a bank, people will find new methods to convert this cash hoard into legal tender.'
The clichd path of conducting 'uninterrupted and uninterruptable' bilateral dialogue with Pakistan to improve ties remains unimplemented and un-implementable under prevailing circumstances that are unlikely to alter in the near future, says Rahul Bedi.
'The government that is talking all the time about national security and national interests should be concerned.' 'When national interests are jeopardised by their own project, they should pause and listen.' 'Whether it is the BJP or the Congress, they all want control over the people.' 'They don't give a damn if anything happens to the people of the country; they are only interested in what they can get out of the data.'
'People are losing their freedom to eat, speak, write and practise their religion.' 'All that is said in the Constitution has been taken away.' 'Does every Muslim or Christian or Hindu have to say I am a patriot every morning and repeat it in the afternoon and at night?'
The Queen has retired, the bosses have left, long live the prince as king, says Shiv Visvanathan.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
The second part of journalist Rajdeep Sardesai's interview to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
Rajeev Srinivasan on the disastrous after-effects of a made-up spying incident
Born in poverty and subjected to inhuman abuse, Kalpana Saroj overcame all hurdles to emerge a success story.
'I like the thought that I am competing successfully with writers much younger than me,' says Ruskin Bond.
In his penultimate State of the Union address, Barack Obama said that the economy is improving.
