Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
Biggest contribution came from Bharti group-led Satya Electoral Trust.
'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.
Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini are trying to improve education across India.
'What should worry India and which needs to be expressed is Russia's simultaneous proximity to both China and Pakistan from a strategic angle. That hasn't happened ever before,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
In his approach to national problems and issues Vivekananda was perhaps the first one to call for a national struggle against the challenges of material existence. While recognising the need for re-discovering and rekindling the spiritual aim of existence, the Swami did not neglect to recognise the demands of the other existence as well, says Dr Anirban Ganguly.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
L&T chairman AM Naik is worried about few things.
'You cannot judge a government within a month. Give us five years' time.' 'At times, strict economic decisions have to be made for the good of the poor in the long run.' Dharmendra Pradhan, one of the Modi government's stars, speaks exclusively to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about why the government is forced to roll out 'bitter medicine.'
Transcript of Nikhil Pahwa's chat with Rediff readers.
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
The entrepreneur reveals interesting nuggets about her life and career.
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
