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I remember thinking I was dying: Salman Rushdie on knife attack

Mumbai-born Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has spoken in gruesome detail about the moment he was attacked by a knifeman on stage in New York in 2022, and said he thought he was dying as......

Modi's Flawed Foreign Policy

We should reassess what India's role in the world is and whether we are doing the right thing for ourselves, notes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi addresses the Meri Maati Mera......

Live-in relationship 'dangerous disease': BJP MP in LS

A Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Haryana on Thursday termed live-in relationships a "dangerous disease" that needs to be eradicated from society and urged the government to make a law against it.......

'Modi can help break Gaza siege'

'India is respected by both Israel and Palestine.''India can push the international community for the peace process.' IMAGE: Israeli soldiers gather near tanks as violence around the nearby Gaza......

Why Rajiv Gandhi Decided On Nuclear Weapons

The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter.In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan.Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.'When......

Post-Ukraine, Finance Minister Must Revisit Budget

Budget has already bombed at the box office and passing it without a revisit will be a mockery of the exercise though any modification may be short lived and perfunctory, observes V Ranganathan.......

Global economy could shrink by almost 1% in 2020: UN

With nearly 100 countries closing national borders during the past month, the movement of people and tourism flows have come to a screeching halt. The contraction could be even higher if......

Where have all the women bankers gone?

Women dominate Indian banks's clerical and officer rolls, but few make it to the executive office these days, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. In the run-up to Business Standard's annual banking......

Lehman crisis@10: Has the financial world changed for the better?

The 2008 financial crisis set off by the crash of Lehman Brothers in the US pushed back global growth, which declined from a high of 5.6 per cent in 2007 to 3 per cent the next year and a negative......

How Tesla became America's darling

Tesla's Model 3 sedan, scheduled to roll out later this year, will be critical to founder Elon Musk's ambition to transform his company from a niche car-maker into a mass-market manufacturer.......

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride.Like Michael Corleone, he got into it......

Sir review

Tillotama Shome is such a natural that every moment of hers on screen is a treat. observes Moumita Bhattacharjee. Flying dupattaS, sarson ke khet and two people drowning in each other's eyes are......

Bong Joon Ho: Master of Unsubtle Symbolism

Only Bong Joon Ho -- whose film Parasite won the Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, Best International Feature -- knows how to work with a heavy hand and still get respectable results, says......

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Review:The magic is back!

Anita Aikara tells us the film is a must watch! Let’s put it this way: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the best thing to have happened to Harry Potter fans after Deathly......

The Priyanka Chopra you didn't know

'She is an awesome writer.''She writes poetry. She writes stories. Prose.''She has a flair for language.''You should see the library Priyanka has at home.''She has more books than regular......

Angry Messi slams 'Brazil fix' after Copa red card

IMAGE: Chile's Gary Medel and Argentina's Lionel Messi are shown the red card by referee Mario Diaz de Vivar during the Copa America third place play-off at Arena Corinthians, in Sao Paulo, on......

Despite Mavs horror, Satnam still harbours the NBA dream

Satnam Singh -- who has just signed up for the United Basketball Alliance in India -- endured a tough time with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, but the lad from Punjab isn't ready to give up just......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 10 at the Rio Olympics

Check out the gold medallists on Day 10 of the Rio Olympics on Monday: Kenya's Rudisha retains 800m title IMAGE: Kenya's David Lekuta Rudisha poses after winning the gold medal in the Men's 800m......

10 Biggest Sports Surprises of 2016

2016 is at the halfway stage and the year has already seen some stunning wins, underdogs emerging triumphant on the biggest stages of them all.Rediff.com presents the most astonishing sporting......

The Muhammad Ali tribute you MUST read!

'Every Ali obituary I read made the point that he 'transcended his sport' -- a reference to the many battles he fought with America even as he fought in America.''What the obituaries leave out is......

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