Will Japan's Iron Lady Deepen India-Japan Ties?

As a protege of Shinzo Abe, Sanae Takaichi is expected to scale bilateral ties much higher.Trade and investment shall grow. People-to-people contacts shall be scaled up, points out Dr Rajaram......

Why So Much Hatred For English?

There is no guarantee that if we speak in only Indian languages, all our faults will be washed away and India will shine. questions Shyam G Menon. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Why does the......

How Will Nuns' Arrest Affect Kerala Politics?

The current situation in Kerala politics is perhaps best described as a case of the state's traditional two front politics now seeing a third front (the BJP) muscling in with the potential outcome......

Committed mistake twice, will never leave NDA again: Nitish to Shah

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar assured Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday that he would "never again" ditch the Bharatiya Janata Party, having done so "twice by mistake". IMAGE: Union Home......

What is Ronnie Screwvala up to these days?

"If telecom changed the game for how business was done in India, then we need 20 more of those systemic game-changers to take us to the next level," Ronnie Screwvala tells Pavan Lall.Illustration:......

Meet Patanjali's Balkrishna, a 'swadeshi' tycoon

The man who owns close to 94 per cent of the shares of Patanjali Ayurved, an unlisted company, does not, however, take a salary or receive dividends., says Arnab Dutta. Illustration: Dominic......

India's billionaires' success mantras

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, worth about 7,300 crores, is India's richest entrepreneur under 40 according to Hurun's India Rich List for 2016.Anil Rai Gupta, along with his brother Vinod, has been valued......

Pele's Story Is A Story Of Hope

More than the story of any other footballer or athlete, Pele's life helped democratise his sport; made it the stuff of a widely shared dream.Shyam G Menon salutes the memory of the greatest......

Haresh Pandya, the last cricket romantic

'He will be missed by all of us in Saurashtra.'Cheteshwar Pujara and others pay tribute to Haresh Pandya, the cricket writer who passed away suddenly last week. IMAGE: Haresh Pandya, centre, with......

From baseball to WWE: Rinku Singh's inspiring story

'I want people to know that it doesn't matter where you come from, if you have guts, no one can stop you.' Rinku Singh's long journey to the WWE is one of the most inspiring stories you will read.......