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Happy 90th, Tully Sahab!

10 things you must know about the most famous foreign correspondent in India who made Bharat his home. IMAGE: Legendary journalist Mark Tully. Photograph: Kind courtesy Chatham House/Wikimedia......

Nehru Should Have Retired In 1957

...a time when his legacy ledger was still positive and before the debacle against China.With every subsequent election, our leaders tend to become weaker.India should consider passing a law that......

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......

When Gujarati Muslims Dominated Bombay Politics

'They wanted the city to be a great business hub. They didn't like the fact that taxes collected in Bombay would go outside the city.' IMAGE: Anjuman-E-Islam was established in 1874 by a group of......

British MP moves motion on 'Kashmiri Pandit genocide'

A British member of Parliament (MP) has tabled a parliamentary motion to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 'genocide of Kashmiri Pandit Hindus from Jammu and Kashmir in India'. IMAGE:......

Swraj Paul, an entrepreneur with a heart in the right place

From the bylanes of Jalandhar to a regular name in the annual 'Sunday Times Rich List', Lord Swraj Paul, who died on Thursday evening in London aged 94, was one of the most well known NRI......

BSE: Stock Exchange That Refused To Die

The story of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the people who shaped its growth: From wars and bomb blasts to speculators, reformers and wealth creators. IMAGE: The informal beginnings of what would......

UK clears decks for 500 mn grant for Tata Steel's Port Talbot project

The Labour government in the UK has cleared the decks for a £500 million grant to Tata Steel, paving the way for decarbonisation of the company’s British business and a sustainable......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

How can the common man own a house?

Back in 2000, the average Briton could hope to buy a house with four years' salary. By the middle of the decade, as real estate prices rose, the Britisher needed seven years' earnings to pay for a......

Whose Wedding Is Alia Bhatt Attending?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Meghna Goel/Instagram After completing her duties at Cannes, Alia Bhatt jetted off to Costa Brava in Spain to attend a wedding. Social media has a lot of pictures of Alia......

Kesari Chapter 2 Review: Ahistorical, But Entertaining

If you disregard history and are ready to watch Kesari 2 purely as an entertainer, you are definitely going to enjoy it, notes Utkarsh Mishra. The title of Akshay Kumar's latest period drama......

PIX: British award for Salman

An unusual honour for Sallu! Salman Khan was presented a Global Diversity Award at the House of Commons on September 15 by Britain's longest-serving Asian MP, Keith Vaz. Salman tweeted the pictures......

PIX: Kareena Kapoor honoured by the British government

Kareena Kapoor Khan was honoured at the House of Commons, for her contribution to the global entertainment industry on October 29. The actress was honoured by Rt Hon Keith Vaz, chairman of the......

Cricket ball is a natural vector of disease: British PM

'At the moment, we're still working on ways to make cricket more Covid-secure but we can't change the guidance yet.' IMAGE: A box of freshly-polished Dukes balls. Photograph: Martyn Herman/Reuters......