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'Every order now comes from the PMO'

'There is no senior bureaucracy functioning now; these people only obey.''This is only a command and control kind of governance.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi addresses officers......

Gandhi the strategist

'Many misunderstood non-violent satyagraha as a passive strategy; it was anything but that,' notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose 150th anniversary the world......

Amendment to Article 370 no more than a systems upgrade

‘Whether it is a good upgrade or not is something the judges will decide on the technicalities of the process, not substance. ‘But they can’t do much because of the constitutional......

Rajnath on no-first-strike: Hiss of the cobra

'While we have to hiss loudly and do the lunging bit to keep our foes on their toes, that’s only a tactical matter. What is the strategic goal? What is the end game? 'In my opinion, there is......

All you need to know about UK's new PM

Boris Johnson is preparing for power as he is named the new Conservative chief -- and therefore United Kingdom's prime minister -- following a bruising six-week contest against rival......

RBI vs govt: What Modi should have done

All that Mr Modi needed to do was to call Urjit Patel over for a cup of tea and ask him nicely, and this fuss would never have happened, recommends T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.Illustration: Dominic......

J&J's loss may be good news for Indian pharmas

Dr Reddy’s, Glenmark, Wockhardt have lined up alternatives for Zytiga With pharmaceutical major Johnson & Johnson (J&J) losing the patent battle in the US court for its popular prostrate......

Why Modi deserves praise for this Budget

'If anything, he is a fiscal hawk.''He has avoided fiscal profligacy completely for the past four years.''The fiscal deficits since 2014 are clear proof of this.''The point is not that it is not 3......

Rethinking our Westernised biases

Ajit Balakrishnan reflects on pariahs, small businesses, and blockchains.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Last weekend, on the way back from a weekend trip to Varanasi, my first trip there, we......

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Host Jimmy Kimmel may have made sure the speeches remained short this year -- the shortest speech would win a Kawasaki jet......

Oscars 2018: Who's going to win. And who's not.

Sukanya Verma's predictions for the top Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards. You know it's Oscar season when pundits and predictions fill news space to speculate who will bag the golden dude. It was......

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

Pictures from the starry night. While the Golden Globes red carpet saw only black, the Screen Actors Guild Awards saw some colour. The SAGs, held in Los Angeles, on Sunday, January 21, did see......

Darkest Hour Review: Exuberant bear. Shrewd fox. Vociferous lion

'The politics of it may be wishy-washy and the saviour at Darkest Hour's centre may well be a racist, an imperialist, and an alcoholic, but in Gary Oldman's nimble skin, smacked in layers and......

'Wow. The power of women'

'I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue.' Stirring......

FIFA seeks update on Indian football scenario

Reacting to a representation made by six I-League clubs -- Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Minerva Punjab, Churchill Brothers, Aizawl FC and Gokulam Kerala -- the chief member association officer of FIFA......

I-League clubs knock on PM's door to 'save football'

The crisis facing Indian football reached the doorstep of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, with six I-League clubs requesting him to set up an enquiry commission and "probe the All India......

I-League clubs accept AIFF's proposal but...

..reject the idea to give ACL slot to ISL; while Bhutia urges to Indian football stakeholders: Drop your egos, work together Six I-League clubs on Thursday accepted the All India Football......

Sports Shorts: I-League to approach court if ISL is made top league

IMAGE: Bengaluru FC Skipper Sunil Chhetri arrives at Bengaluru airport with the ISL trophy. Photograph: PTI The I-League clubs Monday said they will approach 'appropriate courts for relief'......

Soccer Extras: Coach Valverde gets Barca prez backing

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde. Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says......

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'Every order now comes from the PMO'

'There is no senior bureaucracy functioning now; these people only obey.''This is only a command and control kind of governance.' IMAGE: Prime... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/every-order-now-comes-from-the-pmo/20191015.htm

When Mahatma Gandhi turned 'half-naked fakir' in Tamil Nadu

Bapu’s khadi dhoti and shawl led Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill to once describe the Mahatma as “a seditious Middle Temple... ...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/gandhi-jayanti-when-mahatma-gandhi-turned-half-naked-fakir-in-tamil-nadu/story-MoII4MJJiSe0aPjuPIUpqO.html

Gandhi the strategist

'Many misunderstood non-violent satyagraha as a passive strategy; it was anything but that,' notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Mohandas... ...

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Meeting that wasn’t

Two men who would find themselves implacably opposed to each other for close to half a century would have first glimpsed each other in the... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gandhi-churchill-meeting-that-wasnt/articleshow/71385446.cms

Learning from the Mahatma

Shunning all material allurements, 26-year-old Balwant Chandrakant Ghorpade of Maharashtra’s Nanded is training to lead a life of Gandhian... ...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/learning-from-the-mahatma/story-XmZx2H9uvu8QwkVGVPMCnJ.html

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