Dev Joshi Is Ready To Go To Space

'We hear about Chanda Mama from our childhood.''I am excited by the idea of seeing it with my eyes.' IMAGE: Dev Joshi, a crew member of the first all-civilian lunar orbital mission, dearMoon, a......

Germany 'takes note' of Rahul's disqualification

Amidst an ongoing face-off between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha, Germany has 'taken note' of the issue, triggering a fresh......

'They want to sell Osho ashram'

'They want to wind up Osho's Pune operation, take the money and move out of India.' IMAGE: Osho followers stage a protest against the proposed sale of the ashram's properties in Pune, outside the......

Indira Gandhi sacked my father as Union secretary: EAM Jaishankar

Noting that he belongs to a family of bureaucrats and that the political opportunity to become a Union minister came as a bolt from the blue in 2019, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on......

Why K V Kamath calls Indian banking system the best in 50 years

'I don't think we have ever seen such alignment of everything that we need in the banking sector.' Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes. Photograph: Francis......

Inside India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act passed by Parliament in the......

NSE Rot Goes Deeper

The rot is is not limited to Chitra Ramkrishna and the yogi, observed Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Chitra Ramkrishna, the National Stock Exchange's former managing director, who was arrested on Monday,......

History Repeats In Paytm Fiasco

Even if the Paytm fiasco does not mark the end of the bull run, at least some sanity will return to the wild IPO market, observes Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Vijay Shekhar......

A Beautiful Childhood Made From Shankar's Fairies

'My Nani passed away in January 2016 and the house belonged to her and my Nana.' 'After they passed away, the family decided to sell the house.''My mother's immediate response was that we have to......

Pather Panchali, the film that made history

August 26, 1955. 65 years ago, Pather Panchali was released.Aseem Chhabra salutes the Masterpiece. IMAGE: Harihar (Kanu Banerjee) returns to his village and ancestral home after having been away......

RARE PIX: The Making of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

Have you seen these lovely behind-the-scenes pictures of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro? This article was first published in November 2012. IMAGE: Naseeuddin Shah, Neena Gupta, Satish Shah, Om Puri and Ravi......

Aamir Khan: I was born here and I will die here

'See my actions in the last 25 years, the kind of films I have done.' 'I have been doing Satyamev Jayate for the past four years. Why am I doing that? It's because I love my country. I am......

'Everyone wants Ganguly to continue for a long time'

'We need to respect our players. Our players are as good as anybody.'Harish Kotian/Rediff.com listens to Mohammad Azharuddin. IMAGE: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI   Former......

KL Rahul is Wisden India Almanack's Cricketer of the Year

IMAGE: KL Rahul celebrates. Photograph: BCCI KL Rahul is the 'Cricketer of the Year' in the sixth edition of Wisden India Almanack, which has just been released.   The Almanack pays a tribute......

'My destiny was to write about the game'

'That has always been my ambition -- to take the reader behind the scenes, to the places he was not allowed to visit, but which I had the privilege of entering.'Haresh Pandya remembers Ted Corbett,......