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Is Arundhati Roy Scared Of The Really Powerful?

'Arundhati Roy is like a ballerina performing on a high wire, cool, supremely at ease but conscious of all the adoring eyes on her,' notes P Vijaya Kumar. IMAGE: Arundhati Roy signs her new book......

India's $100 Bn Gambling Black Hole

'The larger and more opaque this shadow economy becomes, especially online, the greater the risk to India's national security.' Kindly note this illustration generated using Microsoft Copilot has......

Facebook Knew More About Me Than My Wife

Facebook turns 21 today, February 4.Most early Facebookers have migrated to other social media platforms, but A Ganesh Nadar continues to live on Facebook as he notes 'Real life friends are really......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Will Godi Media Change In Modi 3.0?

'The election results mean that the Opposition can no longer either be ignored or attacked in the way that it has been.' 'For this reason it will be interesting to see how it behaves from here on......

Why Is India Not In The Innovation Race?

India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit......

Google News, solar panels and Dolphin

"On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles on politics in the last six months. Where do you stand?" asks the official Google blog. Users can now see how......

Google making software to aid newspapers

Search engine giant Google is developing a technology that will help newspapers in charging money from online readers. In a proposal to the Newspaper Association of America, Google said it is......

Google gets taste of its own strong medicine

For now, Google has been stymied by the old guards of finance, notes Daniel Indiviglio Google is getting a taste of its own strong medicine. MasterCard and Visa are stopping the tech giant's......

Google's new ad-block service may not find many takers in India

Internet giant Google Inc is ‘experimenting’ with a service that will enable web surfers to block out all advertising for a small monthly fee of $3 or below (under Rs 200). The service......

Drowning In A Sea Of Entertainment

'There is simply too much to watch, read and absorb.''Just online consumption (news, entertainment, social media) in India was 2.5 hours a day in November 2024.''Add TV (just under 4 hours), other......

Riffing With The Readers, Vol 2

I really do try, you know. The emailed response to this column has been staggering, and it mostly involves a genuine interest in cinema and honest to goodness debate, and it's such an improvement......

Spotted: Kapil Dev at the Qatar MotoGP

Reader Louet Colaco sent us this photograph from Qatar. 'Hi. Just came across your site when I googled the Grand Prix event9th March in Qatar. I was on the winning podium as well. Thought of......