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Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

World One Step Away From Disaster

A step away from nuclear weapons being used in conflicts, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Kindly note the images have only been published for representational purposes. All photographs: Kind......

Nirmalaji And Why I Quit The Government

She said I treated her like a bachchi.At another moment, she said I had gone to various people and 'bitched' about her.She also threatened to bring the entire matter to the PM's notice.A revealing......

Pay Rs 30 lakh to kin of dead sewer cleaners: SC

Taking a grim view of incidents of sewer deaths in the country, the Supreme Court on Friday said government authorities will have to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the kin of those who die while......

The Punjabis Are Fleeing

There's an entire gurdwara dedicated to immigration.People present tiny airliner models here in the hope that Waheguru will soon give them a ticket, passport and visa to leave, reveals Shekhar......

Modi Failed India on the Economy

The government did not tell us why our economy had imploded.The prime minister simply stopped speaking on the subject, Aakar Patel points out. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Till......

Green shoots are mechanical rebound, don't read much into it: Subbarao

Subbarao said, short-term as well as medium-term prospects or Indian economy continue to be grim. Fiscal deficit is going to be much higher, the debt burden much larger and the financial sector......

Modi's 1st problem: A below-normal monsoon

'The first two months of the monsoon are not looking good.''In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.' IMAGE: The parched bed of the Chembarambakkam reservoir in Chennai in 2017.......

How workers are being crushed by a brutal Gig Economy

'Drawn in by fuzzy promises about unleashing the entrepreneur in each of us and the benefits of being one's own boss, people find themselves instead oppressed by an algorithm,' notes Rahul......

Why India's airlines ain't flying higher and higher

The biggest let down for India's aviation sector has been the failure of the government to privatise Air India, says Anjuli Bhargava. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/rediff.com It might be too early for......

Have You Watched These OTT Films Yet?

There may not have been anything as remarkable as 2022's Darlings or Qala on OTT in 2023, but the advantage of the medium is the variety of genres that can be found, and there are always surprises.......

Oppenheimer: Film-Making At Its Exhilarating Best

The narrative is faithful to the source, American Prometheus, but what makes it absolutely spell-binding is Christopher Nolan's technique, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Cillian Murphy as J......

'Vidya can elevate any script'

'You write stories about the world you live in.''The day I try to write a film with agendas in mind, I will be a fake.' IMAGE: Rohini Hattangady and Vidya Balan in Jalsa. Suresh Triveni's......

Why Meera Chopra won't work in the South anymore

'I could not adjust to the way they treat you.''They expect certain things from you, which I was not comfortable with.''Like, they expect you to wear a certain kind of clothes, even if you don't......

'I felt Irrfan may come back'

'I knew Irrfan was unwell.''I knew that things were not going well, but there was always that hope.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Irrfan/Instagram Shah Rukh Khan has given us so many love stories on......

How Mumbai Lost The Plot

IMAGE: Abhinav Manohar showed his range of shots during his 42 off 21 balls. Photograph: BCCI It was a mid-table clash that was expected to bring out the best from both teams. However, what was......

PIX: Manchester City held, fall behind Arsenal in title race

A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League. IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Braut Haaland shoots at goal during the Premier League match against Nottingham Forest on......

Indian Batsmen Have FORGOTTEN to ATTACK

'No team has a lower attacking shot percentage than #IND'.Who would have imagined India would be sitting even below Namibia in the points table? IMAGE: Rishabh Pant bowled by Adam Milne.......

Footballer's assist helps COVID-struck Manipur breathe

Photograph: Kind courtesy Renedy Singh/Instagram Former India mid-field maestro Renedy Singh is working relentlessly to arrange oxygen cylinders and help his home state of Manipur win the battle......

Why have Liverpool gone from monsters to minnows?

IMAGE: Six successive home defeats have put champions Liverpool's top four finish in doubt as their collapse from the leading team in the land has been fast and furious. Photograph: Laurence......

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