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When Muslim League Wanted Rampur For Pakistan

'If you can have Rampur flown magically to Pakistan's borders, I might ask the nawab to accede to Pakistan. Else, I'm afraid we have no choice in the matter but to join India.' A riveting excerpt......

IFS was upper caste service, more democratic now: Aiyar

Congress leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar called the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of yore an "upper caste" service, which he claimed is becoming more democratic now with the flavour of......

The legend who built India's first radio telescope

Even after five decades of use, the telescope at Ooty that Dr Govind Swarup designed and built continues to be the largest single frequency radio telescope in the world, notes Hari Pulakkat.......

Indira asked Rahul to 'take charge' after her death

Then prime minister Indira Gandhi valued her grandson Rahul Gandhi's 'grit and determination' and often considered him mature enough to be taken into confidence on subjects she avoided discussing......

How COVID is changing the game plan for booksellers, publishers

In the future, publishers will need to think of digital immersive marketing just like marketing a movie or show on Netflix is an immersive experience. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After......

The dancing legends wowing India

Bharata Natyam legends Shanta and V P Dhananjayan discover they are a national sentation after their Vodafone ads.Nikita Puri encounters a couple who believe in breaking moulds. IMAGE: Shanta and......

Innovation lessons for India from Isarel

Israel is an incredibly innovative nation. It ranks the highest in the world in the per capita number of patents filed, notes R Gopalakrishnan. One response to my last InnoColumn was......

How did Nirav Modi pull off PNB fraud?

Theoretically, Modi, who understood corporate finance, committed no crime by raising debt to fund a growing business.In fact, he did a tidy job of it, but his operation started to see the ground......

When Suchitra Sen Got Upset With Dev Anand

'Suchitra Sen threatened to leave, with the film only 80 per cent complete.' IMAGE: Suchitra Sen and Dev Anand in Bombai Ka Babu. Raj Khosla made several blockbusters like CID (1956), Woh Kaun......

'Never said India lost deliberately': Stokes calls it 'clickbait'

IMAGE: In his soon to be published book titled On Fire, Ben Stokes analysed each of England's games in the World Cup. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images England allrounder Ben Stokes......

Tendulkar's autobiography breaks World record; goes past Dan Brown, JK Rowling

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar at the launch of his autobiography in Mumbai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com He might have bid adieu to cricket but Sachin Tendulkar continues to make records......

Stokes questions Dhoni's approach in England WC match

'Arguably, the way MS Dhoni played when he came in with 112 runs needed from 11 overs was even stranger. He appeared more intent on singles than sixes. Even with a dozen balls remaining, India......

First Look: Tendulkar's remarkable story in his own words!

Sachin Tendulkar, the highest run-scorer in the history of international cricket, retired in 2013 after playing for an astonishing 24 years. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all-time, he was......

When Tendulkar's first Chinese food experience was soured by friends!

'My father set me free at the age of 11 when he told me, 'Chase your dreams, but make sure you don't find shortcuts to them'.' IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali enjoying a meal in Mussoorie.......