'Ajit Doval said, "They are threatening us now".' A revealing excerpt from former RA&W chief A S Dulat's A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir. IMAGE: Two Taliban officials watch the hijacked Indian......
A host of conspiracy theories followed, involving Indira Gandhi, her younger son Sanjay, his favourite small car project, secret funding of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini and even the Central......
Hindu, Urdu, or something in between. That was the kernel of an argument between first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan over the translation of a presidential......
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which trained a batch of Assam's United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in 1991-92, considered the rebel group's chief Paresh Baruah a prize catch......
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......
'Three manufacturing sectors can create jobs by the million: Apparel, food, and electronic assembly.''Let's talk to them and ask them what it would take to scale by a factor of ten,' suggests......
Under Urjit Patel, the then RBI Governor, the central bank had a habit of making complete about-turns on various issues, including electoral bonds and digital payments, former finance secretary......
'The pipeline of new industrial projects is the best I've seen in the last 10 years, and it looks solid enough to sustain for at least a few quarters,' points out Naushad Forbes, adding, 'It is......
Patel, who headed the RBI from September 2016 till his sudden resignation in December 2018, says in his book thta the government seemed to lose enthusiasm for the new bankruptcy law in the......
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......
'We did take after take, confusing and stressing her out, until she just threw up her hands and said she couldn't do it.''She was close to tears.' A fascinating excerpt from Adman Madman:......
By refusing to follow the pack and remain politically correct, Aamir Khan has paid a price.A fascinating excerpt from Shobhaa De's new book, Insatiable. IMAGE: Aamir Khan. All photographs: Kind......
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.' Photograph: Kind......
For Sanjeev Kumar, it was the role, and what he could do with it, that mattered.Videos: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com IMAGE: Anil Kapoor launches Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved. Photograph: Kind......
'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' 'Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same.''Also, Jai ho.''I did Ramba ho in 1985.''Rahman combined three of my......
Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......
Marjine's allegations prompted the men's and women's teams to issue a joint statement, stating that the former India coach levelled the allegation against Manpreet to publicise his book.......
The only way for Dravid to sort out the mess was by forcing a showdown and getting Chappell removed as coach.That possibility was remote as Dravid neither had the ears of the BCCI nor was he the......
'All selectors must be sufficiently thick-skinned and prepared to take criticism.'T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan checks out Ravi Shastri's first book. IMAGE: Head Coach Ravi Shastri looks on as rain......
'He will scold you, tell you off but at the same time, he will tell you what you can do to get better, he will actually demonstrate to you.' IMAGE: India head coach Ravi Shastri speaks to the......