Then chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.
The people who know Tibet will continue to fight the good fight. Long, hard, less than hopeful, but always peaceful.
Protesters outside the Jordanian pilot's home said they will seek revenge.
Some 230 kilometres from Kolkata, in West Bengal's Birbhum district, 500 children stand out because of their 'unconventional' education, says Anjuli Bhargava.
No wedding invitation? No problem! Rajul Punjabi who gate-crashed a wedding shares her experience
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Here's your weekly dose of stories that are weird, true and funny!
You can gift a day at a spa, a curated gourmet meal at a pool side or an offbeat travel trip.
In a minor relief for residents of flood-hit Chennai, the rains have stayed away for the last few hours.
Dhruv Shirpurkar's parents never let go of their faith in God while standing with him in his battle against a rare disorder that left him 85 per cent disabled and bound to a wheelchair.
A weekend in the beautiful sleepy town of Mukteshwar is just what you need to bust your stress, says Suchismita Banerjee.
'You don't have to be a size zero to be attractive on screen. It's about owning who you are and your body and embracing it.' Straight talk from Sunny Leone.
The journey of the digitally restored version of The Apu Trilogy is packed with dark stories and years of near detective work by those determined to preserve some of Satyajit Ray's finest works.
Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube.
Hemant Kanoria tells Niraj Bhatt why understanding the dynamics of the borrower's business is critical for the lender.
'India simply wasn't prepared for the fact that a natural-born American could be organising a major terror plot in their country. And they didn't look for people like him.' 'Headley is one of the most complex and interesting terrorists of the last many years.'
Before finding their 'happily-ever-after', some Kapoors have endured and inflicted heartbreak.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
'The BCCI is one of the best administrative bodies in the world.' 'In a democratic set-up there will always be a power struggle, that is part of every society or every association, but it does not mean we have done something bad.' 'We have done everything possible we could for the game.'
You won't regret including this list in your itinerary.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
Sunita Dugar, Parneet Sandhu and Neetha Jegan set out on a dream trip that changed their life. This is their story.
'Sonia Gandhi can't rejuvenate the party, her heir is fodder for stand-up comedians, and nobody in the Congress has the guts to question the Nehru-Gandhis.'
Amid massive protests by the opposition in the Kerala assembly state Finance Minister K M Mani, facing corruption charges in the bar licence issue, presented the budget on Friday morning.
The city is becoming more democratic as the past embraces the future says Rahul Jacob.
Even as France mourns the bloodiest terrorist attack for 20 years, let's take a look at some major standoffs witnessed in the past:
20 years ago this day, May 11, 1998, India conducted its second nuclear test at Pokharan in Rajasthan. In a fascinating interview on Rediff.com, K Subrahmanyam revealed how Indian PMs reacted to nuclear ambitions.
The stage on which the Jammu and Kashmir flood disaster played out is littered with protagonists, most of whom did not receive the attention they deserve, says Ajai Shukla
'My worst performances are in those movies in which the directors showed me how to act,' Emraan Hashmi tells Arthur J Pais/ Rediff.com in Toronto.
Life inside the prime minister's official residence is highly regulated, but it comes with its perks, says Veenu Sandhu
'I'm not withdrawing any allegations. I want those CDRs (Peter's call data records).' 'Those are my feelings.'
'I have only this to say to those who talk about Mewar rulers and Akbar's brutality -- do you expect a king to not expand his kingdom?' 'You have entire cities named after Muslim rulers. It's time our heroes got their due.'
It is time to reset expectations as government will move with alacrity on social policy, not on economic reforms.
'It was a mission undertaken in darkness in every sense -- literally, because Afghanistan had no electricity at that time; and, metaphorically because Delhi historically dealt only with the Pashtuns of Afghanistan and the foreign ministry's vast archives had nothing to offer on the culture and politics of the northern tribes in the Hindu Kush.'
Shibani Gharat loves to run. So this September the 29-year-old decided to test her limits and ran 72 kilometres along the world's highest motorable path. This is her story.
Indrani is clearly in charge in her little corner. She is speaking rapidly to a not-very-tall, pot-bellied, balding man, whom she repeatedly, decisively, asks, "Have you understood?" The tone is that of a boss talking to an employee. The words "cheque" and "two lakhs" float by.
Pilates, a fitness system that focuses on stretching to help the muscles find their balance, is becoming popular. The author tries it out.
Fun and games at start-ups have ended as easy money dries up.
The awards aren't the only story, and here, in chronological order, are my top 10 moments from this year's Globes.
A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
