16-year-old JEE aspirant dies by suicide, another goes missing in Kota

The body a 16-year-old JEE aspirant, who left his hostel for a routine test on February 11 and went missing, was found on Monday night stuck between two trees on a rock in a forest area in......

Ram Rajya, What Does It Mean?

The BJP has been talking about Ram Rajya for years now.I have asked many a right winger what that means, but they cannot say beyond good government, points out A Ganesh Nadar. IMAGE: Devotees at......

The Times They Are A-Changin'

... And what explains the directions of change? asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was a time when I was in my late teens and preparing to embark on a train from......

Kota Factory Calls For More Than Mechanical Repair

The suicides have involved more NEET aspirants than JEE.'It's a make-or-mar situation.''Either you get into a government medical college, where the fee is much lower than in private institutes, or......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on......

My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.' IMAGE: Raj Subramaniam, CEO, FedEx. Photograph: Kind courtesy FedEx Raj Subramaniam is the latest......

Drone maker ideaForge bags biggest order from armed forces

The Army signed a $20-million deal with the Infosys-backed drone maker recently. ideaForge competed with the likes of Tata Group, Dynamatic Technologies, and Israel’s Elbit. When Indian and......

Super 30: 'Show your kids this inspiring movie'

'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.' Hrithik Roshan's new film Super 30 tells an inspirational real life story, and audiences are suitably inspired.......

Super 30 Teachers of Bollywood

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle's words acquire a larger-than-life embodiment in Bollywood's brand of educationists. In Super 30, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bihar-based......

The Dhoni no one really knew...

He was a bit of everything and still a bit more but no one could actually comprehend what.Everyone thought they knew Dhoni, but no one knew him. IMAGE: Indian cricket will remain forever indebted......

Tennis: Nagal aiming for higher rank to make Olympics

IMAGE: Sumit Nagal had stretched 20-time Grand Slam Champion Roger Federer to four sets in opening round of the US Open in August. Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Indian tennis player......