'What is predominant in India is disguised unemployment'

'When you do some job for a few hours, you are hardly earning enough to survive.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was euphoria in social media about India becoming a $4 trillion......

How PM Modi Became Saint Modi

The transmogrification of Prime Minister Modi to Saint Modi began with the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.By identifying himself with Lord Ram, Modi raised himself in popular......

'This is governance by fear'

'The Emergency was a temporary affair. It was withdrawn after 20 months.''But we are in this situation for the last 10 years.''If the Emergency was jhatka, this is halal, slow killing.'......

Governor-CM Rifts: Democracy At Risk

Governors must be impartial, fair, and above narrow politics to uphold the values and spirit of the Constitution.But in a rapidly changing political culture where the unstated rule is to crush the......

Should pension savings be mandatory?

'When we say we want to increase pension participation, do we want to increase participation through the savings route?''Or do we want people to save in specific pension products?' asks Renuka......

Family and Rs 500 crore: How a Chettiar community is reviving entrepreneurship

Some decades ago, nearly 90 per cent of Nattukottai Chettiars were entrepreneurs; this has dropped to 15 per cent. The community plans to reverse the numbers through know-how, family support,......

The solution to India's unemployment crisis

One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale, say Manish Sabharwal & Sumit Kumar. In 1935, a......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

10 things we don't know about Vaani Kapoor

Get to know the Befikre girl better! She made her Bollywood debut in 2013 opposite Sushant Kapoor in Shuddh Desi Romance and then disappeared! When she re-appeared on the Bollywood......

Nikhat selected for boxing trials of Olympic qualifiers

IMAGE: Mary Kom has been ranked one, Nikhat Zareen was given a second ranking, while Jyoti and Ritu have been ranked third and fourth respectively. Photograph: Nikhat Zareen/Twitter Nikhat......

Sakshi accorded grand welcome, presented Rs 2.5 crore cheque

'I will work hard to change the colour of my medal at next Olympics.' IMAGE: Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik on her arrival at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi.......