'Mamata Should Have Done Something Else'

'She could have sat down with the students and taken a list of their grievances including their allegations and suspicions.''Not all suspicions are true, but you have to listen, you have to let the......

Comrade Sitaram Yechury, Lal Salaam!

Biman Basu, the senior-most Marxist leader in the country, pays homage to a comrade he has known and admired since the 1980s. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in......

The Political Mystique Of Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury strived to have the country's Left movement shed its doctrinaire approach to India's socio-cultural complexities and stitch electoral and social alliances to fight the Sangh......

Lal Salaam, Comrade Buddhadeb

He was reviled by critics in his party as a neo-liberal in disguise but till the end, he retained his belief in secularism and the humanity of Communism. IMAGE: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then the......

Don't the babus need a phoren summer break?

Codgers on holiday in rising India! Growing foreign travel is one sign of the radical change in rising India’s vacation dynamic. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. As scorching......

Budget doesn't have much for the youth

  The Budget won't create the millions of jobs Modi had promised in his election pledge, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. 'It's clearly a Budget,' said George W Bush when shown a document. 'It's got......

The story of West Bengal's dismal industrial performance

A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the ‘miniaturisation’ of projects, notes Ashok K Lahiri. Image: Miniaturisation will not work for industry and......

Bullet trains: Modi's extravagant gift to Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's loyalty to his home state, Gujarat, is admirable but an Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train will not begin to address any of the many problems Indian Railways faces, notes......

'Thank You For Choosing Me'

Bollywood celebrated Daughter's Day with beautiful pictures. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhavana Pandey/Instagram Bhavana Pandey shares a picture of daughters Ananya and Rysa and wishes them, 'Keep......

Katrina Enjoys 'Dilli Ki Sardi'

Nimrat gets back to work... Sanjana takes a break... Sobhita finds peace... Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif takes her new film Merry Christmas to Delhi and enjoys......

What's On Tamannaah's Mind?

Salman does a reality check... Kartik spends time with Katori... Bipasha shows her whole world... Photograph: Kind courtesy Tamannaah Bhatia/Instagram And that's how Tamannaah Bhatia gets her......

Karan's Ode To Fatherhood: My most precious dream

'I’m constantly in a state of gratitude just to be a witness to this miracle of a woman, creating a life within her and making it look like it’s all just a part of her day.'......