Will hold tricolour and J-K flag together: Mehbooba

People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asserted that she will hold the tricolour and the flag of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir together, saying as an MLA she had......

After fighting crime, this top cop is fighting hunger

'There are 80 million tonnes of foodgrain in our godowns and yet, 200 million people go to bed hungry.''So I decided to fight hunger.' IMAGE: D Sivanandan, Maharashtra's former director general of......

7 reasons why Kejriwal won Delhi

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 7 reasons behind Arvind Kejriwal's triumph. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal takes aim. Photograph: Kind courtesy Arvind Kejriwal/Instagram 1. No......

Why I want to be flown by Captain Mateti

'There are many among us who will feel content and proud if occasion rises for us to hear his name on a flight announcement,' says Nikita Puri. IMAGE: Standup comic Kunal Kamra, banned by four......

Why Bank HRs Are Under Pressure Suddenly

Employees across segments, including those involved in specialised jobs such as technology, compliance and risk management, have started leaving the bank fold in hordes, observes Tamal......

'Without skills you are a recipient of charity'

'Jobs will exist at very high levels or low levels of skill sets.''People, who are in middle level jobs, are the ones who are facing the problem as such jobs are fast disappearing because of......

It's time India moved beyond bijli, sadak, pani

Climate change, air quality, nutrition, even connectivity are joining the political agenda, and it will force a shift in policies, notes Shekhar Gupta.   Nothing can change so dramatically......

40 years have passed, the Nirma girl still endears

Image: The Nirma University. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Wikimedia Commons The Nirma girl won’t be revived in its advertisements for emotional reasons, note Sohini Das and Sayantani Kar. A......

The Great Indian Family Review: Vicky Bats For Secularism

The Great Indian Family, observes Sukanya Verma, is a cheerful fable that points out the absurdity of discrimination as a tool employed by power hungry opportunists. The Great Indian Family echoes......

Sholay Actor Birbal Passes Away

IMAGE: Asrani and Birbal in Sholay.   Veteran actor Satinder Kumar Khosla, popularly known as Birbal, succumbed to a cardiac arrest on Tuesday, September 12. He was in his 80s. Khosla......

Alvida: Film folk who left us in 2019

Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.   Girish Karnad......

Bollywood's 36 jhoola moments

From chandeliers, balloons, the moon, the reds -- it's the little things that draw us to the bigger picture. Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood......