Ravi Subramanian discusses his latest crime thriller, The Bankster, with Faisal Kidwai.
Kochi leads the rest of India in crimes, Faisal Kidwai discovers, scrutinising the National Crime Research Bureau's records.
Customers are conscious about prices but they don't want to compromise on quality, according to GE's main man John Flannery. Faisal Kidwai reports
He said the policy paralysis, which had gripped the country in recent months, was over, and India was back in business.
Discuss Pranab Mukherjee's tenure as FM with Senior Associate Editor (Business)Faisal Kidwai.
India will find it difficult to grow in a dynamic way because it has a high debt-to-GDP ratio, says Jim Rogers.
We are looking to be a big part of the start-up ecosystem in India, says Nihal Mehta in an interview.
Unless the poor get richer, the domestic market is going to be considerably stalled, says Shikha Dalmia.
'He is not acting solo.' 'The plot may have people within the Congress and outside.'
For two years beginning 1961, the Congress party's headquarters in New Delhi played host to Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and leader of the non-violent movement for human rights and democracy in Myanmar (the erstwhile Burma), who is currently on a visit to India. Suu Kyi was barely 15 when she arrived at 24 Akbar Road with her mother, recounts Rasheed Kidwai
Corruption, Anna Hazare's campaign and lack of grassroot support have led to the party's downfall, say analysts. Faisal Kidwai reports from Lucknow
Reserve Bank of India's move to cut cash reserve ratio has been welcomed by analysts.
High fiscal deficit and debt ratios remain one of the biggest constraints.
We should use criticism constructively instead of getting offended, says Faisal Kidwai
'Muslims are divided on caste, class, region, language and even religious lines. It is almost impossible to club all these Muslim communities into one category to identify some kind of political pattern,' says Hilal Ahmed, associate fellow, Centre for the Study of Development Societies, New Delhi.
When Nehru came in active contact with Gandhi 100 years ago, he was a Westernised rationalist while Gandhi was deeply soaked in the Indian ethos and spirituality, notes Rasheed Kidwai.
I used to personally deliver beer to Indian restaurants in my car, says Lord Karan Billimoria.
By thinking about growth versus poverty we have missed the main point, says MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee.
India needs well-educated and competent politicians, says Abhishek Mishra, who resigned from his job as a professor at IIM-Ahmedabad to join the Samajwadi Party. Now appointed UP's minister of state for protocol, he tells Faisal Kidwai why he has great hopes for the future.
India needs well-educated and competent politicians, says Abhishek Mishra, who resigned from his job as a professor at IIM-Ahmedabad to join the Samajwadi Party. Now appointed UP's minister of state for protocol, he tells Faisal Kidwai why he has great hopes for the future.
Growth is the only way poverty can be reduced, says JPMorgan Chase's Jahangir Aziz.
There are strong rumours of Akhilesh Yadav, son of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, of being the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, as the party holds its first post-poll meeting at the party's headquarters in Lucknow.
Rediff.com's Faisal Kidwai sends a first-person account from Lucknow
Bhartiya Janata Party will not support either Bahujan Samaj Party or Samajwadi Party, says veteran BJP leader Lalji Tandon in an interview to Faisal Kidwai.
'Although Rahul's energy and commitment are to be acknowledged, there is no alternative to good party organisation at the grassroots, and this the Congress lacks. If they set their organisational house in order, combined with an enlightened leadership, the Congress will go far in many states.'
Uttar Pradesh, unlike almost any other Indian state, is ruled and run on caste. There are more than 60 castes in the state and all compete with each other for political patronage and benefits. In some ways, caste is a bigger player in the state than either religion or national issues, says Faisal Kidwai.
Rasheed Kidwai, associate editor of The Telegraph newspaper who is the author of Sonia: A biography and 24 Akbar Road, made an exclusive appearance on Rediff Chat on Monday where he fielded wide-ranging questions about the Presidential poll. Here is the transcript from the chat..
Exit polls predict that the BSP and SP will not get enough votes to form a government in Uttar Pradesh, hinting at the possibility that either party may turn to the Congress or BJP for support. Faisal Kidwai reports from Luknow.
Mamata launched the 'Jionet' brand Wi-Fi service.
Small gestures from Indira gave Sonia the confidence that she could be a daughter-in-law in the distinguished family.
Will Priyanka contest against Modi in Varanasi? Will Rahul also contest from Karnataka? Rasheed Kidwai -- Sonia Gandhi and the Congress party's biographer -- reveals what is churning in the Congress.
The Samajwadi Party can form the government in Uttar Pradesh without the support of the Congress, if initial leads turn into actual wins for the party. The party is leading at 171 seats and it can take the support of Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal and others to reach the magic figure of 202 -- the number needed to form the state government. According to figures available till now, SP has emerged as the leading party in UP, the Bahujan Samaj Party is at second place.
If we are able to get our act together, we may be able to see growth climb again to more than eight per cent, says Jamal Mecklai.
It was a battle of wits between IBN-18 network editor-in-chief, Rajdeep Sardesai, and Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Mani Shankar Aiyar.
Sheela Bhatt tries to make sense of the rising stature of Congress leader Digvijay Singh and his brand of politics.
India has been looking at ways to switch from dollar as the US and EU have imposed sanctions on Iran's oil industry and financial institutions.
Analyst say the ruling is good news, especially from the global perspective.
Imagine the response if a dark-skinned Indian woman who had acted in porn films had gone to the Bigg Boss house instead of an Indo-Canadian porn actress, says Faisal Kidwai.
India can be a major politico-economic force, but it needs leadership that understands the power of billion-dollar investments and is not afraid to flex its muscle, says Faisal Kidwai.
The most surprising part in the whole so-called Arab Spring is that the countries which were relatively more liberal and secular were the ones to see mass uprisings, while the countries that are more inward-looking and theology-driven, such as Saudi Arabia, have yet to see the kind of protests witnessed on Cairo or Tunis streets, says Faisal Kidwai
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