Why 2026 Is Crucial Year For India's Military

'The tools of warfare are changing. The MoD must deepen its engagement with technology thinkers that can present compelling visions of where warfare may be heading.' IMAGE: Indian Army personnel......

What The 1962 War Taught The Chinese

The fierce battles of Galwan, Rezang La, Gurung Hill, and Walong taught the PLA a hard lesson: Fighting the Indian Army would never be easy or inexpensive. IMAGE: Indian soldiers in a bunker in......

Why Freebies May Not Save Stalin's DMK

With deep sorrow we mourn the death on Thursday morning of long-time Rediff Columnist Mr N Sathiya Moorthy after a brief illness.This is Mr Sathiya Moorthy's final column which he filed before he......

Hope our adversary learnt some lessons: CDS on Operation Sindoor

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Saturday said India's Operation Sindoor has drawn a 'new red line' of intolerance against terror, and expressed hope that the military action has......

Investment Lessons Learnt From 2019

A flavour-of-the-season approach does not work in investing, suggests Deepesh Raghaw.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com When it comes to investing, skill is extremely important. However,......

How Deepinder Goyal Rewired Zomato

Zomato was not just recovering, it was rebuilding and reinventing, showing signs of maturing as a business. Chaos had been turned into momentum. A fascinating excerpt from Megha Vishwanath's book,......

'I Won't Wait For Decades To Get Reform Done'

'Reform has to be a continuous process. If it is within two years, we will do it.' IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the launch of 'AI for Viksit Bharat: The Opportunity for......

'Banking system has learnt lessons from 2008 crisis'

'They have since only tried to improve systems. Also, with regulatory guidance from time to time, we are in a position to assess a situation and react in time.' Photograph: Rupak De......

Love Lessons Sara, Fatima Learnt

IMAGE: Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sara Ali Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Ali Fazal at the Metro... In Dino trailer launch. Photograph: Panna......

'Salil Chowdhury Could Find A Song Even In A Storm'

'Once when he was on a flight, the plane hit an air-pocket.''The turbulence outside caused it to see-saw violently which caused a lot of panic inside. While his co-passengers were crying and......

'Why Should Men Not Cry?'

'We are not AI. We are allowed to break, and rebuild.' IMAGE: Vijay Varma and Fatima Sana Shaikh in Gustaakh Ishq. Some interviews begin with questions. This one began with tears. When Syed......

'Thought Dharmendra Would Say No To The Kiss In Metro'

'It was amazing how he controlled the crowd, not with force or even star power, but with sheer love.' They worked in just one film together, but Life In A... Metro remains unforgettable even after......

'I Want To Play For India In White-Ball Cricket': Sarfaraz's Big Goal

'I'm just focusing on my hard work, batting freely and on power hitting.' IMAGE: Sarfaraz Khan, who has been in red hot form in domestic cricket, aims to play white-ball cricket for India.......

Rohit's Wisdom, Kohli's Wit: What Jaiswal Learnt

'When you are around him or talk to him, you learn a lot -- in fact, just by watching him, you can learn so much.' IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal together scored 1,269 runs in 28......

Not magic, perseverance and consistency behind Bumrah's fifer

'Here the wicket is hard and the outfield really fast. If you are desperate, if you try to bowl those magic balls, you'd end up bleeding runs.'   IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of......

Sreejesh lauds lion-hearted boys after comeback win

'For me, down 0-2 and then coming out and winning 4-2 in the last quarter is the best thing to have happened in the Junior World Cup.' IMAGE: India registered a dramatic 4–2 victory over......

HI bring in vision coach to fine-tune India's reflex game

'She will work remote mostly, sometime online and sometime on the field. Starting December she is going to work with us till World Cup and Asian Games.' IMAGE: Hand-eye-specialist Dr. Sherylle......