'They wanted the city to be a great business hub. They didn't like the fact that taxes collected in Bombay would go outside the city.' IMAGE: Anjuman-E-Islam was established in 1874 by a group of......
On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......
Glimpses from around the world that will make you smile and cry. Paws At The Pyramid IMAGE: A tourist's cat walks along the edge of a fountain in front of the glass pyramid at the Louvre museum......
'Skirmishes with officials in the Press Information Bureau were an everyday affair as the newspapers sought clearances from the media censors for publishing the next day's editions' IMAGE: Former......
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shaurya Doval has said he has never expressed desire to contest elections but is open to the idea if the party decides to field him. IMAGE: BJP leader Shaurya Doval......
Shift from producing graduates proficient in analysis and strategy to producing graduates capable of initiating, executing, and scaling impactful actions in real-world environments, points out Ajit......
As the business head of Trent Hypermarket, Neville ensures that customers receive high-quality products that adhere to Tata standards. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff One can often find......
Harvard Business School's dean Nitin Nohria will step down from his post in June 2020, ten years after he became the first Indian-origin academician to helm the business school in the prestigious......
From the bylanes of Jalandhar to a regular name in the annual 'Sunday Times Rich List', Lord Swraj Paul, who died on Thursday evening in London aged 94, was one of the most well known NRI......
The story of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the people who shaped its growth: From wars and bomb blasts to speculators, reformers and wealth creators. IMAGE: The informal beginnings of what would......
'...Many of his fans are not Indians.''Even in countries where they don't speak or understand Hindi, Shah Rukh is hugely popular.' IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma in Jab Harry Met Sejal.......
IMAGE: Vedika Pinto in Nishaanchi. After Aneet Padda, Bollywood gets ready for yet another promising actress to storm the big screen. Vedika Pinto, who made her acting debut in Operation Romeo, is......
'Bappi Lahiri was looking for a break so he and his father would meet me.''I told Director Bhisham Kohli about this promising young boy from Kolkata, and Bappi came over with his harmonium.''Bappi......
'When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.' IMAGE: Shahid Kapoor with his mother Neelima Azeem. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Kapoor/Instagram "I......
'It's the work that counts.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Arjun Rampal/Instagram Arjun Rampal has been busy working in various projects, and he's excited about them all. But the thing he's *really*......
Companies will try to piggyback this year's London Olympics to win themselves free advertising, despite some of the strictest rules ever, by upstaging rivals paying millions of pounds to be......
IMAGE: The Indian equestrian team ended a long wait to pick up gold in the Dressage Team Event. Photograph: SAI Media/X India's dressage team cantered to its first ever Asian Games gold and......
A London-based business has reinvented the rubbish bin, making its new recycling containers bomb-proof and sticking LCD screens on the side to tell Londoners about market moves and breaking news.......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Ajay Jayaram/Twitter Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram has retired from international badminton, bringing down the curtain to his nearly two-decade long professional career.......
'I'm now moving into different businesses, I have a lot of things in the pipeline, so as I say, I’m just dabbling in everything and trying to be a business man now.' IMAGE: Usain Bolt's last......