Calculative risks is what differentiates the successful businesses from the rest, points out Bhargav Varma, co-founder and COO of CiS App, a social networking venture.
Here are Sukanya Verma's favourite female performances of 2021.
Indeed, there were frauds, and the politician-banker-industrialist nexus played a role in the rise of NPAs, but governance issues in Indian banking are far more nuanced and complex, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
A fresh insight into the five things that have been for long viewed as total no-no for our health and well-being.
Fixated on guns, genitals and gaalis, Cartel's first impression is a complete stinker, warns Sukanya Verma.
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
Aditi Phadnis picks five key seats in the three states where assembly elections are being held today.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell wants the world's leading players to converge and decide on a structure that needs to be built to save the future of Test cricket, with India skipper Virat Kohli as their designated "spokesperson".
'The colloquial language forced a turn to the recent past and I thought about the hangings of men like Afzal Guru and Yakub Memon.' 'Whatever their deeds, proven or still in doubt, did their deaths not deserve to be mourned by a sister, wife, or child?' A fascinating excerpt from Amitava Kumar's Writing Badly Is Easy.
Meenakshi Sundareshwar is a Basu Chatterjee slice-of-life packaged in a glossy ad film whose source of heart are its two genuinely likeable leads, feels Sukanya Verma.
For females, a new study has revealed, physical anatomy plays more of an important role.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that with pro-people measures and infrastructure development, Modi has not only prepared a blueprint for making a strong 'new India' but also a self-reliant one for the country's 'golden future', while party president J P Nadda declared that the period will be known for taking tough and big decisions and turning challenges into opportunities.
Three college teams from across India won cash prizes at rediff.com's Social Media Wizard 2010 contest held in Mumbai.
Designer Wendell Rodricks' show was an ode to plus-size women.
'There has been far too much overconfidence about the size and composition of the Indian consumer economy,' notes Mihir S Sharma.
Describing state and district officials as 'field commanders' in the fight against COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said localised containment zones, aggressive testing and sharing correct and complete information with people are weapons to defeat the pandemic.
Fake news, much like the golden deer in the Ramayana, is leading the world into chaos, says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Mr Modi should welcome the rupee's fall as overdue, not criticise it.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam would decide on accommodating V K Sasikala, confidante of late chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, in the ruling party-led alliance for the April 6 assembly polls.
All of India welcomes the Light Combat Helicopter into the Armed Forces arsenal and wishes it a safe tenure and happy shooting. May it rule the skies and ensure that the enemies are given a fitting reply when the need arises.
The OTT treasure is brimming again with tons of treats in various genres and languages. Sukanya Verma suggests what you can catch this week.
'As a donor, you may think you are saving one life. But you touch the lives of the entire family and community associated with the person. And it only cost you a few hours of your life.'
Everybody must have a Sunday Project, says author Chandan Deshmukh
The simplicity of the model that was the original, which allowed it to glide with grace, has been foregone, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
When swayed away by a number of surrounding myths, we fail to understand the financial mechanics of credit cards and end up paying more.
Action, animation, drama, documentary, there's plenty to watch on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma makes it easy for you.
In an exclusive chat with Rediff users, bestselling author Amish Tripathi takes questions on his books, his films and his gods.
Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta on what it takes to be a beauty queen.
The concept of 'fairness by rulers' is deeply ingrained in Indians and any weakening of this dents the legitimacy of the ruler, warns military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Dr Prathima Reddy debunks the various myths surrounding the health condition.
'As long as we have such partners, Russia cannot be isolated.'
Officials also said that the move to send out the emails was a conscious choice as part of a communication strategy for public interest.
Of the six out of eight episodes shared by Netflix, I finished all in one effortless go, says Sukanya Verma who applauds this well-made thriller.
'If the Congress party wants to take on the BJP it cannot do it in this fuddy-duddy, grand old party, style.'
Humor and silly puns are being used as the latest weapons in the fight against extreme militants who now control large swathes of Iraqi territories. Playing on the words Kalifa (Caliphate) and Kurafa (myths or superstitions), the new Iraqi comedy show 'Dawlat al-Khurafa' (State of Myths), began airing on Iraqi state television early this month.
'There is so much division in the country. People are getting more and more into 'Main Hindu hoon woh Mussalmaan hai'.' 'This climate of suspicion and hostility must stop,' The Legend, 92 today, tells Subhash K Jha in an exclusive interview.
The film focuses on the period between 1958 and 1970 when Brazil won three out of the four World Cups and established itself as the country of football.
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