India will have to be ready for covert Sino-Pak threat

There has been discussion and debate recently that India will have to be prepared for a collusive threat from China and Pakistan and measures have been suggested to face such an eventuality. As......

'There is no such thing as apolitical'

Balmurli Natrajan, anthropology professor at the William Paterson University in New Jersey, is one of the most visible campus activists in the country. He is involved with the South Asia Solidarity......

Gita study to be mandatory at Seton Hall Univ

The study of the Bhagvad Gita has become mandatory for every student joining Seton Hall University in New Jersey from this year. Seton Hall is an independent, Catholic university under the......

'War purifies you'

In a bloody war that lasted nearly 25 years, Afghanistan lost 1.5 million people. Masood Khalili, the Afghan ambassdor to India until recently, feels it will take another 20 years before his......

Capitalism: A zero-sum game

Stock markets and entrepreneurism are linked and private equity is about taking the start-up to the IPO stage, writes Mukul Pal. I was at an entrepreneurship workshop conducted by Peter B Zaboji.......

Stop protectionism, India tells 1st World

India has asked rich nations to end protectionism, which costs developing countries $ 700 billion a year in export income, if the world is to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at......

Why our education system needs a fix!

'He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.' ~ Friedrich NietzschePink Floyd's We don't need no education was not just a song of a genre or a generation. It became an anthem for a......

'I've seen him return checks worth crores'

'He was intelligent beyond belief and some of you can barely read.''And you know what? He didn't care about all of you or your dumb opinions then. He won't care any less now.''But I do.''Protecting......

Sushant Singh Rajput's unfulfilled dreams

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sushant Singh Rajput/Instagram 'He who has why to live can bear almost any how.' Sushant Singh Rajput quoted the late German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche on the......

'Taimur is having a good time'

'I am enjoying hanging out with my son.' IMAGE: Saif with son Taimur. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor/Instagram Saif Ali Khan is keeping himself occupied in the lockdown by doing things......

Review: Batman Vs Superman is the worst superhero film of all-time

The film whirrs along from disjointed scene to disjointed scene, the only intriguing ones being weird B-movie moments that turn out, far too frequently, to be Batman's dreams, says Raja Sen What......

'Unmukt was always focused and clear that he wanted to play cricket'

India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand's parents trace the rise of their son in an interview with Rediff.com's Priyanka. The bookshelf in Unmukt Chand's room is decorated with the autobiography of......

Graeme Smith: born to lead

August 6, 2003 | 19:40 ISTOh my Lord's, what a place to watch cricket!Lord's provides a great diversity of human beings. You have the Barmy Army in their jeans and England tops. Men dressed as......