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Why China is flexing its muscles

'India has ramped up infrastructure on its side, so the Chinese military is finding Indian soldiers in locations where they are not used to seeing an Indian footprint,' points out Harsh V Pant.......

'Amit Shah has accomplished Sardar Patel's unfinished task'

'Nehru's hegemonic politics has been responsible for many ills, which undoubtedly includes Kashmir' 'People are completely with the step taken by the Modi government' 'Kashmir is not a......

How should India deal with Pakistan?

'We need to be in a perpetual state of aggression, and able to swiftly change the goal posts to keep Pakistan in a state of imbalance,' argues Sanjeev Nayyar. IMAGE: CRPF troopers during a gun......

Here all in silence, let them sleep their sleep

Right in the midst of bustling Kolkata lies what might be the most prominent population of Britons in India.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com walks through the South Park Street Cemetery. IMAGE:......

REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was

A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by Image: A participant wrestles with a pig in the 'greased pig contest" at the Festival du Cochon (Pig Festival) in......

The Chaos Theory Guy

'Look at Mr Modi. He is a part of this new middle class.''India has never before seen this kind of social mobility, certainly not since medieval times.''As a result, India's entrenched elite, which......

Future imperfect for Indian startups

The high drama of startups speed-dating with angel investors is hard to match, but will India get a new economy at the end of it?, asks Rahul Jacob. Image: India is witnessing a boom of......

Want to make money from rising oil prices?

As global tensions put pressure on the cost of crude oil, sending petrol prices above 1 a litre across the UK, This is Money investment writer Philip Scott investigates how investors can profit......

When AMCs play 'housie' with your money

We have a confession to make. At Personalfn, we are admirers of con jobs. We are truly amused by the con jobs that are pulled off by a certain Mr Daniel Ocean (of Ocean's Eleven) and his crew.......

Competition, open skies...and bust?

Ten years ago, Fortune magazine carried an article questioning the free market paradigm for airlines ("Why Air Travel Doesn't Work," Timothy K Smith with Ronald B Lieber, April 3, 1995). In India,......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

'I knew my film would not have a hero or villain'

'Rakesh's life is hard, but he knows how to find joy.''He doesn't think his life's value comes from money. He sees no shame in his poverty.' IMAGE: A scene from Against The Tide. In what seems......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 75 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Review: Monuments Men isn't worth a showing

It seems exasperating that with this amazing story, George Clooney couldn’t bring about a rousing, breast-beating, educative motion picture with The Monuments Men, rants Raja Sen. O......

Review: Tree Of Life is too self-indulgent

Aseem Chhabra says Brad Pitt-starrer The Tree Of Life is a self-indulgent piece of cinema. Post YOUR reviews here!Today, the world of cinema is divided between two types of film lovers. The first......

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