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'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......

Xi Jinping: A princeling turned China's Mao 2.0

Xi's ascent to power and the quick consolidation of his leadership of the party with a shock anti-graft campaign securing the title of the “core leader” of the party bequeathed only to......

PFI, 8 other outfits banned under UAPA for 5 years for terror links

The Centre on Wednesday banned the Popular Front of India for five years under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), accusing the Islamic outfit of having......

'Gorbachev was an idealist; Putin is a realist'

'There is only one common feature between Gorbachev and Putin.''They are both patriots, and both try to save Russia and make it great.''But in very, very, different ways.' IMAGE: President......

'Gorbachev let the Soviet empire die'

'It would be a huge mistake to think that Gorbachev's reforms did not achieve anything.''We all live in the world, which is in many respects a result of Glasnost and Perestroika.' IMAGE: Russian......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

Viral Acharya's remedies for the Indian economy

Acharya emphasised that the time is "really ripe" for land, labour and agricultural reforms in India. The Indian government needs to reduce its reliance on bond markets and undertake a heavy......

Arvind Subramanian: 'Brace for slower growth'

'The macro-economic stresses -- high interest rates, rupee depreciation and capital flows -- have receded now.''Interest rates have come down, inflation is down and the rupee has bounced back.''If......

Does RBI's board have the skill to handhold the management?

If indeed we want the board to manage the RBI, probably the government should take a close look at the US Federal Reserve system which has a two-part structure - a central authority in Washington,......

'India is a great place to do business, come back. Jai Hind'

Businessman P C Mustafa wants Indian Americans to return home, Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza outlines how Indian tech companies could grow, Gaurav Dalmia has some investment recommendations while......

10 movie gems from Berlin

Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.' With nearly 400 films in several different sections, this year's Berlinale was......

The real hero of Aligarh

Dr Ramchandra Siras, whose life has inspired the film Aligarh, was a man determined to be a freak in the show called Life, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee, right, plays Dr......

Best of Alan Rickman: Much more than a villain

Saluting Alan Rickman. Every single tribute to the late British actor Alan Rickman recalls his rich, penetrating gaze and drawling yet imperious voice. And understandably so. But the actor's real......

For Putin, World Cup shows Russia cannot be caged by hostile West

In the Russian president's eyes, it sends a message of defiance to the world and his own people which fits his favoured storyline: Russia is succeeding despite Western efforts to hold it back.......

IOC will not impose blanket ban on Russia for Rio Olympics

IMAGE: An unidentified member of Russia's Olympic team carries her belongings outside the airport in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)......

Russian hooligans see themselves as Kremlin foot soldiers

Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when they clash with......

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