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Betrayal of salaried, middle classes: Opposition decries Budget 2022

The Congress on Tuesday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country's salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief......

Should Women Fight Wars?

Should we be exposing our women volunteers to the barbarity of actual combat, ask Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: The Indian Army has deployed women......

What a writer this man is!

'One of his most famous scenes is set in a prison in Delhi where the British try to subvert Karla, the legendary Soviet spy who is being transferred back to Moscow and is being temporarily detained......

Will Xi Jinping's China survive?

'Is Xi's China stable?''No one can say whether the regime will fall all at once or if its leaders are devising a new solid and competitive -- anything but democratic -- model.'A fascinating excerpt......

7 Reasons why the UPA may win in 2014

By speaking out against Manmohan Singh, by constantly bashing the UPA/Congress, Narendra Modi by 2014 will be like a television show in replay mode. In winning the intra-BJP battle, he runs losing......

Taxing The Rich To Please The Poor

Taxing the rich will fetch nothing; only votes, argues Debashis Basu. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters Recently, Bloomberg reported India was preparing to overhaul its direct tax laws to help 'Prime......

Mr Modi, let's have same rules for ALL rich Indians

While the PM sees zero tax on long-term capital gains and dividend income as unfair since the beneficiaries are not poor, he is silent on the fact that rich farmers too don’t pay taxes, since......

'India are the good boys of the world'

'People trust India and Indians a lot more than they trust China and the Chinese.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Indian markets are just catching up with their global peers after years of......

Explained: Why are fuel prices rising in India?

The oil crisis could not have come at a worse time for the Modi government as its tax collection has fallen short of its 2020-2021 target by Rs 5.2 lakh crore. IMAGE: Congress workers pulli a car......

The next billionaire boom

It's hard to see them with all the gloomy news, but they're out there. Working away in the shadows of the global recession, a slew of future billionaires are quietly tinkering with the ideas that......

Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is just perfect

Raja Sen raves about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; it is the perfect way to end 2011.Some cinema, like the best single malt, should be breathed in slowly and reverentially. It must be tasted......

IPL Auction 2022: Teams, Players, all you need to know

IMAGE: The 15th Indian Premier League’s Player Auction will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. Photograph: BCCI The 15th IPL auction, commencing on Saturday, will be the last of its......

Can Dravid Better Shastri?

The tough part about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled, observes Sandeep Goyal. IMAGE: Rahul Dravid walks out for a nets session with the Indian......

ICC may revise FTP to accommodate IPL

Newly appointed International Cricket Councilchief executive officerHaroon Lorgat has hinted that the international cricket calendar may be revised to make room for the cash-rich Indian Premier......