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'I like him as a person, and as a politician.'
'What does our conservatism seek to conserve?' 'Of course its values, which are akin to religion and accepted unquestioningly.' 'Such things as respect for elders, studying 'hard', career choices being determined or influenced by parents, the idea of arranged marriage, the marking of ritual and ceremony,' explains Aakar Patel.
Caste-based violence is on the rise in Tamil Nadu, but the state government stays in denial, says R Ramasubramanian
Rajinikanth's visible electoral strength is his constant mouthing of the term, 'aanmiga arasiyal', or 'spiritual politics', without he having to explain what it is. By implication, it is all that what Dravidian politics is not about. It may imply anti-corruption, being against Periyar's forgotten anti-god, anti-Brahmin dictum, but also ends up covering 'Tamil pride', which begins with Tamil language where, as a Maratha from Karnataka, he has more to defend himself. However, in the contemporary national context, aanmiga arasiyal is seen as a front for Rajini to market his brand of 'soft Hindutva' but identified even more with the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in political terms, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Rekka overdoses on action, feels S Saraswathi.
Here are six New Year Resolutions which will definitely help in achieving your financial goals in the long run.
Keep these things in mind while buying a retirement plan to ensure that you have a smooth sailing in your golden years.
A 'barat' of over 100 Taliban militants, using decorated vehicles, carried out the surprise assault on sleepy guards at Pakistan's third largest jail in the restive northwest region to walk away with 250 prisoners, including top commanders of the outlawed outfit.
Naveen Kukreja explains the finer points to keep in mind while planning for your retirement.
(Because things will only get more expensive from this point onwards)
The Supreme Court sought response on a plea of an alleged rape victim.
Combination of term plans and mutual funds will provide the same benefits.
'There were times when my courage and confidence would fail and I was close to giving up,' says Jyoti Kumari who wanted to bring her father home safely. So she began the cycle ride of her life.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
'I prefer calling myself a 'film activist' rather than a filmmaker,' Mahesh Kathi tells Radhika Rajamani/ Rediff.com
Allowing it to lapse leaves you unprotected and can, in some cases, cause loss of premiums paid, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Before jumping off the terrace, she had sent a message to her husband that she would kill herself, police said.
Manveer, Rahul, Lokesh and Naveen are nominated for this week's eviction.
Virender Kapoor tells us why he wrote the book A Wonderful Wife.
Perhaps, more daughters will feel more loved if the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme were to be replaced, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Mumbai's break dancers pin their hopes on their passion to dance to get out of city's ghettos.
'We must not forget who we are and what courage and bravery were shown by our ancestors to bring us closer to the freedom we enjoy today,' says Tarun Vijay after attending the Gudi Padwa in Goa.
The hard truth is that unless you start investing for your children in advance, in appropriate investment avenues, you are risking their future aspirations.
The first step is to estimate the retirement corpus you would need and to compute the approximate amount you can set aside every month, says V Viswanand, Senior Director and Chief Operations Officer, Max Life Insurance
In a placatory move, the labour ministry also said it was contemplating permitting withdrawal of all accumulations by Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's subscribers on grounds like purchase of house, serious illness, marriage and professional education of children.
'Manik Sarkar may have been able to hang on if he hadn't been a follower of the CPI-M's all-time hardliner Prakash Karat,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Anandiben insists her daughter was not involved in any land allocation scandal.
EPFO may start investing up to five per cent of its incremental corpus in the equity market.
Rather than shaming Indian women (and men) who don't want to drink, through peer pressure and barbs, let's consider respecting their, perhaps more sensible, choices instead, says Sankrant Sanu.
The Republican nominee will have 90 minutes to save his presidential campaign after videos of his passing obscene remarks about women surfaced.
Veena Balakrishnan and Vighnesh Vancheeshwar tell us how they planned it.
Mylanchi Monjulla Veedu is a typical old world story with inter-religious relationship, elopement, mayhem and murder.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The medical report stated that the continuance of the pregnancy would gravely endanger the physical and mental health of the mother.
Ravaging floods claimed 17 more lives in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday raising the toll to 37 even as evacuation of people to safer areas continued.
The completely avoidable mess that the finance ministry found itself in was rather surprising, says Debashis Basu.
Born in poverty and subjected to inhuman abuse, Kalpana Saroj overcame all hurdles to emerge a success story.
