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Siddhartha Ray recalls Basu memories

Age is a complex thing. It does strange things to your mind. As you gradually start losing your contemporaries, you start dwelling in the past. On Monday evening, former West Bengal chief minister......

West Bengal: Is the Left on its deathbed?

The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in......

'Sheena was always bubbling with energy'

'Sheena was helpful and generous, kind and respectful of her elders,' an employee at the Disneyland High School in Guwahati, where she studied from nursery to Class 10, told Indrani Roy/Rediff.com......

Sheena Bora case: 'Follow the money trail'

'The Mumbai police should study the bank accounts and flow of money in and out of the accused's bank accounts.' Indrani Roy/Rediff.com reports from Kolkata. The Sheena Bora murder case gets......

Why ISIS fascinates young Muslims

In the worst terror attack this year, ISIS terrorists killed 305 Muslims and wounded over a hundred others at a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on Friday, November 24.'It is important to destroy, to......

'There is no reason why India should be downgraded'

Dr. Siddhartha Roy, economic advisor, Tata group discussed the Union Budget, its economic impact and India's growth prospects with our readers.Here is the transcript: Dr.......

'To curb inflation, focus only on food prices'

Inflation is a curse that gnaws at a nation's entrails, causing a major jolt toits economy. Indians watched with horror as the country's inflation touched 11.42 per centfor the week ending June 14,......

Growth story may lose sheen, warn experts

The Reserve Bank of India's decision to raise the cash-reserve ratio by 50 basis points and repo rate by 25 basis points late last week could control inflation in the days to come but will dampen......

Flexible inflation targeting: Here's what Rajan needs to do

The new government wants the economy to recover at the earliest. The linkage of fiscal deficit with unproductive aggregate demand expansion which fuels inflationary expectations is now well......

Mindtree vs L&T: Emotional issue, or purely financial?

‘If (by the end of the deal) the talent that owns the customer relationships is not there, will L&T still get the value it is looking for?’ While Mindtree and Larsen & Toubro continue......

Ek Badnaam Aashram Season 3 Part 2 Review: More Of The Same

If Prakash Jha is able to transfer today’s social and political reality onto the screen, the future seasons of Aashram might just get a much-needed dose of eyeball-grabbing power,......

Cirkus Review: Angoor Khatte Hain!

Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma. Rohit Shetty poaches on Vishal Bhardwaj territory to make his version of the Bard's The Comedy of Errors. There are several cinematic adaptations......

Cirkus Review: Boring!

Rohit Shetty gets so busy giving us a social message that he forgets to add 'tadka' -- also called 'entertainment' -- to Cirkus, sighs Syed Firdaus Ashraf. Among all the movies he made in his......

Aashram 3 Review

Bobby Deol delivers but Aashram 3 does not, observes Namrata Thakker. Director Prakash Jha returns with a new season of Aashram and though Bobby Deol's character Baba Nirala is more powerful and......

'I'd have loved to present Pratidwandi at Cannes'

'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.' IMAGE: Dhritiman Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi. Dhritiman Chatterjee, a post-graduate in economics, came from a world......