A turbulent year for politicians. A mixed bag for sportspersons. A trailblazing year for the stockmarkets. Whichever way you see it, 2006 has been a very exciting year. Here you have seen the......
'Some refused to kiss each other on the cheek, as is customary in France while, others couldn't care less.' IMAGE: Empty food shelves in a store. Photograph: Mary Raja Panday NRIs describe the......
The Left parties believe in globalisation more than you or I would give them credit for. Is not the Left's acceptance of a foreign-born person as the nation's prime minister proof enough? So what......
'Makes one wonder how much of government will be left standing when this is finally over.' People of Indian Origin and NRIs describe the impact coronavirus is having on their lives. Part 1 in the......
'You can't make the poor rich overnight.''Nor can you fly millions in planes.' 'But remember that word: Empathy.''Who in the BJP is speaking in that language to these millions?''Someone putting an......
'He will be remembered more for what he did as finance minister -- as someone who functioned well when the political fallout was taken care of.' IMAGE: Then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh in......
'The risk is in not being invested and missing out on an upmove.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Rising food prices and commentary from global central banks have thrown a spanner in equity......
If growth reverts to the pre-Covid level, a lot of people may have to temper their rosy optimism, points out Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com What seemed like a......
'My sense is that we should be braced for a correction.''It has already begun in the mid-caps for the past month, and will now spread to larger stocks as well.''Use the correction to upgrade the......
'The probability of this being a suckers' rally, where all kinds of beaten down stocks have begun to rally sharply, should be a time to be cautious and circumspect.''It doesn't mean that this rally......
The stockmarket. Now, that's not the kind of world explored regularly in Bollywood. With Hansal Mehta's Scam 1992 bringing it up so interestingly, Joginder Tuteja looks back at Hindi films that......
Hansal Mehta's nine-hour drama series Scam 1992 needs to be viewed by everyone, young and old, recommends Moumita Bhattacharya. Hansal Mehta's Scam 1992 is the story of the rise and fall of the......
'I might in the future step out of a Dileesh Pothan movie not completely satisfied, but content I'll be in the knowledge that our greatest living film-maker had failed striving to be something more......
And he teaches in the cutest manner, says Sukanya Verma. Happy birthday, Shah Rukh! There is SO much to love about Shah Rukh Khan. The world adores the man, his movies, his memorable lines,......
The pandemic and the lockdown came into our lives without warning. Nobody was prepared to be stuck at home. All social activity suddenly ended. Movie theatres were shut down and we missed the......