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For Pakistan, Siachen Is A Debacle

For India, it is a symbol of will and a successful feat of arms. IMAGE: The Indian Army keeps the Tricolour aloft on the Siachen Glacier. Photograph: Screen grab kind courtesy video by ADGPI/X......

'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'

'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and......

'Hindu Rashtra will be a society under RSS thumb'

'In his first speech in Parliament, Modi spoke about the slavery of 1,400 years, and though he didn't say in so many words, the meaning was that he had come to re-establish a Hindu Rashtra.'......

'Hindu Rashtra will be a society under RSS thumb'

'In his first speech in Parliament, Modi spoke about the slavery of 1,400 years, and though he didn't say in so many words, the meaning was that he had come to re-establish a Hindu Rashtra.'......

HELP Satish Achieve His Dream

The one thing holding back the plucky youngster who has never hesitated to plunge into unknown territory, is funds, discovers Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: Satish Athawale. All Photographs: Kind courtesy......

How Vicks Vaporub Become A Blockbuster

Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores.The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A......

Centre, states team up with RBI, Big Tech to fight Chinese lending apps

A user just needs to download any app floated by such fraudsters and apply for instant loans. These apps are mainly concentrated on Google Play considering the reach and popularity of Android......

I'm willing to bet there is no case against Chanda Kochhar

'... not even a moral one, let alone a legal one.''Even if it is assumed that Deepak Kochhar tried to influence his wife into doing something dodgy for his 'social acquaintance', why would she do......

Advertising: Another turn of the wheel due?

The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Advertising in its many forms has long had an uneasy relationship......

Time to grow again?

Growth in the United States might end the long period of economic malaise that has afflicted the world since 2007, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Last Friday, at the end of three days of absorbing......

The Crown Has Lost Its Way

Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

How Ajit became a suave villain

'My father became a very popular villain and in some films, was paid more than the hero.' 'He was a very simple person. All he needed was six pairs of white shirts and trousers for the whole year,......

The real Kishore Kumar no one knew

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

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For Pakistan, Siachen Is A Debacle

'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'

'Hindu Rashtra will be a society under RSS thumb'

'Hindu Rashtra will be a society under RSS thumb'

HELP Satish Achieve His Dream

How Vicks Vaporub Become A Blockbuster

Centre, states team up with RBI, Big Tech to fight Chinese lending apps

I'm willing to bet there is no case against Chanda Kochhar

Advertising: Another turn of the wheel due?

Time to grow again?

The Crown Has Lost Its Way

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

How Ajit became a suave villain

The real Kishore Kumar no one knew

Kishore Kumar, the only Genius I ever knew

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