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In An AI-Obsessed World, India's Craft May Redefine 'Made In India'

What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value, export-oriented economic engine, points out Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff When I......

'We Have To Blame Ourselves, Not Macaulay'

'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......

Tokyo Games: The Math in Everything

I wondered how being scientist-mathematician helps one cycle better.Perhaps the self-discipline helps; perhaps it is the scientist-technologist perspective of breaking down the whole into separate......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Modi plays flute, narrates story of Lord Krishna at Japanese school

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited an elementary school in Tokyo and mingled with the students, narrating them the story of Lord Krishna. Modi wanted to learn how the Japanese education......

'Not hatchbacks, not sedans, SUVs still king post-GST cut'

'In the January-August period, the share of hatchback in the overall PV industry sales was about 22.4 per cent. In the September-October period, the share of hatchbacks has come down to 20.4 per......

India Will Always Be Grateful To Osamu Suzuki

'Without his vision and foresight, his willingness to take a risk that no one else was willing to take, his deep and abiding love for India, the Indian automobile industry could not have become the......

Markets end in red; dragged down by RIL Kotak Mahindra

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Monday, dragged down by heavy selling pressure in Reliance Industries and Kotak Mahindra Bank ahead of the Budget. Illustration: Dominic......

Chidambaram to sell reform story in Tokyo

With the latest reform spree to talk about and the need to impress rating agencies and global investors about the government's intention of pushing more, the government of India will have a......

Will These Films Win An Oscar?

The Toronto International Film Festival has come a long way in the last 50 years -- from the time it was known as the Festival of Festivals to becoming the biggest film event of North America and......

Now, L2: Empuraan Arrives On OTT

Lights, camera, ACTION, you'll find them in heaps on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists some interesting options. Superboys of MalegaonWhere to watch? Amazon Prime VideoLanguage: Hindi A......

Modern Masters: S S Rajamouli Review: Intimate Portrait of A Visionary

Modern Masters aims to showcase Rajamouli's enigmatic career and paints a context of what makes him the singular voice that defined his generation of film-makers for millions, observes Arjun Menon.......

'We all need a little piece of utopia in our life'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.' IMAGE: Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days. For the last four-and-a-half decades German film-maker Wim Wenders has been making compassionate......

Exciting OTT Menu This Week

Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it’s all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from. Mr & Mrs......

Sprint great Fraser-Pryce to hang spikes after Tokyo worlds

Despite limited races this season, the five-foot sprinter known affectionately as the "Pocket Rocket" qualified for her ninth world championships by finishing third at the Jamaican trials in the......

'I thought I'd quit' - Pooja Rani's stunning comeback

Would have quit trying at Worlds if I didn't win medal at Liverpool: Pooja Rani IMAGE: Pooja Rani finally stood on the coveted World Championship podium in the 80kg category in Liverpool.......

Collapsed at 4am, wins gold hours later: Paralympic hero

After defying medical advice and spending few hours at a Delhi hospital, Poland's Roza wins gold IMAGE: Roza Kozakowska endured chemotherapy as a child for a genetic blood disorder, battled Lyme......

Gatha loses as recurve archers' barren run continues at Worlds

IMAGE: Indian teenager Gatha Khadake lost 0-6 to world No. 1 Lim Si-hyeon in the pre-quarterfinals at the Archery World Championships, in Gwangj, South Korea, on Friday. Photograph: Sceengrab/X......

"This is like cheating.." Bartonietz lambasts Shivpal

IMAGE: Shivpal Singh, who was caught for a second doping offence, could be banned for a maximum eight years. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters He may not have coached him as closely as......