How India can win future wars

Future, even present, wars -- at least those involving such tech giants as China -- include hi-tech battlefields, which a Pakistan-obsessed India has not sufficiently prioritised.Today's generals......

'Talent is everywhere and relevant to a nation's success'

'Everybody says 5G and communication is important.' 'Everybody says automation, robotics, human computing interfaces -- people and machines working together -- is the future.' 'Everybody agrees......

Sheena Bora Trial: And Peter's back!

The warmest reception came from his soon-to-be ex wife Indrani, who on spying him getting out of the lift, muttered an "Oh dear!" and walked over to him, trailed by her police guards, wreathed in......

The dud of a stink bomb

By castigating the reforms themselves because of the remediable and reversible defaults here and there in carrying them out, Yashwant Sinha is throwing out the baby along with the bath water, says......

India's electronics manufacturing dream

but are we chasing yesterday's dreams, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   'Apple planning to shift its iPhone manufacturing away from China to India', screamed......

How the Web lost its innocence

Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It all started in 1989 with an inter-office memo, describing in very humble......

Are we Indians technology-averse?

Some examples that show we may be call for introspection, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day, a very senior banker I was in conversation with said to......

Hail the invisible hand of the State

Neither pharma nor IT would have become the stars of the economy without the active but largely invisible hand of the Indian State, says Ajit Balakrishnan. The current debate in India about how to......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......

Readers speak out!

Click here for moreSourav NiyogiWithout the Bengal tiger India seemed like headless chickens on the Kotla.....Ex cricketers and irresponsible media contributed to India's downfall.. once again it......