Rest in peace, Mushir sahib!

Mohammad Sajjad salutes the memory of Mushirul Hasan -- historian, thinker, academic, institution builder, -- who passed into the ages this week. IMAGE: Professor Mushirul Hasan. Photograph:......

Why BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha speaks out for Kanhaiya Kumar

'Pressing sedition charges against students for activism within the campus shows the failure of the administration.' IMAGE: Jawaharlal Nehru Union Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar being......

Nobody killed Rohith Vemula

We need to question ourselves if we are to be implicated as well in the institutional murder of Rohith and many other Rohiths, if not bodily but in spirit, because of our complicity in naturalising......

What ails Aligarh Muslim University?

The Aligarh Muslim University, one of India's oldest universities, is in the news once again for the wrong reasons. On September 16, at around 10 pm, BSc II year student Mazhar Nayeem was shot......

A new fintech world is upon us amid funding drought, lower valuations

In January, Visa’s chief executive officer, Al Kelly, said during an earnings call that “there’s been a burst of the balloon in valuations in the fintech world”.......

SVB fallout: Indian start-ups staring at uncertain future

Indian start-ups breathed a sigh of relief after the UK government facilitated the acquisition of the now-defunct Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB’s) British arm by HSBC. Illustration: Uttam......

RBI's priority lending norms may not mean quick relief for start-ups

Seed and early-stage start-ups are high-risk businesses, rarely have collateral and only 1 in 10 of them makes it to becoming a viable company. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

Start-ups in 2016: A year of funding crunch (and it isn't over yet)

Investors spent much of 2016 cleaning house. And a VC tells Ranju Sarkar: "There's still some bad news left in the portfolios (of VC firms). What happens to Ola and Flipkart will drive......