Indian History Congress slams NCERT modules on Partition

The Indian History Congress (IHC) has attacked National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)'s new Partition Horrors Remembrance Day modules, alleging that they spread 'falsehoods......

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......

The Train Action That Inspired Bhagat Singh

One hundred years ago, a group of 10 revolutionaries carried out an operation that shook the British Empire.Utkarsh Mishra revisits the 'Kakori Conspiracy Case', a turning point in the armed......

Modi Has Corrected A Historical Wrong With TN Visit

The message from Sunday’s event will undoubtedly reverberate globally. It's a landmark occasion that will be remembered for generations and will inspire many other states to introduce the story......

Real estate slow to embrace technology as expenses mount

Even as sectors across India embrace technological transformation, the construction side of the real estate industry continues to trail global trends. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff While......

Realty sector turns cautious as equity market tumbles

'In the past six months, capital markets have seen a dip, and realty is struggling. The stock-market investor will be cautious of putting that investment in real estate when there may be a slowdown......

Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, 62, passes away

Veteran stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India's Warren Buffett, died in Mumbai on Sunday morning. He was 62. Photograph: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala/Facebook Jhunjhunwala......

How Jamsetji Tata created the Indian Institute of Science

The Indian Institute of Science topped the HRD ministry's 2017 national rankings.In 2016, the IISc was ranked among the world's top 15 universities in the Times Higher Education University......

Kesari Chapter 2 Review: For The Love Of Drama!

Kesari Chapter 2 has more style than substance on its mind, discovers Sukanya Verma. As is usually the case, the untold story in Kesari Chapter 2 is actually an inaccurate one wherein history is......

Kesari Chapter 2 Review: Ahistorical, But Entertaining

If you disregard history and are ready to watch Kesari 2 purely as an entertainer, you are definitely going to enjoy it, notes Utkarsh Mishra. The title of Akshay Kumar's latest period drama......

Bapu, Nehru & The Last Viceroy

Actor Surendra Rajan who plays Mahatma Gandhi along with Roshan Seth who plays Jawaharlal Nehru, during shooting for the film The Last Viceroy, in Pataudi, some 100 km south of New Delhi. The......

'India In 1947 Was Like A Ticking Time Bomb'

'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.' IMAGE: RJ Malishka as Sarojini Naidu, Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vora as......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......