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Whither The Middle Class?

Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......

'Humans have never learned from history'

'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Writer Amitav Ghosh spent many of those strange, mind-numbing COVID-19 days of......

An earnest and upright diplomat to battle for UN reform

At a critical time in the history of the United Nations, when the global order itself may be reshaped, following a devastating pandemic, India has chosen an experienced, charming and upright......

Perumal Murugan's Songs Of A Coward reminds Uttaran Das Gupta of Orwell's Animal Farm and Ionesco's The Rhinoceros.Both works, as well as Murugan's stark poetry, are poignant for our times, when......

'When girls see me in uniform they look with admiration'

In an Independence Day Special series, Rediff.com celebrates India through the lives of her people. Today: Dr Ruveda Salam, the first woman IPS officer from the Kashmir Valley. When I was growing......

The pain of innovation

The power to cause societal pain, at least to some segments of society, is intrinsic to the nature of technological innovation, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Whenever the talk about innovation bubbles up......

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......

UPA may not deliver much in 2006

The India Shining campaign lost the elections. Notwithstanding GDP growth of 8 per cent and a Sensex approaching 10,000, not to speak of the external sector (despite a recent blip in exports), the......

Malaikottai Vaaliban: 10 Truths That May Hurt

Since nothing irritates Lijo Jose Pellissery more than a throwaway critical judgment, Sreehari Nair carefully presents his opinions about Malaikottai Vaaliban a good two weeks after he first saw......

10 Classic Malayalam Films On OTT

There's a peevish quality to all the films on this list, which is fitting, because peevishness is the defining characteristic of most Malayalis. These films, even at their saddest, darkest and......

Ghost Stories review

'Dibakar Banerjee isn't simply giving a particular fascistic regime the finger.''Here, he wants to offer us a preview of the invisible forces and human tendencies that drive fascism, blind......

Who doesn't want to escape reality for a while?

'While there cannot be any doubt that the national anthem should be shown utmost respect, cinema halls are not the most appropriate places to play the national anthem,' says Mohammad Asim......

Gogol on my mind

I don't have a pet name, pocket name, nickname, house name, daak naam. In that sense, I am no Gogol and have had to suffer from none of Gogol's name trauma. All I have had is my one and only name,......

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News for Wordsworth

Whither The Middle Class?

'Humans have never learned from history'

An earnest and upright diplomat to battle for UN reform

A cat, not a coward

'When girls see me in uniform they look with admiration'

The pain of innovation

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

UPA may not deliver much in 2006

Malaikottai Vaaliban: 10 Truths That May Hurt

10 Classic Malayalam Films On OTT

Ghost Stories review

Who doesn't want to escape reality for a while?

Gogol on my mind

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