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NEWS
Kamaluddin Ahmed dumps Congress for BJP
Congress politicians dubbed the former Union minister a zero and said the development would have no impact on the party. But the BJP sees the development as the beginning of a closer relationship with AP's sizeable minorities.
SPECIAL
The end of an American dream
Despite the crimes he has been charged with in the US, Lakireddy Bali Reddy is god in Velvadam. In a three-part series, Associate Editor George Iype reports from the NRI's native village in Andhra Pradesh.
INTERVIEWS
'I have left politics behind in the last millennium'
'I am confident that information technology can bring accountability, transparency and quick disposal of cases and redressal of grievances in all the villages. I believe it can alleviate poverty,' says Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
'There cannot be peace in Nagaland without the participation of other Naga groups'
'Ultimately a solution has to be found within the framework of the Indian Constitution only,' says K Padmanabhaiah, India's official negotiator with the Naga underground.
'I find this reservation demand obnoxious'
'What reservation was behind my success? Women have to come on merit; not because of the favour extended to them just because they are women,' says former Orissa chief minister Nandini Satpathy.
THE REPUBLIC, 50 YEARS ON
Celebrating 50 Years of the Indian Republic
Share your dreams and vision for India
Fifty years on, rediff.com's Republic Message Board invites you to express your opinion as India takes to the road ahead.
BUSINESS
Freeing farming
Budget may make agri-sector market-friendly.
MONEY
Tata Income Fund
Dhirendra Kumar says the fund is suited for investors seeking above-average returns from debt with low risk.
MARKET TRENDS
Let it roll
SEBI has added 156 companies in the rolling settlement segment. Aravamuthan Sasikant analyses the impact.
SPORTS INTERVIEW
'Dravid looks more sound than the keepers we have at the moment'
Wanted: A wicketkeeper. That ad has been running on the national selection committee's bulletin board for quite a while now. Syed Murtaza Hussain Kirmani, arguably the best 'keeper India has produced, examines the problem from a professional perspective.
MUSIC
'He deserved the nation's highest honour'
Pandit Birju Maharaj, on Ustad Alla Rakha.
MESSAGE BOARD
'So long, Ustadji'
Tributes to the late tabla legend from our readers.
MOVIES
'Pukar' opens to mixed response
Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit praised.
MOVIES
Memories of another day
Paromitar Ek Din: an evocative film by Aparna Sen.
MOVIES
'Pukar' is No. 1
Kaho Naa... is declared a hit!
BOOKS
'You cannot take away craft from creativity'
'Only those who are with the popular magazines give more importance to craft. I don't think any of the serious writers are clever or crafty; honesty is the most important thing to them,' says author Dilip Kumar, a Gujarati who writes in Tamil.
COLUMNS
The BJP's yin and yang
'If today the hordes are allowed to get away with arbitrating what is offensive to 'Indian culture', then tomorrow we could all land in a situation where the desi answer to the Taleban could dictate what you and I should do, wear, say...' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
An open letter to Rashtrapati Bhavan
'It would appear imperative that fraudulent secularism and meaningless adult franchise are two of the topmost priorities in any serious constitutional reform exercise,' says Arvind Lavakare.
India were really disappointing
Save Sourav Ganguly, the team lacked players who could consistently take the fight to the opposition, says Steve Waugh.
Pitch hitch
Wasim Akram ascribes India and Pakistan's dismal showing in Australia to the lifeless pitches on which their domestic cricket is played.
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