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Vikram Johri

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Will Bollywood's walls of nepotism crumble?
Rediff.com15 Mar 2019

'In the new Bollywood, where success can translate, like a chain reaction, into gains...

Why Sacred Games, Mirzapur disappoint
Rediff.com2 Feb 2019

'Deeply flawed, Sacred Games and Mirzapur come nowhere close to representing the...

Reserving the right to change
Rediff.com28 Jan 2019

Reservation is an albatross whose continuation under the current system risks creating...

Be very afraid Khans! Ayushmann's here!
Rediff.com22 Dec 2018

'Even when he moves beyond his traditional repertoire, he sticks to a template that...

Work culture of the future
Rediff.com20 Dec 2018

Every cog in the wheel must present its unique services at the moment of instructed...

Why 2019 won't be like 2004 for the BJP
Rediff.com2 Sep 2018

'Vajpayee was predictable in his ways.' 'Modi is a schemer, possessed of a shrewdness...

Dhadak's message will reach farther than Sairat
Rediff.com26 Aug 2018

'Khaitan's film will continue to invite comparisons with Manjule's, but the fact that...

Why Rahul is no match for Modi... in Parliament
Rediff.com7 Aug 2018

'It is this difference in their personalities -- one in eloquent command of the...

What makes Sacred Games different
Rediff.com27 Jul 2018

'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for...

Why is the Left unwilling to deal with history?
Rediff.com13 Jul 2018

'The Left brands any criticism of Islam -- its history, its dogmas -- 'Islamophobic',...

Don't take Kim lightly
Rediff.com17 Jun 2018

'North Korea could choose to go China's way by selectively opening up the economy, but...

BJP remains the side to beat in 2019
Rediff.com17 May 2018

'Karti Chidambaram may be the beginning of a larger can of worms that the government...

Reckless businessman to reckless president: Decoding Donald
Rediff.com5 May 2018

'Can he be the statesman that a divided nation needs?' 'Not remotely, but by following...

The Looming Tower: How 9/11 happened
Rediff.com6 Apr 2018

The Looming Tower reveals the bitter CIA-FBI turf battles that led to the worst...

MBA to minimum wage earner: Deepak Singh's amazing journey
Rediff.com31 Mar 2018

When Deepak Singh first started working as a salesman in the US, he was ashamed of the...

Jauhar is part of our history. Why are we ignoring it?
Rediff.com20 Feb 2018

Jauhar is a recurrent theme in the history of that period. And Khilji was hardly the...

Why Modi-Shah must worry about the next election
Rediff.com25 Jan 2018

'What has taken the wind out of its sails is the government's own expectation...

Why India can't resist Virushka
Rediff.com27 Dec 2017

The nature of modern celebrity is particularly explosive when Bollywood romances cricket.

Social media: It is messy, but it is democratic
Rediff.com2 Sep 2017

Purists may balk at this level of public discourse, but no one can deny its ability to...

AI: The Coming Threat to Jobs
Rediff.com24 Aug 2017

'Some experts believe that the only jobs that will escape automation are the ones that...