All stories by P Rajendran
'Modi has wasted his time with religious things'
Rediff.com16 Jan 2020'Outside investors don't want to get tangled up in a religious war.'
The Curious Seeker comes to New York
Rediff.com10 Oct 2019'I'll keep painting as long as I'm alive,' Madhvi Parekh, one of India's most influential painters, tells Rajendran Pottayil in New York.
Meet MacArthur Genius Sujatha Baliga
Rediff.com1 Oct 2019Sujatha Baliga won America's most prestigious fellowship for her work on the journey to forgiveness and restorative justice.
Protester: 'Modi not welcome in US'
Rediff.com26 Sep 2019The protest outside the NRG stadium against Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's visit at the NRG Stadium was seemingly irrepressible, displaying signs saying 'Free Kashmir', '8 million people caged', 'Go back Modi' -- and worse.
'Modi is a visionary'
Rediff.com23 Sep 2019'We are on the world map. Every country is watching this event.'
'Howdy Modi' event in US gets huge response
Rediff.com27 Aug 2019With more than 50,000 people registering for the Houston event and the numbers expected to climb, the organisers have asked those who may not be able to attend to cancel and so open up slots for the hopeful, and cautioning those coming from afar to book their air tickets soon.
Gulshan Grover is NOT a Bad Man
Rediff.com21 Aug 2019'Whenever an achiever writes a book, writing a book is not a commercial enterprise.'
'Risk of India-Pak military confrontation has increased'
Rediff.com19 Aug 2019'The general perspective -- certainly on Capitol Hill and Congress -- the love for India, the positive feeling for India still focuses on India as a democracy.' 'The more that Indian democracy and its pluralistic features is called into question by Indians, the more that same debate will replay back here.'
The Hindu priest attacked in New York
Rediff.com26 Jul 2019New York City Councilman Donovan Philips, who visited Swami Harish Chander Puri to express support, put it down to the surcharged environment created by President Trump.
Doctor, 41, dies of the disease he was researching
Rediff.com26 Jul 2019'Two years ago, had I been given even a tiny hint that my genes were tipping the scale for the development of a disease that would lock me into my body, unable to move or breath normally on my own, I would have been sad, and probably mad.' 'So now I'm running as fast as I can -- from my wheelchair.' P Rajendran on the amazing but brief life of Rahul Desikan, medical pioneer.
High-calorie diets make recovery hard after attack
Rediff.com19 Jul 2019'You need to apply a total health approach to maintain cardiac health.'
Alzheimer victims may thank Kiran Bhaskar soon
Rediff.com18 Jul 2019Rediff.com Senior Contributor P Rajendran reports from New York on how the Indian-American researcher's pioneering work may wipe out the visible effect of Alzheimer's disease.
The desi taking on Trump in New Jersey
Rediff.com25 Jun 2019'You shouldn't mistreat Muslims, you shouldn't mistreat Sikhs, you shouldn't mistreat anyone you perceive to be the other.'
Indian human smuggler gets 5 years in US prison
Rediff.com15 Feb 2019Yadvinder Singh Bhamba was arrested for conspiring to send 400 people from India, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and other countries to the US.
Indian detainees being force fed in Texas
Rediff.com1 Feb 2019Many are reportedly too weak to stand or talk. The detainees include Sikhs, Gujaratis and Bengalis, and from Punjab in Pakistan.
How much coffee is just right for you?
Rediff.com24 Sep 2018Caffeine, the drug that gives coffee its kick, works differently, depending on the consumer's weight, gender, hormonal shifts and a variety of other factors.
SCARY! What Pakistan and China's nuclear weapons mean for India
Rediff.com20 Sep 2018'Once the military starts to draw up plans for using nuclear weapons, then nuclear weapons could be used earlier in a crisis than otherwise.'
A maniac with a gun, a life lost in vain
Rediff.com19 Sep 2018Robbed of prey as people fled, Omar Perez came marching back and shot bullet after bullet into Prudhvi Raj Kandepi's head, thus ensuring that a man he had never met before, known nothing of, would never get up again.
How Lyric Jain fights the Fake News menace
Rediff.com16 Aug 2018The tools he uses are logic, the reputations of the sources, and how much emotions influence the content.
'India is a great place to do business, come back. Jai Hind'
Rediff.com13 Apr 2018Businessman P C Mustafa wants Indian Americans to return home, Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza outlines how Indian tech companies could grow, Gaurav Dalmia has some investment recommendations while Subramanian Swamy warns that India is flirting with a debt trap.