How India’s young doctors keep public health system running. And why they...
Even for a society numbed to sexual violence, the rape and murder of a 31-year-old resident doctor while on duty in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has collectively shaken us. Brutality...
View ArticleTriumph of Indian modern masters at TIFR Mumbai
Independence Day in India 1947, and my mind goes back to my parents telling me that everyone wanted to read the newspaper in Malayalam in Kerala ( Changanacherry and Champakulam) and in the vernacular...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 6: The Breakdancer who broke the Olympics
Jean-Paul Sartre once said: “Freedom is what we do with what’s been done to us.” One never quite understood what it meant but since a man who rejected the Nobel Prize in Literature said it,...
View ArticleBeyond the tricolour!
When the first light paints the sky on the fifteenth of August, our nation exults in the vibrancy of freedom unfurled by countless sacrifices. As the tricolour dances in the morning breeze, a symphony...
View ArticleHow is India’s media and entertainment industry adapting to our changing lives?
India’s media and entertainment industry isn’t just about numbers—it’s like a living entity that adapts, evolves, and finds new ways to connect with people. The way we consume content has changed so...
View ArticleIndian people making a big impact in America and other countries
Did you know that there are over 5 million people of Indian origin living in the United States? That’s a lot of people! Even though they make up only 1.5% of the US population, they’re...
View ArticleIndia & Indiaspora
Success of diaspora in US and other countries is reason for Centre to make emigration a standalone ministry Regardless of which way US presidential elections go, there will be an Indian-origin woman in...
View ArticleSupremely clear
Two SC orders within a week should settle once and for all that bail, not jail, is the norm Supreme Court’s latest order granting bail, in a case under anti-terror law UAPA, adds to its...
View ArticleSupreme Court makes important decisions about bail
Recently, the Supreme Court of India made two important decisions about bail. Bail is when someone accused of a crime is allowed to stay out of jail while waiting for their trial. What Did the...
View ArticleI-Day, You-Day
Big B’s old tryst, small b’s new wish-list Hasina’s inglorious exit triggered recalls of India’s glorious role in freeing Bangladesh. Alas, too many countries have squandered their hard-fought for...
View ArticleThe ‘How’ and the ‘Why’ of life
Written by Jug Suraiya Has India’s education system become a contradiction in terms, in that it does not educate and is no longer a system, an orderly arrangement of ideas and functions formulated to...
View ArticleDigital transformation in the financial sector
The banking and financial sector is fast integrating technology to provide efficient financial services through multiple digital channels. The increase in financial and digital literacy is enabling...
View ArticleRang de Basanti
“Holi Ka Dharm Hota Hai, Uske Rang Ka Nahin, Main Hindu, Tu Musalaman, Hum Sang Kyon Nahin…” It was Independence Day when I wrote these lyrics for a short film made in national interest for...
View ArticleWhen will Hindus get freedom from Jihadi tyranny?
Narendra Modi is the only Hindu leader and the first Prime Minister of India who had the courage to feel the pain of the mass murders of the Hindus and Sikhs during partition and declared...
View ArticleA tricky decision about taxes
Imagine you’re playing a game, and suddenly someone changes the rules and says you have to pay for all the moves you made in the past. That’s kind of what happened with a recent decision...
View ArticleTaxing judgment
SC call to make minerals tax retrospective brings back ghosts of Vodafone, Cairn Supreme Court shouldn’t have given retrospective effect to its recent judgment that granted states the right to levy tax...
View ArticleTrouble in Kolkata’s police department
A sad event happened in a Kolkata hospital where a young doctor was killed. This made everyone very worried and upset. The police in Kolkata were supposed to find out what happened, but they didn’t...
View ArticleYou name it
What I’m called can confuse a lot of people and not just kanwariyas The principal of a famous school in Darjeeling was in a state of consternation. The reason was the expected arrival of a...
View ArticleCop out in Kolkata
City police’s investigative conduct is a reflection of a much larger malaise that afflicts Bengal Whatever CBI’s investigation into the rape-murder of a junior doctor in a Kolkata govt hospital...
View ArticleVisiting Shiv’s abode is a profound experience
Vijay Hashia The Amarnath Cave nestled in the Indian Himalayas is a site of immense spiritual significance. The journey to this sacred cave, where a naturally occurring ice lingam forms every year, is...
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