Many Maharashtras
Nov 20’s election will be fought on every conceivable identity & ideology Tension. That’s what marks Maharashtra’s assembly elections; 288 constituencies stressed along each marker of its diversity...
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The world’s highest mountain is growing faster because of geology, or another g-factor Like a gawky adolescent who overnight adds inches in height, is Mount Everest, at an altitude of 8.8km, becoming...
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D-company has got competition now. What’s amazing is how much of it is taking place behind bars Mumbai’s jealous. Time was its Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan and gang wars were storied across the...
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D-company has got competition now. What’s amazing is how much of it is taking place behind bars Lawrence Bishnoi is a name that’s becoming really famous, especially in the world of crime in India. He’s...
View ArticleA yogi engenders ethical change through politics
By Hansaji Yogendra Plato, in one of his seminal works, ‘The Republic’, wrote, “Unless philosophers become kings, or those who are now called kings and rulers come to be sufficiently inspired with a...
View ArticleKiller app against Naxalites? Peace, not guns
Centre has been strident of late in announcing its achievements on the Naxal front. While the stats are indeed impressive, whether they will solve the Naxal problem is open to question. Addressing a...
View ArticleThe other Canadas
At a time when two big economies, US and India, are attracting a lot of hype for their enduring strength, it is worth looking at nations that not too long ago were billed as star...
View ArticleIs it the Sun burning or the religious Monologue?
Religion is a perfectly ordained catalyst for growth and survival but its adamancy routing on moral rectitude squawks a recherché that makes the ‘men’ and ‘women’ on this Earth clogged with...
View ArticleWhy Indians are among the wildest bunch on the World Wide Web
In Taken, Liam Neeson told his daughter’s kidnappers: “I don’t know who you are, I don’t know what you want. But I will find you.” Indians on the internet are the same, getting involved in every...
View ArticleThe road more travelled
Laddu Pinto, a well-known musician from Kolkata, was used to playing with harmonies, but today was not about music. Laddu had an urgent reason to travel to Delhi. Unfortunately, no flights were...
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On famous boys who don’t grow up when they become men Were The Beatles the first boy band? The term didn’t take until the eighties. But if boy bands mean masses of teenaged female fans,...
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About famous boys who don’t grow up when they become men Were The Beatles the first boy band? While we didn’t call them that back in the 1960s, if you think of boy bands as...
View ArticleTo market, to market…
To grow & survive, political brands behave like businesses Samajwadi Party, chuffed with its haul in UP of 37 Lok Sabha MPs of the state’s 80, is bullish about contesting in Maharashtra. Not a...
View ArticleContagion is bad, cure is worse
‘Tipping point’ author takes a look at social engineering His first book put the idea of the tipping point into popular usage, sort of proving his thesis that ideas, products, messages and behaviours...
View ArticleTo market, to market…
Political parties are a lot like businesses. Just like companies try to grow and reach more people, political parties also try to win more seats and influence more areas. For example, the Samajwadi...
View ArticleCreating space for acceptance and surrender
By Janina Gomes Mark Nepo, philosopher and spiritual teacher, says, “We are continually asked to learn how to ask for what we need, only to practise accepting what we are given.” He compares surrender...
View ArticleShy & soft spoken but also fiercely honourable
Ratan Tata’s courteousness sat easily with his positive obstinacy in sticking to principles, writes Abhishek Singhvi, who has been Tatas’ counsel for many years, including in the Tata vs Mistry case If...
View ArticleThe debate around Karwa Chauth
Karwa Chauth is a cherished festival in India where married women fast for the longevity and well-being of their husbands. Many view it as a beautiful expression of love and devotion, a day dedicated...
View ArticleMajor mess for minors
Child marriage is a sad and serious problem in India. Even though fewer child marriages happen today, about one in four girls are still married before they are old enough to consent. This is not...
View ArticleDull-itch quirks
What tourists find hard in the birthplace of the Bard If you are planning a trip to Britain, your first such, know thy pronunciations. It is the birthplace of the Bard, can it be that...
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