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You Turn The Path Green
Excellence in an off-beat vocation requires fliar and, yes, courage. Here are eight such and their pioneers.
When Love Turns Into Revenge, Sex Is Porongraphy
Jilted love, extortion or plain perversion, any of which can turn your filmed private moments to porn
The Pocket Spy Who Reads Your Messages!
Apps on your phone play data pirates to sweep all your info for the sake of corportates
Boom time is Back
After three years, the market celebrates this festive season with bigger sales
malevolent: badly drawn mama's boys
town squares have become battle zones for women. there isn’t even a language to express remorse. is there a larger social failing?
the bully in the court
lawyers in kerala have resorted to hooliganism to keep the press out of the courts.
fits and start-ups: the a+ schools
although the start-up scene remains abuzz with activity, many b-schools are setting grads on the old-school employability path.
the bullet resonates a 'cruel joke'
a teenager’s death in 2010 led to five months’ protest, killing 112 people. now the probe panel says, ‘call cbi’.
a winter's malady
the cold breath of seasonal affective disorder stalls lives.diagnosis, self-help and light help.
Rajlakshmi Borthakur
“Does it sound mad to you?
Parveen Sikandar
For Patricia Narayanan, food is bread and butter—in a cryptic way as well. That’s because, the middle-­aged Chennaiite runs a restaurant, a food court in a mall and the canteen of an IT major. The same metro has, on a quiet and leafy avenue of Kotturpuram, a much-sought-after name for stylish fashion jewellery that does not burn a hole in your pockets. That is Damini, again, the creation of another woman’s inspiration and hard work.
Sabriye Tenberken
Naming an institute after a small, potent chilli that grows wild in Kerala is unusual. But it seems like a fitting name for a Thiruvananthapuram institute that studies how humans can overcome even the harshest failures.
Scenes From Up And Down The Stairs
We present our annual B-school rankings in a challenging year. Elsewhere, we focus on family businesses, MBA maestros and Bollywood.
On The School Carousel
What do they all need? A sharp guideline for B-schools, aspirants and graduates.
Sealing Souls With Glass
To be successful entrepreneurs, women must overcome their negative conditioning
'Crowds Will Go Crazy'
Jaya and Karunanidhi out of the way, Rajinikanth now seeks a lead role in Tamil Politics.
Are We Going To War?
The Indian Army is more than a match for its Pakistani counterpart, but tardy modernisation means it has little punching power. Plus, there dangles the threat of a nuclear response.
90 Days on the Run or Let Loose?
An extract from the chapter ‘Why did the CBI avoid (capturing) sivarasan?’ from Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini Murugan’s recently released memoir, Rajiv Killing: Forgotten Truths.
Digital Bombs of Mob Violence
Social media rumours fan a medieval barbarity within us. This time it’s Assam.
A Nation Within 4 Temples
The millennia-old idea of Bharat has been gripped in confusion since Indian independence. Now is as good a time as any to clear the haze.
30-01-1948
It’s the 70th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s ­assassination. And it’s time we fulfilled our part of a long-neglected compact.
Benches Of Final Judgement
An excellent history of the Supreme Court celebrates its prestige, analyses its judgements and deplores the ease with which its decisions can be bypassed
Matters Came To A Bull's Head
Angry fires raged across Tamil Nadu when the SC banned Jallikattu. This account tries to find out the reasons for this spontaneous outpouring of raw emotion.
Sakshi Malik: The Suns of This Soil
Haryana’s girls and their families have found in sports a way out of the confines of the khap
Strategy to use China against India is outdated
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Nepal’s prime minister, will be in India on a three-day visit from September 15, on a mission that is widely being seen as an attempt to mend ties between the two countries. This is his second stint as prime minister—he was chosen to the post in 2008, after the decade long Maoist rebellion that he headed came to an end and a 12-point peace agreement was reached between the rebels and major political parties. He comes here at a time when India-Nepal relations have taken a beating, following the Madhesi agitation and the economic blockade of Nepal, widely believed to have been instigated by India.
The New Silk Road To Empire
The world is no longer America’s oyster. China looms like a giant cloud spilling beyond Asian skies. What is India to do to cope with these shifting geopolitics?
The Dragon In A Great Game
The Trump-Xi summit heralds a new era in China’s status
Economy Over Prickly Politics
On the economic front, positively engaging with China is vital
The Strange And Murky Estate Heist
In the midst of the tussle within AIADMK, a break-in at Jayalalitha’s Kodanad retreat leads to much speculation and two suspicious deaths
This is slavery based on caste
On many occasions, the Ramon Magsaysay Award has been bestowed on individuals of various ilks and ideological persuasions. For the first time, perhaps, it speaks to an issue that touches the lives of millions of people because an award for Bezwada Wilson (50) is an international acknowledgement of the cause of the people who have been forced for generations, by an inhuman system of caste-ordained occupation, to handle the human waste of a structurally apathetic society. Before leaving for Manila to receive the award on August 31, Wilson spoke to the media about the only thing he cares for: “reclaiming for the Dalits the human dignity that is their natural birthright,” as the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation put it. Excerpts from the conversation Uttam Sengupta had with the national convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA):