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Thinking Out Of The Witness Box

Mahmood Farooqui’s rape conviction for forced oral sex opens a hectic debate about the ‘lacunae’ in the amended criminal law

Scripting A Good Ending

To the PDP, ‘permanent solution’ means dialogue and the opposite to its ally, the BJP.

A Bird's Past, and Future...

The Praful Patel years, which all but grounded AI, come under the lens just as privatisation looms.

Doctors And Their Devices

Imported medical devices are often indispensable. But 1,000 % mark-ups in prices? Hospitals, traders and doctors are playing a fast, smooth game, pushing patients towards financial ruin. Will the government ever wake up to these immoral medical practices?

The Monk Who Stung A Hornet

The Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit worsens Sino­Indian ties, as neighbours reap the benefits of their competing largesse

New-Found Mahatma Love

The PM’s appropriation of Gandhi is helping the BJP shape a new political persona

Vaccine Vendors' Greed Gone Viral

Immunisation is a nexus controlled by big private vaccine makers, mostly foreign, that decides your baby gets 15 shots more for the doctor to make money. Even if the vaccine is useless—not to talk of the huge mark-ups.

Shompa Sengupta

Tales of women who fought against taboos and gender bia­ses, not to mention poverty and illiteracy, to emerge successful businesswomen abound in Calcutta, women who, without so much as the rudiments of training, have beaten competitors by dint of innate intelligence and hard work.

A Prayer Sent Out Loudly

Mamata Banerjee’s token gestures towards Muslims have caused a communal divide without really empowering the community

Optical Poetry

Modern theatre students discover the benefits of classical training in the Koodiyattam tradition

Playboy Diary

Playboy diary

RaGa Road To Gujarat Navsurgence

Rahul hits BJP with slowdown and scandal with faultless timing, but can it be termed a Congress reawakening?

'Gujarat Polls Will Be The Turning Point'

Congress general secretary in-charge of Gujarat, Ashok Gehlot, tellsBula Devi his party will defeat the BJP in the state and Rahul Gandhi may become Congress president before the year ends. 

Reconnect Switch Is On

The CM is on an outreach mission, sensing a drain in people’s support. Opposition dubs it political stunt.

Depressing Window To Middle Class

Weak private investment, automation and redundant skills are gnawing at white-collar jobs. A political hot potato is in the moulding.

Many Quarters Of The Patriarch

Keeping a ‘small house’ for the ‘other’ woman is a long-standing practice in Tamil Nadu, embraced and legitimised by former CMs

Taint Tales From Lalooland

The RJD chief is no stranger to controversy, but this time, the political future of his family members is at stake

The Lahori Gate Is Closed Still

A decline in Nawaz Sharif’s political stocks means more army control. It bodes ill for talks with India.

Cord Blood Firms Turn Astrologers

Anxiety rules expectant parents. Money-eyed and dubious firms latch on to this concern with claims of a perfect future for the child.

Base Camp For A World Podium Finish

The Asian Athletics Championship yields India’s best-ever haul. Our track stars now aim for London.

Amarnath Attack: Burning The Terror House

The Amarnath attack validated the Centre’s how-to on ridding Kashmir of terrorism

The Second Among Equals

Why Gopal Gandhi will have to settle for a shot at the No 2 post

The Fashionably Late Party Starters

Women in Calcutta are leaving behind age-related bias by discovering the art of partying post-60

It's More Than Rocket Science

A world record 104 satellites at one go in February, four rockets in four months, indigenous cryogenic engines with heavy-lift capability…why does ISRO tick where almost every other government department fails in India? Put it down to work ethic.

Tightrope in a Divided House

Mehbooba is facing a backlash from within PDP and ally BJP isn’t making it any easier.

A Sail Ship To Mombasa

The six-nation East African Community can be a top trade hub. Major powers are vying for a part of the action.

Out Of Line, But On Course

Engineering colleges are brown with rust, medical seats are fiercely fought and unusual fields rise through the ranks. All these frame our rankings this year.

An App To Bell The Cat

With one million subscriptions already, Byju Raveendran’s app encourages the self-learning habit

In Search Of The Good Life

There’s a growing number of students migrating from the Valley to get an education and make a career

We Are Making Higher Education More Skill-Centric

Out from college, most youths aren’t job-ready or strong in entrepreneurial skills. University Grants Commission chairman D.P. Singh tells Lola Nayar about the steps taken by the statutory body to improve the quality of higher education institutions and make them more vocation-oriented. Excerpts: