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Never point fingers at IPL; see how we can get more out of it

Ravi Shastri debuted for India in 1981. He was 18. A left-arm spinner who batted right-handed, he took six wickets in the Test at Wellington, which India lost to New Zealand, and scored 22 at number 10. Playing alongside the likes of captain Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev must have been a great learning experience for the Mumbaikar. So, when he advocates the need to blood youngsters when the experienced are still around, he has to be taken seriously. After India were defeated at the Oval in the final of the World Test Championship early this month, Shastri, who was in London as a commentator, was the first to say that India has to learn from Australia on making the transition smooth.

Making Gandhi greater

Gujarat goes ahead with a 1,200-crore project to expand the Sabarmati Ashram complex, brushing aside opposition from Gandhi’s descendants

Battleground Barsu

People of eight Ratnagiri villages are torn between the benefits a refinery would bring and the environment it would spoil

ALLY-DALLYING

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is wooing estranged allies, but on its own terms

Family plan

The Rajapaksas believe that the Sinhala majoritarian feeling is alive in Sri Lanka, and it will help them make a comeback

ALL QUIET ON THE WATERFRONT

A YEAR AFTER THE GALLE FACE PROTESTS, SRI LANKA IS LARGELY PEACEFUL, BUT THE ACTIVISTS WHO LED THE MOVEMENT FACE GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION. AND, THE ECONOMY REMAINS A MESS

Unwelcome Mat

Wrestling controversy puts question mark on dreams of young girls in Haryana

Failing The Test

Changes are needed to take Indian cricket ahead from this moribund state

Best Friends Forever

Modi has thrown his weight behind making Indo-US ties stronger than ever; Biden, too, appears clearly committed

UNICORN UTOPIA

With G20’s first-of-a-kind Startup20 initiative, India aims to position itself as a global go-to hub for startups

India can be great for manufacturing

INTERVIEW: Nadir Godrej, chairman and managing director, Godrej Industries

Unlocking future

With acquisitions, expansion and new businesses, Godrej is spreading its wings

Return request

NIA hopes Modi’s diplomatic outreach in Washington could help the Tahawwur Rana extradition process

TRICKY EMBRACE

The F414 aero-engines deal could take India’s reliance on the US to new heights

This conflict is between two communities, not between tribals and Meiteis

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: N.BIREN SINGH, CHIEF MINISTER, MANIPUR

COMPLICIT IN THE CARNAGE

Manipuri women have historically fought tyranny and oppression, but they are now at the forefront of ethnic violence

Music with a mission

Indian Ocean’s latest album Tu Hai sparks contemplation on a range of issues from existence of God to climate change

FLYING COLOURS

From showing at the Paris Haute Couture Week to dressing Jr NTR at the Oscars designer Gaurav Gupta has had a fantastic year. And he says he saw it all coming

Yoga Made Easy

Protect Your Knees

Fickle friendship

Dilemma in the Congress over ordinance against Kejriwal government; opposition unity hurt

Storwel to space

From making India self-reliant, pre- and post-independence, to taking her to space, there is one company that played a key role in nation building: Godrej

Where Buddhism Meets Hinduism

India, from time immemorial, has been sharing the values of Buddhism with the world

To quit or not to quit

Ever since that little big man Lal Bahadur Shastri quit Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet after a train accident, it has become a fashion to ask for the rail minister’s scalp after every accident.

ENGINEERING A RENAISSANCE

IITs ARE EXPANDING THEIR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PROGRAMMES. A LOOK AT HOW THE ARTS FIT INTO THE ENGINEERING OUTLOOK

Himalayan slip

India can emulate the British model and offer Gorkha soldiers from Nepal a longer tenure

INNOVATION INCOMING

STEM-SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS IS EXPERIENCING A REVIVAL THANKS TO EXPECTATIONS OF BETTER JOB PROSPECTS

Anurag Thakur needs to do more

Our residence in a SoBo neighbourhood is totally unaccustomed to the sight of VVIP convoys speeding into the complex with cops and random political workers swarming around the lobby

The BCI notification is bad in law

INTERVIEW: Lalit Bhasin, president, Society of Indian Law Firms

Steadfast spirit is in the air

BACK IN MAY-JUNE 1989, when tanks rolled out on Tiananmen Square to crush the movement of the Chinese youth for political reforms, their hopes for change were high, in view of the normalisation of relations with the Soviet Union during Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit after a freeze of 30 years

Clout cover

How Brijbhushan Singh taps his popularity and religious-caste identity