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Bitter Truths In Sealed Cover
Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi assumed office with a messianic aura but left behind a legacy scorched by controversies
Your Shopping, Her Wings
Your Shopping, Her Wings
Tweeterverse
QUACK! The gander gives away the nest’s position behind an arbour of foliage.
Veni Vidi Vanchy
K.R. Vancheeswaran, 57, or simply Vanchy as everyone calls him here, wakes up to the sweet call of the Malabar whistling thrush every morning.
Thou Art Here, Nanak!
Iconoclast and pacifist, the first of the Sikh Gurus belongs to all humanity
Their Last Rides
Their Last Rides
The Slytherin Wizard
“COMElet’s release this fellow in the bushes,” says Shravan as he led me into the forested tracts of the sprawling Theosophical Society campus in Chennai.
The Portfolio Of An Aam Aadmi
IT’S a bright day and Delhi’s deputy CM is walking briskly on the tread-mill at his official residence on Mathura Road.
The Jungle Book
AROUND four in the evening, after a late lunch, Pamela Gale Malhotra is standing at a bay window in her living room looking out at a picture-perfect landscape—a rainsoaked forest with the Brahmagiri hills framing the backdrop.
The Cycle Of Life
EVERY day of renewed energy is a message by Nature to continue adding value to life and living.
Slow Gathering Of Life's Net
AS ducks swim, Virender Sehwag timed the leather orb. Of the 17,253 international runs he scored, Sehwag’s innate ability to spank the cricket ball boiled down to precise hand-eye coordination.
Show A Man His Place
AS the swish set of south Delhi crowd the serpentine lanes of Hauz Khas Village, Punjabi hits and techno tracks reverberate with the kaleidoscopic colours of the dance floor.
Pressing On Still
Pressing On Still
Passion-Fruit Mojo
WITH the top hat, ’tache and three-piece, Gopinath Muthukad almost looks straight out of a Lee Falk comic panel.
Old Man River
SIDDIQUE Ali stands on the bow his country boat, silhouetted against a flaming orange sky on a November evening.
Officer And A Musafir
ANAND Kumar was a regular cricketer in his college days. now, he has to find time for golf during weekends.
No One At The Ranch
Deserted by allies and partymen, Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is fighting a lonely battle to save his crown
Namaskar, Main Ravish Kumar...
SITTING above news crawlers and tick-ers, within the confines of the TV screen, Ravish Kumar appears an aver-age man, belying his height and physique.
Murga Rides The Wave
The ‘on air’ sign in the radio studio lights up red at 7 am sharp.
Ma Is A Baby Doll
IT’S a little after 7 in the morning, the time when Mumbai gradually wakes up; the incessant commotion that typifies the financial capital builds up slowly.
In The Vaults Of Death
DRUMS announce the arrival of the first corpse at the cremation and burial ground in Otteri, Chennai.
Heeding The Cry, 'Au thor, Author'
THE mist has obscured the steep lanes of Landour, but finding our destination is not difficult.
Chasing Nirvana
THIS mortal world is constantly chasing one thing or the other—worldly wealth for many, nirvana and moksha for some.
Bol Paran Periods
“LOOK,” says tabla virtuoso Pandit Tanmoy Bose, slowly moving his index finger along the rim of a half-filled glass of water, “listen to what happens”.
Damned If You Do
Work on Subansiri hydel project resumes after eight years. Activists bristle, call it betrayal.
Finale Of The Four Innings?
The pitiful demise, by market consensus, of women’s Test cricket
NRC Nightmare In Bengal's Backyard
Disguised as a harmless census exercise, NRC comes to Bengal as NPR
Maharashtra: Maximum Mess
A fortnight after the assembly election results, Maharashtra is under central rule. And there is still no clarity on who could form a new government.
The Temple Panchang
The Ayodhya verdict puts a legal seal on the goal of the rath yatra that led to Babri Masjid’s demolition. What does it mean for the future of the BJP-RSS and of Indian democracy?
Jacquard Chic Sikh
The community is upholding its traditions of sartorial excellence while incorporating the latest trends