CATEGORIES
A NATION COMES ALIVE
Never since the early years of Independence has the meaning of India been so keenly contested as now
Unfair Play: The Ball's In The Court
Transparency and accountability are the bugaboos that haunt the BCCI, the IOA and the sports federations. The influential who run them are fighting court orders to resist a fair code for sports administration.
Whose Police Is It Anyway?
On January 14, the Delhi Police got a few admonitory lessons from Tis Hazari judge Kamini Lau.
The Cold Pashmina in a Long Blackout
A heritage gasps as longest internet shutdown strangles Kashmir’s handicraft industry
Satire's Doughty Donkey
The first Tamil political magazine is still going strong after 50 years of poking fun at power
SNAPSHOT - Party Time!
The traditional bonfires during Magh Bihu this year were fuelled by anger, the raging flames during the mid-January harvest festival turning into a metaphor for the underlying sentiments across Assam.
CHANGING GEARS
In the past decade, the SUV has gone from surviving on the fringes to becoming the only kind of vehicle keeping the mainstream afloat.
AVENGERS OF THE STATE
Are the police forces working for the rulers of the day and not for the law of the land? Recent instances point to a worrisome trend in India.
Twice Sworn And Second In Command
Devendra Fadnavis’s deputy CM is now Uddhav Thackeray’s
JNU Violence - Dangerous Minds
The relentless attacks on JNU seek to deter the young people resisting this regime’s agenda of establishing a Hindu Rashtra
Why A Football Match Gives Kashmiris So Much Joy...
Why a football match gives Kashmiris so much joy...
Trumpets: Twitching The Tail of A Serpent
Iran deplores the killing of its top general, then strikes back at the US. How close are we to the proverbial fuse that lights the train of gunpowder that is West Asia?
JNY Mayhem: Dangerous Course
After crackdowns on anti-CAA protests at many places, rods and stones greet JNUites protesting fee hike
Serving India
ONE unremarkable morning last year, Jhingru died. Shrunken, emaciated and grey, he looked older than his 42 years.
On Their Plates: Fullness
An indefatigable crusader against rampant wastage of food has vowed to connect the excess with underfed children who need it most
Bundel Bank of Bread
Tara Patkar in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, offers free meals in a region that lacks healthcare facilities and basic infrastructure
Battling Rebels and Social Evils
In Chhattisgarh’s Maoist heartland, a doctor-turned-IPS officer is rebuilding the lives of tribals with love and personal care
For The Reason Of Our Sanity
A rational idea of spirituality can heal the split personality syndrome afflicting humanity. Reason is a country India has always belonged to.
Bhakti Ras That Binds Bharat
One motherland, one country, one people—this has been the perpetual truth of our nationalism. Anything against this ethos is meaningless.
SHARDS OF A BROKEN DREAM
Once repression and injustice drove Muslims towards the State. This couldn’t last, of course, with the ruling system, in every avatar, punishing Muslims for being Muslim.
WATER'S GREATEST PLAYGROUND
Feel the rush of a looping freefall waterslide, surf the waves of excitement, and hang on the Middle East’s longest suspended rollercoaster at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Waterworld, the iconic waterpark promising legendary adventure for all ages with over 40 rides, slides and attractions.
With God At The Non-Striker's End
The almighty might be invoked for that final push, but sportsmen have implicit faith in training, coaches and true grit
A NIMBUS RECEIVED
Our Sufis, saints and gurus are Indian culture’s biggest achievement—not gods, whom people across the world created
B Schools Making Business Sense
Business Management studies continue to have their hold on the aspiring youth, many of whom even after completing professional education and courses are ready to spend another valuable two years to acquire an MBA degree. The reason is simple, at the end, one has to manage one’s profession life well which covers many areas of expertise at the same time be it finance, resources, manpower etc. This can explain the reason why B schools continue to emerge despite a glut in the market.
CAA - India's Streets Say No
It’s like a dam had burst: as if a reservoir of anger filling up silently had suddenly breached its bounds.
Wet Nurse In Your Account
Human milk banks are sourcing and supplying donated milk to babies whose mothers cannot breastfeed
The Visionary Behind LIBA
Magis is the Jesuit value that explains excellence.
Silver Linings Playbook
The pale glimmer of hope notwithstanding, the economy is in a confused flux, with all vital signs direly bleak
No Threat To State's Right To Know You
Proposed data protection law won’t protect personal data from the government
Assam Band
The past often provides vital context to present turmoil.