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STRONG AT THE CENTRE

India’s Constitution, the world’s longest, is the soul of the Republic and an armour for its people

THE LAW'S GRUBBY YARDS

As if to put litigants on trial, India’s district court complexes are destitute of many basic amenities

FIND A MANAGER, MY LORD

Vacancies, poor judicial infrastructure keep India’s justice delivery system in cuffs

COURT OF FIRST AND LAST RESORT

As protector of citizen’s liberties and watchdog of the

CORRECTIVE SURGERY UNDER THE DOME

The judiciary has served India well. Yet it suffers from grave maladies that can corrode public confidence in it. This is a prescription to cure the illness.

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.