By Nishant Arora Title: Hit Refresh; Author: Satya Nadella; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 272; Price: Rs 599 When you hit “Refresh” in a web browser by clicking the little arrow — or press the “F5″…
By Amit Kapoor It is almost a certainty that the Indian economy will receive a fiscal stimulus soon on account of the government’s desperate attempt to reverse the country’s dipping growth rates. Throughout history, the…
By Vikas Datta Title: Three Hundred Verses – Musings on Life, Love and Renunciation; Author: Bhartrihari/A.N.D. Haksar (translator); Publisher: Penguin Random House India; Pages: 336; Price: Rs 599 The profane and the sacred (or philosophical)…
By Dr. Saud bin Mohammed Al-Sati September 23 marked the 87th anniversary of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This auspicious occasion not just celebrates the historic unification of the Kingdom but…
By Vikas Datta “Murder is a crime. Describing murder is not. Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is,” American critic Gershon Legman advised writers but never realised it was sex that raked in both…
By Mayank Chhaya Two weeks of a well-orchestrated tour of the US may not be enough to determine whether Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is a reflective and seriously analytical politician, as his supporters insist,…
By Amit Kapoor & Chirag Yadav The BRICS Summit was largely an uneventful affair this year. Apart from the usual declarations for greater cooperation, hardly anything noteworthy took place. Only the naming of Pakistani terrorist…
By Amulya Ganguli Nitish Kumar must have realised by now that his ‘ghar wapsi’ hasn’t helped him. The BJP is treating him more like an unwanted guest than the repentant prodigal son. The Bihar Chief…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said that states were obliged to compensate the victims of cow vigilante groups and asked all of them to file a report on the compliance…
By Nury Vittachi This columnist, who is also a writer of books, was at a school as a Visiting Author when one of the children asked a question: “How much does Thor get paid?” “Good…
By Novy Kapadia Long-term preparation of age-group national teams is now a regular and welcome feature in Indian football and can lead to a better future. For the U-17 World Cup to be held in…
By Vikas Datta Title: Hair (Object Lessons); Author: Scott Lowe; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 152; Price: Rs 250 For a filament of dead protein protruding out of our skin, hair’s significance far outstrips any other body…
By Lenin Babu India has made significant progress in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by UN member-states in 2015 but finances remain an issue, a study of the country’s Voluntary National Review…
By Amit Kapoor It is becoming really hard to be optimistic about the Indian economy. As T.N. Ninan pointed out last week, it has been six years since the economy breached the seven per cent…
By Vikas Datta If sport epitomises human grace, then look elsewhere. For when running, he looked as he was “wrestling with an octopus on a conveyor belt”. But if it reflects endurance, he was the…
By Vikas Datta The human race displays an infinite capacity for dividing itself into various categories — justified or not. But one rather interesting differentiation is in the (figurative) eyeglasses people use to see their…
By Saeed Naqvi Darjeeling, Thimphu, Gangtok and Siliguri are a tight cluster on any map even in a large Atlas. Because of the recent standoff with China over Doklam, the strategic importance of the area,…
By Frank F. Islam On August 22, the Supreme Court ruled that triple talaq — the practice which allows a man to divorce his wife instantly by saying the word talaq thrice — is unconstitutional….
By Ganapathi B. and Arpandev Bhattacharyya Diabetes is one of the most serious health problems of modern times. It is characterised by persistently high levels of blood glucose (sugar) in the body. At present, there…
By Amit Kapoor Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, was quoted as saying: “If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.” Sadly, even today 248 million children across the globe are…
