By Vikas Datta Bollywood was more of a colonial construct than we thought — even in the days the Indian freedom struggle was at its initial pitch. And in its initial days, it could also…
By Vikas Datta Personality cannot be entirely predictable but its basic pathways can be somewhat mapped. It, however, comes into its own when it meets a contrasting outlook(s), and these have to combine or clash…
By Sanjiv Kataria When Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy says the trend of stagnation of starting salaries for software engineers for six to seven years is “worrisome”, we should be nervous. What does it imply…
By Amulya Ganguli For the third time since the Narendra Modi government’s assumption of office, the Dalits have come into conflict with the Hindutva brigade. The first time was in Una in Gujarat, where a…
By Amit Khanna As they say, never reinvent the wheel. Well we haven’t in millennia. It is ironical that some of the oldest inventions of man have remained unaltered for centuries. In an age where…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Women are now eligible to serve in the Territorial Army as the Delhi High Court on Friday said that any provision of any Act that bars or discriminates women in…
By V. Srinivas The 15th Finance Commission, which the government notified on November 27, 2017, will have to first contend with the slowdown in the Indian economy. There is an upward trend in the fiscal…
By Sheikh Qayoom Two martyrs, two ideologies, two funerals and two mourning families. Kashmir’s saga of tragedy and destruction could not have a more poignant symbolism as these funerals took place when the world was…
By Amit Kapoor The New Year is upon us. It has been 17 years into the 21st century and if one word has to define this period, ‘innovation is bound to reign supreme. Technological innovation…
By Nidhi Jamwal Mumbai, Jan 1: Eight years after the Centre’s direction to formulate a state action plan on climate change, and seven years after awarding the contract for a comprehensive vulnerability assessment study, the…
By C. Uday Bhaskar Three unrelated developments in December provide some useful indicators about the security and strategic outlook for India in 2018. The first, which is most recent, is the killing of four Indian…
By IndiaSpend Team Mumbai, Jan 1: The seeds of many positive changes were sown in 2017 and could bring news to cheer Indians in 2018. Here’s a look at four positives. Renewed fight against TB:…
By Vikas Datta They may not flaunt the object of their interest like some do with mobiles or other high-tech devices, but committed and devoted readers can be made out by how their eyes suddenly…
By Amulya Ganguli Only the naive will believe that deep concern for the welfare of Muslim “sisters” and for the maintenance of the “dignity of women” and “gender equality” persuaded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
By Vikas Datta His white-bearded and tall fur hat sporting visage is among the those of a handful of global wordsmiths familiar by their very appearance – Shakespeare, Pushkin, Tagore, Tolstoy, et al even as…
Amit Kapoor It has been almost a decade since the world underwent a litany of economic crises beginning with the financial meltdown of 2008-09 immediately followed by the European debt crisis of 2010-12 and then…
By P.D. Rai The struggle for autonomy has been going on within the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) from inception. Initially, this was addressed by just staying away from the main system and awarding Post-Graduate…
By Vikas Datta With her exotic sultry looks, she was possibly one of Hollywood’s earliest ‘globalised’ leading ladies, playing roles spanning from a Spanish flamenco dancer to a Russian countess to a Biblical matriarch. Ava…
By Amulya Ganguli The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory in Gujarat was largely based on the support it received in the urban areas. In rural areas, however, the Congress generally held sway. As a result,…
By Nury Vittachi Used my wife’s lemon-herb-mint shampoo, and now my head smells like a slow-roasted leg of lamb and everyone in the office is complaining that they feel hungry. So I turn to mail…