Air pollution: Reduced self-cleansing capacity of atmosphere
By S.N. Tripathi An apple a day keeps the doctor away is passe. Yet, it applies so well to the health of our environment, especially the atmosphere. We keep our body healthy so that it…
Commentary
But it’s my emotional support frozen turkey
By Nury Vittachi Mothers of nursing babies are banned from flying into Australia with breast milk, unless it is retained within the originating boob, a reader was told. “If it is pumped into any other…
India moves to catalyse innovation through academia-industry partnership
By Indu Kannan Academia and industry are two important pillars of our economy. A robust collaboration between the two will augur well for our developing economy, enabling innovation, growth in the education system and producing…
Cover designers: Unsung heroes of the publishing industry
By Saket Suman Of all the aspects that go into shaping the fate of any given book, its cover, apart from the merit of the title, is perhaps the most significant. In today’s times, when…
Contested paths: Setting the course for newly-free India (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta Title: A Republic in the Making – India in the 1950s; Author: Gyanesh Kudaisya; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 250; Price: Rs 575 It seems to have become a compulsion of sorts…
Bidis need to be targeted to reduce tobacco consumption
By Amit Kapoor Over the last weekend, tobacco advertisements were again seen across US media channels after decades of being banned. However, this time around, it was not by choice but by a court-imposed order…
Global Entrepreneurship Summit: Put Indian women entrepreneurs first
By Frank F. Islam On November 28-30 in Hyderabad, India and the US will jointly host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. This is the eighth annual summit which was the brainchild of former US President Barack…
Festival circuit ennui: Same people, say same things at similar events
By Amit Khanna In India you have hundreds of film, literature, music, dance, sports, fashion, investment, technology, science and other festivals in every part of the country. This should be a happy indicator of our…
Valued more in fiction: Friendship across literary genres
By Vikas Datta It is arguably our most valuable and worthwhile social attribute, but in human nature’s paradoxical way, quite undervalued. Friendships can last lifetimes but more frequently are subject to changing status, other interests…
Kohli is right, playing Tests in South Africa not a stroll
By Veturi Srivatsa Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri are turning out to be medias delight. Both are expressive and forthight in giving good copy. After his unusually strong defence of his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s…
‘Padmavati’ controversy: Fair is foul and foul is fair
By Saeed Naqvi “Padmavati”, in a sense, is a neighbourhood story. My village, Mustafabad, happens to be in Rae Bareli, which embraces numerous Chishtiya Sufi shrines or places where the saints spent some time, including…
Rahul Gandhi in a new avatar
By Amulya Ganguli Rahul Gandhi’s coronation as the Congress president next month is taking place at the right time for him and the party. Over the last two months, he has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis….
The man behind ‘Peanuts’ and his inspired imagination
By Vikas Datta He can be hailed as creator of the longest-running, most popular comic strip ever, which saw its characters used from selling insurance (Metlife) to nickname an Indian Air Force chief (NAK Browne)….
‘Padmavati’ protests much ado about nothing?
Amit Kapoor It’s that time of the year again when our sentiments are hurt, and it is acceptable to temporarily suspend liberal democracy because of it. The latest victim of the now-ubiquitous tyranny of hurt…
7 natural ways to treat cracked heels
By Hariprasad V.R. In today’s fast-paced lifestyle, most of us are on our feet all day, making them prone to skin problems. Direct exposure to dirt and the absence of oil glands make the skin…
Ease of business? GM research firms look abroad as tighter norms threaten at home
By Vivian Fernandes New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) While India has climbed 30 rungs in the World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business ladder and Moody’s has raised the country’s credit rating because of its reform push, for the…
Modi’s silence doesn’t augur well for India’s democracy
By Saket Suman Even as camera-friendly and Internet-savvy Prime Minister Narendra Modi waxes eloquent on his “Beti Padhao Beti Bachao” campaign, the right-wing fringe elements openly threaten a leading actress — an inspiration and role…
Twisted interpretation of history: Challenging times for artists, filmmakers
By Amulya Ganguli At the root of the controversy over the release of the Hindi feature film “Padmavati” is, first, the saffron brotherhood’s interpretation of history with a pronounced anti-Muslim bias and, secondly, the Bharatiya…
BBC investigation exposes US, UK protecting IS in Syria
By Saeed Naqvi A BBC expose, with graphic visuals, is quite emphatic: The US and British-led coalition forces enabled hundreds of IS jihadists escape from Raqqa after the headquarters of their self-declared Caliphate was bombarded…
Indira Gandhi’s fearlessness brought out the best in her
By Suman Dubey No past Prime Minister of India evokes as much passion as Indira Gandhi. Her admirers believe she could do no wrong and was the messianic leader India needed in her time; her…