By Vikas Datta The rather immense human propensity for self-delusion, or even what psychologists would term “wish-fulfilment”, can also influence fiction, even its variant seeking to appear realistic. Heroes (and heroines) are expected to be…
By Amit Dasgupta The CBSE results are out and students would be enrolling in droves for university education. While children find it exciting to embark on the next chapter of their life-journey, it is also…
By Subhash K. Jha The one major lesson that has emerged from the diversity of films this week is the line dividing Bollywood and non-Bollywood films in Indian cinema has almost vanished. Sorry, but you…
By Amulya Ganguli It was an evening of pious homilies at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur where former President and now citizen Pranab Mukherjee was the guest of honour at a valedictory…
By Varun Gera With a surge in unhealthy lifestyles, increased cases of mental illness and NCDs in India the concept of workplace wellness has become pertinent. The market for corporate wellness, valued at $3.4 billion…
By Frank Islam India is blessed to be the third-largest start-up economy in the world. Unfortunately, there is a curse that comes with that blessing. That is, as indicated in a 2016 report issued by…
By Rajendra Shende It may be true that the world is drowning in plastics. However, in the last few weeks, we are submerged more in statistics than in plastics. For example: One million plastic drinking…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) For long, parents have been saving for the primary and secondary education of their children, as well as any higher studies. The past 10-15 years have seen a change with…
By Taponeel Mukherjee Charles Dickens’ famous line “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” in his novel “A Tale of Two Cities” aptly describes the recent privatisation scenario in India….
By Ajay Adiseshann 24 trees. That’s the number of trees that need to be cut to make one ton of uncoated, non-recycled printing and office paper. *10.6 per cent. That’s how much India’s per capita…
By Amit Kapoor Farmers across the nation are on strike, cutting off vegetables and milk supplies to cities, demanding better prices, loan waivers, power supply and ethanol as fuel — all this hailing from the…
By Dr Bradnee Chambers Thanks to the wonders of modern industrial technology we are now producing 20 times as much plastic as we were doing in 1964. If the current trend continues, output will double…
By Vikas Datta What makes a literary work a classic? The readers’ opinion or a prominent literary figure’s certification? Or could it be, as many literary critics suggest, the enduring relevance of its motifs and…
By Amulya Ganguli It will be a mistake to ascribe the defeats of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Kairana, Noorpur and Bhandara-Gondiya by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra only to the tie-ups among…
By Saeed Naqvi Pardon the postscript first. With the appointment of Giuseppe Conte, a lawyer, as a compromise Prime Minister of Italy, the wheel has come full circle. But before the Italian see-saw could stabilise,…
By Taponeel Mukherjee The decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to grant banks the option to spread provisioning equally over up to four quarters for mark-to-market (MTM) losses on investments is one that…
By Amit Kapoor India has had an unfortunate history of losing out to its economic counterparts over time. It first began in 1965 when the East Asian economies stood at more or less the same…
By Vikas Datta If you happen to visit San Francisco, and walk down its Burritt Alley, your attention may be drawn to a plaque, marking the approximate spot where “Miles Archer, partner of Sam Spade,…
By Vinod Behl The four years of the Narendra Modi government, marked by landmark reforms, have seen the complete transformation of the unorganised and opaque real estate sector into a regulated, transparent, affordable and consumer-friendly…
By Amulya Ganguli If Narendra Modi expected Karnataka to be the icing on the cake on the eve of the completion of his four years in office, he must be disappointed. Yet, the setback in…