Mrinalini Sarabhai transformed Gujarat's cultural life

Ahmedabad's cultural scene would not have gone beyond the garba, but for Mrinalini Sarabhai's pioneering efforts, says V Gangadhar who spent many years in the city. IMAGE: Mrinalini Sarabhai......

Why our institutions are producing unemployable Indians

'I did not bother to collect my diploma certificate because the course was a waste of time and more or less useless.''It would be instructive for me to describe it because manufacturing is seen as......

How Gujarat is divided

The series of communal riots that have rocked Gujarat over the years have resulted in the gradual 'ghettoisation' of the minority communities, says a study on the subject.Ghettoisation refers to a......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

One man's crusade to bring riches to rural areas

Aavishkaar CEO Vineet Rai has been raising the 'social entrepreneurship' bar that will help create excellent, livelihood-generating rural enterprises, says Rajni Bakshi. Vineet Rai enjoys putting a......

Job generation plummeted 21% between Jan-Dec

Job generation during 2012 saw a 21 per cent decline across various sectors of the economy between January and mid-December, according to an ASSOCHAM analysis."A total of over 530,000 jobs were......

'Whatever I have is because of India'

'15, 17 years back we were not even in existence in the US. Today nearly 1/3 of prescriptions written comes from India.''India is showing that in a very competitive environment -- like the US and......

Skill gloom amid job boom

CS Mirchandani, placement coordinator at the Goa Institute of Management, says he is on cloud nine these days.The reason: the first six hours of the school's placement week, which concluded last......