When Muhammad Yunus Spoke To India's Parliament

Muhammad Yunus proved that he was neither an armchair economist nor a slogan mongering political activist, but a doer destined to do what Mahatma Gandhi said -- to remove every tear from every eye,......

Dr Swaminathan changed India's destiny from begging bowl to food basket

"As I was working on agriculture, my family wanted me to take over the management of our plantations. But my aim was to master the art of developing new varieties, that is genetics and breeding. As......

Churchill caused the Bengal famine: Madhusree Mukerjee

Arthur J Pais on author Madhusree Mukerjee's rebuttal of historian Arthur Herman's critique.For Churchill admirers like historian Arthur Herman (Churchill and Gandhi), who have denounced her book......

COVID Second Wave: How may have died?

Only the government has the capacity to collate all death data across all facilities and count corpses dumped in rivers.And the government is patently not interested in finding out, observes......

What I got when I flew Air India for Rs 169,613

Even a rump Air India could not hope to get away with the shoddy service and scrappy fare for which I paid nearly two lakh, complains Sunanda K Datta-Ray.   It's unfashionable now to endorse......

Famine looming large, high time to react

Most of you have heard of Mid Day Meal scheme in India. In a poverty struck country like India, this is what attracts a large number of poor students to attend school. Sadly it is discontinued in......

'Let govt ensure MSP is a legal right just like MRP'

'Government is saying I will not be responsible for ensuring you get MSP but traders and large corporate will be responsible.''India now is the only country that is saying such things.' IMAGE:......

How India can be a successful economy

India has a habit of surprising its critics and sceptics - which may be why, a few years ago, Edward Luce titled his readable book In Spite of the Gods: the Strange Rise of Modern India. At the......

Darkest Hour Review: Exuberant bear. Shrewd fox. Vociferous lion

'The politics of it may be wishy-washy and the saviour at Darkest Hour's centre may well be a racist, an imperialist, and an alcoholic, but in Gary Oldman's nimble skin, smacked in layers and......

Zohra Sehgal, grand old lady of Bollywood, dead

Legendary actress Zohra Sehgal, who essayed character roles with aplomb in a career spanning both theatre and cinema, died in New Delhi on Thursday. She was 102. A Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sehgal......

Is The Great Indian Kitchen gutsy cinema?

If you think the film is gutsy, you are simply being blind to the truth that the whole men-are-worthless slant is saleable right now, argues Sreehari Nair. The Great Indian Kitchen begins as a......

10 roles that proved Soumitra Chatterjee's versatility

This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......

East Bengal Football Club appeals for protection of minorities in Bangladesh

IMAGE: The iconic East Bengal Football Club called on the Bangladesh government to take immediate and effective measures to safeguard vulnerable communities. Photograph: East Bengal Football......

England beat Pakistan to stay in WT20

Pakistan players celebrate after the wicket of Ravi Bopara, caught by Shoaib Malik off Shahid Afridi's bowling, during the ICC World Twenty20 match against England at the Oval on...