'Destitution and starvation will go...'

'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.' IMAGE: A scene from Rajasthan. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan passed a......

4 infants die of cold at govt children's home in Lucknow, official suspended

The superintendent of a government-run children's home in Lucknow was suspended after the death of four infants in the last five days, allegedly due to cold, officials said on Thursday. Image used......

Kalki: The Revolutionary Writer Behind PS 1

Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I. IMAGE: Director Mani Ratnam, third from right, with......

Treat sex workers with dignity, not to abuse them: SC to police

Observing that human decency and dignity extend to sex workers and their children, the Supreme Court has directed police forces in all states and Union Territories to treat sex workers with dignity......

The reality of India's demographic bomb

Despite a predominantly young population, a demographic dividend is unlikely to accrue to India unless the northern belt, the youngest region in the country in terms of population age, ramps up its......

Nita & Devashish narrate a beautiful story of hope, love, laughter

Besides being busy with their professional lives, Nita and Devashish have a common cause for which they both struggle hard, real hard to support economically weak cancer patients from across......

Uber, Baazee.com redux?

The Information Technology Act needs another tweak to allow a different kind of information intermediary to flourish, says Ajit Balakrishnan. This is the story so far: on a recent day in December,......

Anji Reddy, healer extraordinaire

Dr Reddy, an innovative technocrat par excellence, led from the front the countless initiatives of his famed laboratory in discovering many effective, affordable, cures for the numerous ailments of......

KGF: Chapter 2 Review

Testosterone, not rationale, is the driving force behind the KGF franchise, observes Sukanya Verma. Mindless machismo is the jewel of many a masala movie and blaring background music its......

What you DON'T KNOW about Nedumudi Venu

A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem......

Kites: A beautiful fraud

In Kites, Barbara Mori's character presents herself as Natasha, the well-heeled fiancee of a wealthy casino owner's son, Tony. In reality, however, she's Linda, an illegal immigrant from Mexico......

World Cup for homeless brings hope

There was not much to link former Liberian child soldiers with a destitute Scot, the editor of a Russian street paper and a Manchester United coach -- until the Homeless World Cup. After months of......