Why he wants to track humankind's journey around the world

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America.Nikita Puri traces his passage......

When smugglers wanted to buy a helicopter

Iqbal wanted to land the smuggled goods by helicopter on the Andaman Islands. DK asked, 'Iqbal, a helicopter will bring the consignment to the island, drop it there and then return. Won't radars......

Why students unions at universities must not be curbed

IMAGE: JNU students protest against the police crackdown on the campus in February. Photograph: PTI The State is trying to curb the students movements, therefore, there are suspicions against some......

'We must question how we are bringing up our sons'

'It is not about women today; it's about men.''We need to focus our energy on a war footing on men.''Let us start with a boy who is 10 years old.''If you don't concentrate on your son, the safe......

Gold diggers throng closed mines

It has been six years since Bharat Gold Mines Ltd closed down mining operations at the Kolar Gold Fields near Bangalore. However, activity has not completely ceased at the mines, with their having......

Kolkata gets a new US resident

Ghosts of the past must have crowded in on the US Consul General, Henry V Jardine (whose name has a commercial resonance from here to Hong Kong, but that may be coincidence), and Ramesh Bajpai,......

'Women in Pakistan feel like they are being watched'

'There's this presence, a sense of patrolling and surveillance. And it's not coming from a place of safety.''It's coming from a place of 'You don't belong here'.''It's a malevolent force, the......

10 Must Watch Ram Gopal Varma Movies on OTT

Ram Gopal Varma's last few films were so cringingly bad that a new generation of film-goers might not even remember that he was once admired as a maverick, who marched to the music of his own drum,......

Garmi Review: Yet Another Violent Show Set In UP

Of late, crime, politics, corruption and hate have been leaking out of every streaming platform.By the time Garmi drops, fatigue has already set in, observes Deepa Gahlot. For most directors, the......

How Does One Say Goodbye To Satish Kaushik?

'He didn't have a single mean bone in his body.''He never had a negative word about anybody, not even those who harmed him.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Satish Kaushik/Instagram How does one say......

'Dear Tiger, the great bowler in the sky eventually bowls us'

Derek O'Brien pays tribute to Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who passed into the ages on Thursday. This piece is a tribute from me, but well might be from any one of us who have had the privilege of......

Face to face

Updated: October 6, 2003 | 17:50 IST Football England star named over 'rape' [femail.co.uk] 'Gang rape' girl: I didn't consent to group sex [thesun.co.uk] Soccer ace crisis meeting......