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India's cry for water falls on deaf ears

India's water future remains very bleak.The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.Rashme Sehgal reports. IMAGE: River streams in......

As govt eyes forest land, Mumbai's tribals faced with move to dingy flats

With the Maharashtra government doling out pieces of the lush green Aarey forest to various utilities, the tribals living in it for generations are feeling increasingly insecure. Hepzi Anthony......

Why India must take care of its farmers

'I sighed, wondering what we'd eat if all farmers took jobs in the city and all their fields degenerated into land for sale,' notes Geetanjali Krishna.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......

Why UP's new CM must improve life in the east

There is nothing the young Purvanchali wants more desperately than to escape to a place with less hopelessness, and some opportunity, discovers Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A filthy toilet next to the......

Coping with water wars

The wars of the future will be fought over water and if they occur on large scale, will be far more devastating than any we have seen yet, says Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Residents wait for......

Kerala's tourism takes a hard knock with coronavirus

One of the most-sought-after tourist destinations in Asia, ‘God's Own Country’ Kerala has been hit by the coronavirus scare just when it was on the recovery path after the Nipah......

Chennai witnessing one of the worst droughts in over 70 years

Lush agricultural lands have turned parch as groundwater levels deplete to new lows, and wells and water reservoirs go dry.While the administration points to deficient rainfall as a reason, experts......

The IITian Way of Giving

As IIT Bombay's Class of 1980 begins to board planes, trains and automobiles at points across the globe to get together for its Silver Jubilee reunion, it is difficult to believe that twenty-five......

Alibag lures Mumbai's rich

One hundred and ten kilometres from the megalopolis that is Mumbai is Alibag, likened by some to Martha's Vineyard with its weekend homes for the privileged. You can drive for miles in Alibag (used......

Goa to sell 'rain drops' to nature lovers

Goa will not have an 'off season' as far as tourism is concerned. The state tourism department has drawn out a proposal to attract tourists in the monsoons as well. It plans to sell "rain drops" to......

The Raakhee You Never Knew

Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle.Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s......

Rainbow Rishta Review: Heartwarming!

If these six stories in Rainbow Rishta are any indication, then urban Indian society is moving towards a welcome liberalism, even though reality cannot be so simple, notes Deepa Gahlot. When there......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

PIX: Up close with Disha, Shruti, Karishma

Bollywood stars are posting amazing close-up pictures on Instagram, and we can't help looking! Photograph: Kind courtesy Disha Patani/Instagram Disha Patani says cheese!   Photograph: Kind......

Monsoon Wedding Revisited

'What guides Monsoon Wedding through and through is Mira Nair's openness as a film-maker,' observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Shefali Shetty (now Shefali Shah) in Monsoon Wedding He walks through the......

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