Safe waters: That's all Ramanathapuram wants

While there is no dearth of talking points in campaigns for the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly polls, with everything from 2G spectrum scam to promises of freebies thrown in, key issues discussed by......

We are all Dhritarashtra

The one overweening concern of most Indians -- leaders of statecraft, captains of industry, matinee idols, paragons of professions, and common citizens alike -- is the future of their progeny, says......

Repositioning India's brand

Part I: Is South Asian Studies undermining India? Brand Management by other countries in USAIndia is under-represented in American academia compared to China, Islam/Middle East and Japan, among......

Divestment panel for sale of Cottage Industries

The Divestment Commission, in its 22nd report, has recommended the divestment of government stake in two public sector companies -- the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd and North......

Coimbatore's daily operations hit by cash crunch

In the fifth of a six-part series, Business Standard visits Coimbatore, often referred to as the Manchester of South India for its promising textile industry, to assess the impact of the note ban.......

Kerala handloom industry in doldrums

Once a major source of employment in the industry-starved Kerala, the handloom textile sector is in doldrums because of various factors forcing weavers to shift to other jobs to earn a living. Till......

Rajahmundry: Hub of wholesale cloth business

Rajahmundry has been on the top in wholesale cloth business for more than three decades. This is despite fanning of cloth business to other districts like Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Hyderabad.......

'Saira was more beautiful than I thought'

'I can still recall my eyes falling on Saira, looking breathtakingly beautiful in a brocade sari.''She had indeed grown to full womanhood and was in reality more beautiful than I thought she was.'A......

Karisma weds!

Bollywood's blue-eyed girl Karisma Kapoor has tiedthe knot with Sunjay Kapur. The wedding ceremony, which was to take place at 11 am, wasdelayed because the groom was stuck in traffic. Sunjay......