Do We Need Atmashakti At Work?

'Alongside economic growth and the Asian century, stress has become an Asian caravan.''But stress doesn't arrive in one's country as invitation to taste exhaustion. It comes dressed as a......

'He Will Always Be Gafoormama, The Indulgent Uncle'

'The intellectual A G Noorani and A G Noorani the family man sound like a contradiction in terms, but both aspects were integral parts of the individual.' All Illustrations: Dominic......

The Garbage Collector Whose Book Is Taught At Uni

'Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I would write a book one day.' IMAGE: S Dhanuja Kumari while collecting garbage. All photographs: Kind courtesy Dhanuja Kumari   S Dhanuja Kumari's......

Does India Need A Population Policy?

Experts recommend awaiting the findings of the 2021 Census, which is yet to be conducted, before introducing population control policies. IMAGE: A crowded railway platform in Mumbai. Kindly note......

Hi-speed broadband for all Indian villages soon

From a teledensity (number of phones in use for every 100 individuals) of just 1.4 per cent in 1995, India today has reached a teledensity of over 50 per cent, with big cities like Delhi, Mumbai,......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

Uproar in Rajya Sabha over soaring prices of pulses, vegetables

'The government has joined hands with certain special persons and prices of pulses have shoot up to Rs 205-210 per kg and the case of vegetables is also the same.' Taking a jibe at Bharatiya......

Cambridge University Press eyes local allies

Cambridge University Press is looking at more local partners in various countries to push revenues."We would be working under a dual-brand system where one global partner together with a national......

Make way for Indi toons

Cartoon characters created and developed in local animation studios are enchanting Indian kids like never before, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. It is fun time, says blue boy Kris (above) every time......

Anupam Kher's new role

Anupam Kher tells us about his new role. And no, it's not a filmi one.Anupam Kher, whose career spans nearly 400 films and over 100 plays, has been appointed the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham......

Saif Ali Khan: Islam is unpopular today

'If you go up to an average American or British citizen and tell them you are a Muslim, they look at you suspiciously. It's not a good feeling.' 'Narendra Modi is the first person to make sense......

How Gandhigiri found a place in Munnabhai

Gandhigiri has become part of our vocabulary, and a big chunk of the credit for this goes to Dr Abhijat Joshi.He, along withdirector Rajkumar Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, co-wroteLage......