Time For Stalin To Get Tough With Party, Babus

Tamil Nadu's voters wanted tough leaders at the helm, to the point of being autocratic.It was what Karunanidhi, MGR and Jayalalithaa ended up becoming, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil......

Will court order unite AIADMK factions?

There is a sudden realisation in party circles that prolonged court cases could damage its standing, both among the cadres and voters, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: O Panneerselvam, left, and......

Cong leader promotes Hindu saint to foster social justice in TN

Be it Dalit assertion or championing the cause of social justice, egalitarian icons Babasaheb Ambedkar, Buddha and Periyar E V Ramasamy have been characteristic of political symbolism to promote......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

Lessons from the Mistry-Tata confrontation

Successors work hard, and many of them succeed and stay for many years.'But when they don't it is best to be civil and part ways than seek confrontation which might prove acrimonious and......

There's something in a name, say private equity players

When it comes to choosing a name for a new fund, private equity managers in India rarely heed the famous quote of the Bard of Avon, 'What's in a name?'It seems that fund managers who have launched......

What made CK Prahalad a management guru

C KPrahaladwas an interesting combination of an academic and a practitioner, says R Vaidyanathan.In India, the word 'guru' is not used in a cavalier fashion. It denotes certain level of wisdom,......

How Bakul Dholakia nurtured IIM-A

With the human resources ministry refusing to grant an extension to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Director Bakul Dholakia, the curtains have finally come down on what was......

Bindra backs IOA suspension in 'age of good governance, ethics'

Former shooter Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, welcomed the suspension of the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA), which is perceived in cricket-mad India as a......

Squash 'devastated' by Tokyo Olympics snub

‘I don't believe we could have done more to get our message across to both the Tokyo 2020 Games hosts’ ‘I know I speak on behalf of the millions of squash players around the world......

Baseball, softball on shortlist for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Country singer SaraBeth participates in a City of Hope Celebrity softball game. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty Images Baseball and softball topped the shortlist of sports competing for a spots......

Ramachandran set to become IOA chief

World Squash Federation president Narayana Ramachandran is set to be elected unopposed as the president of Indian Olympic Association in the polls to be held here next month as he was the only......