Premji university study calls for Rs 15,000 cash support to poor via PDS

This will cost the government Rs 3.1 trillion, about 10 per cent of its annual expenditure, and higher than any other spending item in its Budget. IMAGE: A migrant worker arrives at Chennai's MGR......

Don't go to Goa if you want to escape people you know!

In Goa, says Kishore Singh, you are defined as much by the village that makes up your address as by the neighbours who keep you company. Last evening I met Charu, Lata, Charulata, Hemen, Ajay,......

RARE PICTURES: The life and times of Pt Ravi Shankar

Legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away in San Diego on Wednesday. He was 92. Even before he broke down East-West music barriers and earned international recognition, Shankar was a......

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away

Legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar passed awayin San Diego on Wednesday. He was 92. The musician was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of......

What we dearly miss as modern gadgets rule our lives

For people like me, all these fast-moving gadgets are not only costly and confusing but emotionally barren as well notes Barun Roy.  Image: 920s Underwood typewriter with Swedish layout.......

A young man's crusade to light up a remote Odisha village

Against all odds, the young and determined Varun Sharma has taken up the responsibility to bring electricity, education and empowerment to a remote tribal village in Odisha, says Manu A B.......

India must learn from China to revive its ailing railways

In part three of a series, Rangeet Ghosh, Aakanksha Arora, Sutirtha Roy and Arvind Subramanian explain how the big numbers obscure some serious deficiencies in the 'lifeline of the nation'......

'Can't Imagine Pather Panchali Without Durga'

'After Pather Panchali, she became a housewife. She hated the spotlight. That was so strange and yet so admirable.' IMAGE: Uma Dasgupta plays Durga in Pather Panchali. When Uma Dasgupta, Satyajit......

Watch The Best Of Satyajit Ray On OTT

Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......

'I don't like leaving Tiger behind'

'My children -- Saif, Saba and Soha -- have been located in Mumbai for a while now.''In our case, it's the house more than me that keeps the family close.''All three of my children love Pataudi;......

'Money and power, nothing worked'

'There's no point making grand plans all our lives when life itself is so fragile.' IMAGE: Sai Tamhankar and Prateik Babbar in India Lockdown. Madhur Bhandarkar's India Lockdown, which had its......

Favourites India ready to tame depleted Bangladesh in Asia Cup final

India are the overwhelming favourites to win the tournament for a record seventh time while Bangladesh will be hoping to be third-time lucky in a summit clash. IMAGE: India's players celebrate a......

Asia Cup: Pakistan, Bangladesh lock horns in virtual semi-final

After their nine-wicket humiliation at the hands of India Pakistan have a huge task at hand IMAGE: Bangladesh and Pakistan will vie for a place in the AsiaCup final when they clash at Abu......

Asia Cup: Bouyant India wary of party poopers Bangladesh

Bangladesh are now a quality side in ODIs, a format they have mastered after a formidable run at home besides reaching the Asia Cup final in 2012. IMAGE: India's players celebrate a wicket against......