Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

How can you measure democracy?

There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability.That India needs a spell of benevolent......

Who says the Left is dead in India?

'The Left is dying, but its economic ideology rules, unchallenged.''Modi is its newest standard-bearer.''Even in today's bitterly polarised politics, if there is one thing on which not just the BJP......

Voices of dissent are only heard at lit fests these days

'Many of the biggest events at such lit fests have nothing to do with books or authors, but about current events and the changing nature of society,' points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: A performer at......

Havells, Polycab flip the switch on high-voltage growth potential

The July-September quarter (Q2) results for 2024-25 (FY25) from the largest listed consumer electrical solutions companies, Havells India and Polycab India, followed similar trends, demonstrating......

Near-term outperformance likely to sustain for Polycab and Havells

Polycab India and Havells India are the two businesses that work in more or less in the same space and both have outperformed the market in the last 12 months. Photograph: Courtesy, Polycab......

Robust summer demand across fans, ACs to drive gains for Havells India

Electrical Consumer Durable (ECD) companies like Havells India have seen strong Q4FY24 sales and continuing seasonal demand across fans, air coolers, and room air conditioners (RAC) in addition to......

Corporate India on overdrive to celebrate Ram Mandir inauguration

As Ayodhya readies itself for the glittering, much-awaited consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir on January 22, and as millions of pilgrims and devotees pour into the holy city for the momentous......

On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup

  IMAGE: Garry Kasparov during the World Chess Championships against Vladimir Kramnik at the Riverside Studios, London, in October-November 2000. Photograph: Andrew Redington/ALLSPORT/Getty......