Manipur: A Distant Outpost Full Of Promise

A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams.While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North......

Joshimath: No further cracks in 3 days; govt to probe nod for multi-storeys

Crack meters installed in the damaged houses of Joshimath have registered no further widening of cracks in the last three days, but water discharge from an underground channel near JP Colony has......

Are Indians Tolerant?

By maintaining that all Indians are tolerant, the Pew centre appears to have skimmed over the surface of its subject matter without delving deep, asserts Amulya Ganguli. Illustration: Dominic......

As COVID-19 Grips India...

Please click on the images for glimpses of India in the grip of the pandemic. IMAGE: A COVID-19 infected patient at a Covid care centre at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi.......

No Mamata for Marwaris in Kolkata

The Marwari businessmen of Kolkata are a worried lot under Mamata Banerjee's rule. Around a thousand people had gathered at Shibpur, south of Kolkata, on an October morning to take part in the......

Family owned biz? Learn from Malvinder

A friend commented that it must be nice for Malvinder Singh of Ranbaxy to pocket Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) and also get nice things said about him by the media. Perhaps, but it is......

Why family matters so much in India's diamond trade

There are around 6,500 diamond manufacturers of which Palanpuri Jains operate a mere 6 per cent, or around 400 companies. But they stand out for being highly interlinked through blood ties. ......

How the Communists killed Bengal's industry

West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......

Dhadak Review: Ishaan, Janhvi show promise. Not the film.

'As a remake of Sairat, Dhadak is a travesty.''As a standalone, Dhadak is standard Bollywood boy-meets-girl drivel.''As a showcase, Dhadak is a promise that will take some more effort to fully......

Dhadak Review: Many scenes brought tears to my eyes

To those who feel that Dhadak doesn't measure up to Sairat, Kshamaya Daniel, 18, has one piece of advice: We're talking about wine here, not scotch. Imagine this: You're having a get-together at......

Film director Jagmohan Mundhra passes away

Film director Jagmohan Mundhra passed away in Mumbai on Sunday, family sources said. He was 62.Mundhra, whowas in the hospital for the last three days, suffered a major cardiac arrest.His cremation......

What are Idols Sandeep and Karunya up to?

Reality television show Indian Idol II has not one, but two clear winners. Karunya and Sandeep felt the sweat on the palms of their hands and on their foreheads, even as anchors Mini Mathur and......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......