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Will Renaming India Change Our Lives?

Debates on changing the name of India to Bharat continue to spark a crisis of identity without answering moot questions that stare us in the face.Ramesh Menon asks a few of those questions that do......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

'If he was in India, Einstein wouldn't have got out of school'

'Most students find it difficult to cope with the way they are expected to learn at the IITs.''So, all the students face the same stress.''But those students who are mentally weak are more......

A Last Christmas for Santha Bakery

December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.Will fortunes change, wonders Shyam G Menon. Photograph:......

New Navy Ensign Triggers Debate On Tamil Naval Feats

While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries,......

Is a blanket ban on use of plastic really necessary?

The problem, say experts, is not so much the use of plastic as the lack of effort to recycle and reuse it. Nine thousand tonnes. That’s how much plastic waste India generates every year.......

The ancient heritage behind our railway bridges

Of the thousands of railway bridges in India, 36,470 are more than 100 years old, and 6,680 are more than 140 years old! But of these, only 21 rank on the Heritage Directorate of the Indian......

Balki: An extraordinary adman

He didn't think much of advertising awards, and yet as he moves on from Mullen Lowe Lintas, he leaves the agency at its strongest ever, says Alokananda Chakraborty.For many, advertising is Don......

Balki gives up advertising for Bollywood

After 22 years at MullenLowe Lintas and a total of 30 years in the ad world, R Balakrishnan bids adieu; will continue working on film projects. R Balakrishnan, popularly known as Balki, has bid......

Coming to India and making

Success in manufacturing is not just about being cheap -- cheap labour, cheap land, cheap power and low or no taxes, says Ajit Balakrishnan. When the talk turns to finding jobs for India's young......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Jai Bhim review

Jai Bhim is a story of hope and despair, observes Utkarsh Mishra. Almost a third of undertrial prisoners in India belong to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, while their share in the......

What Dharmendra, Jaya Discuss On Karan Johar Film

The good old days...Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan's is a bonding that is special and rare in an industry where friendships are ephemeral.Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is their sixth......

The Kader Khan interview you must read

'I went away from the industry because all the people I enjoyed working with, like Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra, are no more.''They left this world and went away, so I lost interest in my......

How Shivaji became Rajinikanth

How a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad became the mega-phenomenon called Rajinikanth.A fascinating excerpt from Naman Ramachandran's Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Vanivilas Hospital......

South Africa thrash England

England recorded their lowest total in a Twenty20 international as South Africa bowled them out for just 111 before easing to a seven-wicket win in the World Cup second round match on Thursday.......

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