'Visit exceeded the lofty expectations'

'Every type of deal that US government officials were privately indicating 'hope' to have included a few months back made it in.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and US President Joe Biden......

'Women's dialogue can bridge divide in Kashmir'

Dr Rama Singh and six academics from McMaster University's Center for Peace Studies in Canada were in Jammu and Kashmir recently for a conference on peace and democracy. Singh, co-founder of the......

The Fears Of The Only Voice

The prime minister's insistence that his voice cannot be suppressed left me both puzzled and amused. He has at his call, the government's official news dissemination/publicity channels, the pliant......

Peace in border areas basis for normal India-China ties: Jaishankar

Peace and tranquillity in the border areas remain the basis for normal ties between India and China and "new normals of posture" will inevitably lead to "new normals of responses", External Affairs......

Kaushik Basu named World Bank's chief economist

Kaushik Basu, till recently the chief economic adviser of the government of India, who created a political firestorm in April when he said here on the sidelines of the World Bank/International......

How parents spy on their kids

In this case, it isn't Big Brother who's watching -- it's Big Mother (or Father). Increasingly, parents are using high-tech methods to track everything from where their children are and how far......

How to network without saying a word

For some schmoozers, networking is the art of working the room, glad-handling folks while oozing charm. But much of networking depends on what you don't say. Often, getting ahead in the game means......

Thallumaala Won't Let You Breathe Or Blink

Friendships are not merely severed, but built over scuffles.And just about anything can stir things up -- a long-standing feud, a pointless stare, a disrupted moral stance, a fist that ricochets......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer

American actor Cadwick Boseman, best known for his titular superhero role in Black Panther and as baseball icon Jackie Robinson in 42, has died after a four-year-long secret battle with colon......

Beatles' haven to house Delhi's street kids?

Back in the late 1960s, before Bollywood tunes and curry shops entrenched themselves in the UK, India was still something of a novelty. It was then that the West's greatest band -- the Beatles --......