An 8-ft high bronze statue of a man clad in dhoti-kurta and a jacket stands tall at the entrance of the Symbiosis International U
The security arrangements and the hospitality extended to Mr Obama makes me very proud. Our country`s security establishments, intelligence agencies, bureaucracy and all the different arms of the government have come together to provide security t
There is an inherent deformity in the hearing range of all those in power. Their ears are seemingly too sensitive to criticism and harsh realities. George Orwell while articulating his views on freedom of speech said “If liberty means anythi
1. Public sector banks should report with the depth of social logic and to the larger society How could PS banks ‘manage’ to write off 2.43 lac crores of loans so far? How could 14 of them collectively f
Coming from the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh, political talk has always fascinated me. How caste dynamics shapes voting behaviour and how symbols manifest themselves into power structures was unknown but a terrain I wanted to tread.
Maybe, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to win the Delhi polls. Maybe, the Modi wave is bound deliver at the epicenter if it has already delivered in the far-flung places. But then how come it has to bank on a person who till last week wa
Another wave is in the air. If everything falls in place, radio waves will overwhelm India in next six months. After a decade long wait, the government will now start the auction of the third phase of FM radio channels (phase 1 was in 1999 and pha
The past couple of weeks have made me very sad. Since the news of conversion of 200 people in Agra, the media has gone crazy criticizing the organizations responsible for it, calling it inhuman and unjust. Does the constitution not
One among the first few masonry dams built in 19th century British India, the Bhimtal dam has outlived its prescribed age of a century by over twenty-five years. Situated twenty Km downhill from Nainital, close to a 17th century temple on a natura
To say it right and straight, SpiceJet’s breathlessness simply puts all in the ministry of civil aviation on the bench. One obnoxious sounding question – is that not the right thing to do? And some in support of that &nd
June 8, 2014 is a day I will remember forever. I had an amazing experience that day: I watched the Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Holiday’ in a theatre in Bangalore. This was the first time I was watching a movie in a theatre – at the age
Today`s (December 9) newspapers are splashed with a powerful image. A woman police officer, ACP Shweta Chauhan, Sarai Rohilla, is seen leading Shiv Kumar Yadav to Tis Hazari Court in Delhi. Only three days ago, the taxi driver from Mathura was the
Note: the purpose of this article is not to dig out flaws in the most noble and desperately needed financial inclusion project launched with intense passion and force by unarguably the most well intended and forceful prime minister of this cou
When the hon’ble chief justice of India, HL Dattu, on Thursday last set up a special bench of the supreme court dedicated to the pursuit of social justice and related causes, little did he realise that he was penning down a most remarkable c
Dear Mamata didi, I have been your diehard fan since childhood. But now you are misguiding me. Jokes apart, I hardly had any feelings about you till you drove the Tata nano factory out of Singur. I do not know what people were think
Different types of natural disasters – like flood, drought, earthquake, cyclone, hurricane, tsunami and landslide – strike different corners of the world depending on their vulnerability in terms of geological, geographical and climati
The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced new regulations on Insider Trading & De-listing and claims that it will strengthen the legal and enforcement framework, align Indian regime with international practices, provide clarity w
As India and the US has reached an understanding, and Washington has recognised New Delhi’s right to food security and the claim that it cannot be denied by World Trade Organisation (WTO), all roadblocks before a possible global trade deal s
What is about westerners who suddenly get up and become jihadists? Like the 17-year-old Aussie Abdullah Elmir who told his parents he was leaving on a fishing trip and instead went to Syria to join the ISIS. Not just that but he posted a video pro
The latest downward revision in the diesel and petrol prices was huge and coming after a row of closer successive reductions in the last four months the feel-good factor across the vehicle-owning middle and upper classes ought to be all time high
