Aadhaar: Ten Substantial Reasons to Support it
A Special Analysis by Bhamy Shenoy – Much before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (SFC) could publish its report there have been continued opposition against the Aadhaar project run by Unique Identification Authority of India. Before one could understand as to why this article is written against those critics its imperative for More...
Goodbye Mario: My Friend
Mario Miranda Obituary unto Mario Miranda by M V Kamath - It is hard to believe that Mario Miranda is no more. It can’t be. His soul may have flown away but Mario will always remain alive as much through his More...
Antony mollifies Army chief with personal touch
January 9, 2012 – Defence Minister A.K. Antony, generally perceived as “soft”, may have taken an uncharacteristically tough stand in the row over Army chief General V.K. Singh’s age, but More...
India’s top lifter Renu Bala to skip London Olympics
January 8, 2012 | Report by Saji Chako – India’s chance to win a medal at the London Olympics has ended even before the Games started. Renu Bala, one of India’s best woman weightlifters has said More...
Long Rooms Of Sex & Nasha
Jeet Thayil’s ‘Narcopolis’ is powered by its vivid, fleshy depiction of the addled, indigent drug underworld of Mumbai. Palash Krishna Mehrotra has reservations, but is ultimately entranced by this More...
A tapestry too stretched, though vibrantly viewed
Erin Morgenstern’s tale of troubled romance in the evocative, visual world of a night circus is interesting in parts, but sacrifices plot too readily The Night Circus | Author Erin Morgenstern | Publisher: More...
In Service of Lip: An Unusual Orchestra
January 1, 2012 | Report by Satrupa Paul – For years, Ipshita Roy, the lead vocalist of Delhi-based blues band Big Bang Blues, has been flawlessly belting out songs of the great blues masters. She has now More...
Digital Classrooms Classics
January 9, 2012 | Report by Pawan Preet Kaur – School days are among the best days of one’s lives. They can also be the dullest, thanks to the tedious education practices. Drab curriculum and the chalk-and-talk More...
Lots of Green Cars; but no takers
Amitabh Bachchan and car designer Dilip Chhabria pose with Supercar-DC Avanti at the 11th Auto Expo 2012 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI January 9, 2011 (Reuters) – Music blared and white More...
A ‘curry college’ to train Britons how to cook Indian food!
Coming soon: A “Curry College” in the UK where Britons from all backgrounds would be trained as chefs to satisfy people’s growing appetite for Indian food. The UK Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, More...
