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February 27, 2024, 10:21 AM IST
Importance of internal migration. Impact of volatile earnings on big farmers. A puzzle on education Grand narratives of change in India usually end with a ruralurban divide. The divide persists. But the gap is narrowing….
February 27, 2024, 10:21 AM IST
February 27, 2024, 10:06 AM IST
In BSP’s seeming implosion is a story of a party outmanoeuvred by rivals’ clever social engineering Indian politicians are a doughty lot, capable of phoenix-like resurrection from electoral ashes. So, it may be too early…
February 27, 2024, 10:06 AM IST
February 27, 2024, 9:22 AM IST
Mr Right can now be a robot or AI Coming soon to a store near you: Romeo and Juliet with large keys at their back. Of course, inter-species romances are not new. Rakshasi Hidimba fell…
February 27, 2024, 9:22 AM IST
February 27, 2024, 8:49 AM IST
How relevant is Jayadev’s Gita Govinda for today’s youth? Lucknow-born Guru Pali Chandra, Zurich-based kathak exponent, reinvents and reinterprets the 12th century Sanskrit work as inspiration for those facing challenges in relationships. She reveals how…
February 27, 2024, 8:49 AM IST
February 24, 2024, 8:27 AM IST
Maharashtra’s Food & Drugs Administration will perhaps top popularity charts among nutritionists. It’s pulled up McDonald’s for mislabelling cheese analogues as the real deal. Accurate labelling is not just about being fair to customers, it…
February 24, 2024, 8:27 AM IST
February 24, 2024, 8:22 AM IST
A judge expressed ‘shock’ that in Kerala, of all states, a woman was given ‘written instructions’ by in-laws to help conceive a ‘good baby boy’. And that for long, state depts ignored her pleas. The…
February 24, 2024, 8:22 AM IST
February 24, 2024, 8:16 AM IST
From both Ukrainian and Western perspectives, Ukraine-Russia war is only getting more complicated. Its economic damage is of course not being felt by the West alone, but the whole world. As the war enters its…
February 24, 2024, 8:16 AM IST
February 24, 2024, 8:03 AM IST
But AI tools pose a big challenge to copyright regime Copyright is one of the biggest money machines in the world. Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs by David Bellos and…
February 24, 2024, 8:03 AM IST
February 24, 2024, 7:57 AM IST
By Anil D Ambani On my 50th birthday, my mother, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani, dug out the pillow that used to lie in my crib. She had embroidered the words, ‘Mothers hold their children’s hands for…
February 24, 2024, 7:57 AM IST
February 23, 2024, 9:14 AM IST
What’s the message from Maratha quota: Numerically large castes & classes with social heft can game the system. Netas play along to win elections Yet another legislative fiat. Yet another quota. Carving out another slice…
February 23, 2024, 9:14 AM IST
February 23, 2024, 8:59 AM IST
SOS from Indians working in Ukraine war zone shows why govts must monitor pvt agents Indians rarely restrict a search for jobs to their own country. They are to be found across job markets. Globally,…
February 23, 2024, 8:59 AM IST
February 23, 2024, 8:54 AM IST
Why social media influencers need to be consumed with a pinch of salt, or habanero chilli A public diary of private life is not new, even if influencer economy pretends that it is. Anais Nin…
February 23, 2024, 8:54 AM IST
February 23, 2024, 8:49 AM IST
Everest, the world’s highest mountain, has become the world’s highest open-air loo Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has become, literally, the height of crap. Called Chomolungma, Mother Goddess of the World, by the Tibetans,…
February 23, 2024, 8:49 AM IST
February 23, 2024, 8:44 AM IST
Shardha Batra Our greatest treasure lies beyond material power and emotional fulfilments. It is the true Self lying hidden in the heart. The Atman is our true eternal Self. The Mandukya Upanishad says, ‘Ayam atma…
February 23, 2024, 8:44 AM IST
February 21, 2024, 8:38 AM IST
Is the flip side of crony capitalism what could be called pally politicisation, by which companies provide funding to politicians in return for political patronage? This is the question raised by the Supreme Court’s ruling…
February 21, 2024, 8:38 AM IST
February 19, 2024, 8:40 AM IST
How come social media lefties are all for rich kisans wanting subsidies? It’s winter in Delhi, and with that comes biting cold, fog, and, yes, yet another farmers’ protest, which means our social media-commentariat has…
February 19, 2024, 8:40 AM IST
February 19, 2024, 8:36 AM IST
Tomorrow, Siliguri bench of Calcutta high court will hear Bengal VHP’s plea that religious sentiments are “hurt” because a lioness is named Sita, who has a companion named Akbar. Both were brought from Tripura’s zoo….
February 19, 2024, 8:36 AM IST
February 19, 2024, 8:07 AM IST
Narayani Ganesh When you are fractured inside, you cannot feel integrated and whole. In this situation, naturally, you feel torn apart, especially when faced with challenges; you are anxious about rights and wrongs, duties and…
February 19, 2024, 8:07 AM IST
February 18, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
As a group of farmer unions from Punjab march towards Delhi once again, they are braced for barricades, barbed wire, water cannons and tear-gas. Their demand for a legally guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP) for…
February 18, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
February 16, 2024, 9:10 AM IST
SC bench’s verdict that held anonymous electoral bonds unconstitutional is broadly right. The bench banned fresh issue of bonds, and SBI has three weeks to disclose who bought these since April 2019. Read full story…
February 16, 2024, 9:10 AM IST
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