Where the heart is without fear
Where the heart is without fear
When angry, loud declaration of patriotism becomes the crutch of the State, something has to be amiss.
Aesha Datta
Aesha Datta
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Journalist. Dreamer. Procrastinator. Amateur photographer. Tea-lover. Tech-impaired. Shameless foodie.
Dilwalon ki Dilli
Dilwalon ki Dilli
Little things can sometimes change your mind and give you a kind of clarity you didn’t expect. Well. May be ...
Pran: The 'Life' of Hindi Cinema
Pran: The 'Life' of Hindi Cinema
“Sherkhan khud aaya tha, khud chala jayega.” And so he did. Pran Kishan Sikand, the gentleman villian, is no ...
Grand Slam on Inverdale
Grand Slam on Inverdale
My faith in humanity’s intelligence took a huge beating on Saturday. While a very senior journalist (sports ...
False Pride and Prejudice
False Pride and Prejudice
Mallika Sherawat called a spade a spade when she said India is regressive for women. So, then, what elicited ...
Blood-stained democracy
Blood-stained democracy
The attack on Salwa Judum founder, Mahendra Karma, was only a question of when and not if.
Fair wear?
Fair wear?
I smoke and I drink. And, yes, I like fattening no-good junk food. Bad things, right? Well, my argument about ...
Candles in the wind
Candles in the wind
The cruel rape of a toddler, a five-year-old child, has chilled the power-centre, Delhi, once more. But, ...
A lesser pain?
A lesser pain?
Two nations were wracked by bombings on Monday. People lost lives in both nations. Yet, one got more ...
Green-washed
Green-washed
About a year from now we were made familiar with three little children — Bindo, Pushto and Nando. These three ...
False Pride and Prejudice
False Pride and Prejudice
Mallika Sherawat called a spade a spade when she said India is regressive for women. So, then, what elicited ...
Blood-stained democracy
Blood-stained democracy
The attack on Salwa Judum founder, Mahendra Karma, was only a question of when and not if.
Fair wear?
Fair wear?
I smoke and I drink. And, yes, I like fattening no-good junk food. Bad things, right? Well, my argument about ...
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A run & some ‘brain-breather’ activity
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Towards transparency on health product pricing
World Health Assembly has adopted a key resolution in this regard, a welcome move
Invest in eliminating hepatitis
Viral hepatitis B and C affect 325 million people worldwide, causing 1.4 million deaths a year, says the ...
Hunger increases where economic growth lags
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, ...
Index Outlook: Near-term outlook is bearish
The Sensex and the Nifty witnessed selling pressure and continued to decline last week
Back in business
Big deals and digital growth have lifted the stock. But margin pressure could weigh on the stock
A floater plan for your family
Besides being cost-effective, the risks are shared among the family members
Weekly Trading Guide
SBI (₹356)SBI began the week on a strong note and surged over 2 per cent, but failed to sustain higher. The ...
The looming question of data privacy
More and more people and organisations are online, leaving digital footprints every step of the way. Taken ...
Hemant Kumar, the man with the golden voice
Remembering Hemant Kumar, the honey-tinged voice of Bollywood, on his 100th birth anniversary
Unruly notes in the Carnatic world
The attack on Sudha Raghunathan and family bares the underlying bigotry of the Carnatic music scene. It is ...
The plight of tappers in palm plantations of Tamil Nadu
Tapper families spend almost half a year without access to safe drinking water or healthcare facilities in ...
A golden opportunity in the silver space
Marketers have long ignored the senior citizen space, but an RPG group-backed venture, Seniority.in, shows the ...
Advertising’s hits and misses at the Cricket World Cup
It could have been the SuperBowl moment for Indian advertising but was a tame innings
Will 24 hour shopping work in India?
You need an ecosystem in place before all day all night retail can flourish
LOTS to learn from the Thai model
Thailand is a good bridge for modern retail in India, believes Tanit Chearavanont, MD of LOTS Wholesale ...
Who wants 'one nation, one poll’?
The political mood is ambivalent. A clutch of parties feels it will reduce costs while others perceive it as ...
Synchronised polls are a smokescreen
The elephant in the room as far as poll reform is concerned, namely funding of elections, is conveniently ...
Living without water in Chennai
Just like the flash floods, the scorching drought in Chennai is also a product of perverse urban development ...
Hyderabad blues
The delay in the onset of the South-West monsoon could well be the last straw for Hyderabad to get into a ...