Needed, a visionary leadership for Tamil Nadu
Needed, a visionary leadership for Tamil Nadu
Mumbai has the T2, Delhi the T3. Both Hyderabad and Bangalore have got new airports with modern facilities and ...
N Ramakrishnan
Why this obsession with being great?
Why this obsession with being great?
Let me confess right at the beginning that I am not a great fan of Sachin. I used to idolise G.R. Vishwanath, ...
Will the autorickshaw drivers now turn on the meters?
Will the autorickshaw drivers now turn on the meters?
In a way, the autorickshaws and the autorickshaw drivers symbolise the city, be it Madras in its earlier ...
Old rivalries don’t die!
Old rivalries don’t die!
One died almost 26 years ago and the other 12 years back. They were competitors and rivals when they were at ...
Kuyil, a lot to crow about
Kuyil, a lot to crow about
Chennai has not lost just its sparrows. By all accounts, its crow population is also coming down. No, I do not ...
Madras nalla Madras...
Madras nalla Madras...
So went the opening line of a memorable Kannadasan song in the 1967 Tamil film Anubhavi Raja Anubhavi, sung ...
Tamil Nadu & Sri Lankan Tamils
Tamil Nadu & Sri Lankan Tamils
The temperature in Chennai has begun to climb. Hardly surprising since it is summer. But, the heat that is ...
Is Katju right?
Is Katju right?
The Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju has the knack of stirring up a controversy every time he ...
Congress (I) and the CAG
Congress (I) and the CAG
There must be something with the Congress (I) that gets it riled up against a constitutional body like the ...
Kuyil, a lot to crow about
Kuyil, a lot to crow about
Chennai has not lost just its sparrows. By all accounts, its crow population is also coming down. No, I do not ...
Madras nalla Madras...
Madras nalla Madras...
So went the opening line of a memorable Kannadasan song in the 1967 Tamil film Anubhavi Raja Anubhavi, sung ...
Tamil Nadu & Sri Lankan Tamils
Tamil Nadu & Sri Lankan Tamils
The temperature in Chennai has begun to climb. Hardly surprising since it is summer. But, the heat that is ...
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A run & some ‘brain-breather’ activity
Vikrant GugnaniFounder and Managing Director, UCareA run & some ‘brain-breather’ activity
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 ...