Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala
Kerala's capital is in a thrall. The city is bedecked for the world's largest annual gathering of women, to ...
R K Nair
The marine imbroglio
The marine imbroglio
The vexatious trial of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen is threatening to ...
Salute Sandhya!
Salute Sandhya!
Sometimes the most unlikely people become heroes. A feisty housewife who stood up to a band of militant ...
The politics of child marriage
The politics of child marriage
India's stand at the UN Human Rights Council was viewed with apprehension by the intelligentsia in Kerala.
'Spirit'ual Kerala
'Spirit'ual Kerala
As the Onam festival draws near, the queues outside Bevco liquor vends in Kerala are growing longer and ...
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The Hindu did a commendable job of offering its op-ed page space to half a dozen writers from as many ...
Of Palins and Quayles
Of Palins and Quayles
A TV interview with a woman candidate of Australia's One Nation Party, in which she mistook Islam for a ...
An Arabian nightmare
An Arabian nightmare
The 23rd anniversary of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait has just passed. On the intervening night of August 1 and 2, ...
Hartal greetings!
Hartal greetings!
Thiruvananthapuram district has been shut down. This is the sixth shutdown in as many months. Some right-wing ...
Primitive blame game
Primitive blame game
The latest controversy gives rise to a nagging suspicion: Were the utterances of the Kerala Chief Minister and ...
'Spirit'ual Kerala
'Spirit'ual Kerala
As the Onam festival draws near, the queues outside Bevco liquor vends in Kerala are growing longer and ...
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The 'ugly Indian' syndrome
The Hindu did a commendable job of offering its op-ed page space to half a dozen writers from as many ...
Of Palins and Quayles
Of Palins and Quayles
A TV interview with a woman candidate of Australia's One Nation Party, in which she mistook Islam for a ...
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Autoshock
The transition to electric vehicles cannot be rushed into without a master plan involving all stakeholders
Why two-wheeler makers are unhappy
At its recent meeting with top industry CEOs from TVS Motor, Bajaj Auto and Honda Motorcycle & Scooter ...
2-wheeler electrification: challenges and opportunities
On May 14, NITI Aayog announced that only electric three-wheelers should be produced after March 31, 2023. All ...
Realme X review: A phone for a demanding young generation
A snazzy looking device with a bouquet of desirable features
Gold can consolidate in a range
The dollar’s weakness helped gold cross the $1,400-mark
From scrap to steel, a giant green stride
With the express intention to make India self-reliant in the supply of steel, to reduce the environmental ...
Moong futures take off on NCDEX
Will trim price volatility, help traders mitigate risk
Ambuja Cements (₹219.6): Buy
Investors with a short-term horizon can buy the stock of Ambuja Cements at current levels. Following a rally ...
World Cup Cricket: The pitch is political
Politics, nationalism and cricket are an old triumvirate, having intersected ever since the beginning of the ...
A nuts-and-bolts Budget
For all its focus on the polestar of a $5-trillion economy, it lacks direction and resolve
Dynasty on edge
Rahul Gandhi is the first in the Nehru-Gandhi family to have resigned from a top post in the Congress. What ...
The lungi talks back in Aravind SA style
Meet the ‘Madrasi’ comedian who jokes about his Tamil milieu even as he packs a sucker punch for the North ...
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 ...