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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Pati, Patni aur Patni
Even as the Suryanarayan family in Hyderabad tries to come to terms with the dastardly killing of the engineer at the hands of the Taliban, news comes in of a "second …
INDIA: A nation without thinkers, leaders, heroes?
Only two Indians figure in Time magazine’s list of the 100 people whose “power, talent or moral example is transforming our world”. They do not figure among the artists & …
BALLE, BALLE: How tuskers eat away boredom
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Huge cauldrons sit on a three-pointed stone platform fuelled by fire from large logs of wood. Inside, the cavernous vessel is boiling a thick gravy of millet. …
CHURUMURI POLL: Will Metro save Bangalore?
Now that the final central government clearance for the Metro rail project has come, it's time to ask if it will really bring Bangalore back from the brink? Or if …
Was India lucky to be a British colony?
One of the most striking features in almost all the obituaries of John Kenneth Galbraith, the former US ambassador to India, who passed away on Saturday, is that nobody recalls his …
Once upon a time, on our roads and avenues
Once upon a time, the Mysore Maharajas planted the choicest of trees on our roads, streets and avenues to provide shade to the bodies and green to the eyes. Selected …
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