So you thought chess was a peaceful, leisurely, intellectual game free of shadowy intrigues and cheap tactics? Well, think again. Nagu alerts us to an extraordinary tournament in Tuticorin last September in which …
PALINI R. SWAMY writes: Seeking the blessings of Balagangadharanath swamiji. Seeking the blessings of Deshikendra swamiji. Seeking the blessings of the Siddaganga swamiji. Seeking the blessings of Saibaba, seeking the …
BAPU SATYANARAYANA writes: Though H.D. Kumaraswamy burst on the Karnataka political scene like a fresh breeze, promising a new administrative culture and better governance inside 100 days, the indications are …
With the assembly elections now behind us and the political parties no longer bothered about taking unpopular decisions, petrol prices are likely to go up substantially, by as much as …
HRD Minister Arjun Singh's proposal for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions has sent tempers and temperatures soaring. But Singh is remorseless, not sparing anybody …
Today's Business Standard has an interesting story on how the upper castes do not have a dramatically higher chance of getting top jobs in comparison with SC/ST and OBCs, in case …
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Rahul Dravid’s Indian team has landed in Calypso country. To play against a team whose cricketing forefathers had names like Lloyd, Greenidge, Fredericks, Richards, Holding, Roberts, Marshall, …
NIKHIL MORO writes from Atlanta, Georgia: So, you thought only All India Radio and Doordarshan goof up? Here's the venerable BBC: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=386136&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5
Okay, so Arjun Singh insists on going ahead with the 27 per cent reservations for OBCs. Kamal Nath wants it too as does P. Chidambaram. Soon, a political "consensus" will emerge and the …
C. NAGANNA writes: I always watch this elderly gentleman, who is a close relative of mine, taking a walk very morning whenever he visits my place. Not known for his …