FREE time is a rare occurrence in a working woman’s life. When I managed to grab some recently, I wanted to wile it away by doing—well—absolutely nothing and found myself before the idiot box, after years. While surfing the channels I found that the idiot box had done the unthinkable, gotten s...
There are old film posters......some of them made over four decades ago. But there is no hint of decay in them, no yellowing of the edges, as if time has conspired to preserve the freshness of the canvas just as the films themselves have transcended the barriers of time. A short walk past the post...
Singh talks of growth pangs POLITICS\\ For his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose to focus mainly on his Party’s economic policies, eliciting a few yawns from spectators. Singh said that he and his government will do everything in their power to save the country from th...
With a tally of six medals, India puts up its greatest show in the Games OLYMPICS\\ India put up a strong show in the London Summer Olympics 2012 which proved to be the country’s best performance till date—as players from the country garnered a total of six medals, including two Silvers and fo...
Former Maharashtra CM passes away
Vilasrao Deshmukh dies of multiple organ failure OBITUARY\\ Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was suffering from liver and kidney ailments, died at a Chennai hospital in August. Deshmukh died of multiple organ failure. His funeral took place in Bab...
The Very Very Special VVS Retires
CRICKET\\ In a move that caught the country by surprise, V.V.S. Laxman announced his retirement leaving his fans in a tizzy. Laxman was expected to play the forthcoming New Zealand Series. “It has been 16 years since I made my international debut. I think it is the right time,” said an emotional...
Riots Hit Assam, leave 77 dead
Centre alleges Pakistan’s hand in spreading rumours leading to protests RIOTS\\ Ethnic clashes which began in July 2012, between indigenous Bodo tribes and Bangladeshi Muslims in Kokrajhar (Assam) left 77 people dead. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi ordered a probe into the violence which left more th...
I think feminism is a deep rooted belief that both genders are equal”
CHITRA SANKARAN: My years of growing up in Chennai were rather idyllic. I was born and brought up in a family of independent thinkers. Since both my parents were doctors, they were not only educated but also were very progressive people who encouraged me to think more and take my decisions on my own...
Use networks wisely to make your company name more visible The resume is dead; at least it should be, given that it is no more than an inconsistently formatted and often exaggerated version of a professional self. Just ask any background screening firm, and they will tell you nearly half of the res...
The Indira Gandhi government did not have a plan, but does the country have one now? DURING A FINANCIAL Times Indira Gandhi told me during a Financial Times interview in February 1983 that her government would wait until a crisis in Assam cooled down before taking the next step to resolve issues t...
Photographer Nemai Ghosh had three trunks-full of film negatives chronicling Bengal and Hindi film industries. And there he was, ready to dump it all into the Ganges My journey as a photographer began serendipitously. Often things in life which give us much joy begin such. A friend, Gopal Ghosh, ow...
decriminalisation of prostitution Is Sex Work Real Work?
An official estimate states there are around 2.8 million prostitutes operating in 400 ‘red-light’ areas in India. More than 35 per cent of these women enter the trade before they reach 18 years. The biggest organised trade is in the metros of Mumbai and Kolkata. The Immoral Traffic in Women and ...
The long hand of international justice THERE can be no question that if President Bashar al-Assad of Syria falls, the International Criminal Court will want to put him on trial for war crimes. The long arm of international law will reach him wherever he flees to. The ICC has an unblemished record ...
Authorities may not plan enough for the country’s aged, but NGOs like HelpAge India do While we are busy patting our backs over India’s demographic dividend, we forget there are 90 million aged people living here currently and that today’s youth will be tomorrow’s senior citizens; older and...
How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-founded a Million Dollar Company
A funny quick read from a first time author THE BOOK POSITIVELY squeaks with enthusiasm for Alma Mater, the million-dollar company that (now an author) Varun Agarwal co-founded with his buddy Rohn ‘Mal’ Malhotra (Rohn, we are told, believes in numerology seriously enough to drop an ‘a’ fro...
A fantasy of epic proportions and quite a page-turner IT IS SAID that as a child JRR Tolkien missed reading an epic—say something similar to a Mahabharata, Ramayana or even a Beowulf—which was exclusively ‘English’. That lacuna, it is said, led to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. What began a...
Gorgeous Green Waters of Greece
The richness of Greece makes one forget it has the rest of Europe in a financial spin The country most recently in news for the European debt crisis; the one associated with giving the world the democratic system and drama, and whose divine myths have set the benchmark for ‘good looks’ for men ...
The innovative Chef, Kunal Kapoor talks of his life and love for anything edible Once upon a time a black sheep was born into a respectable family. This young sheep, unlike the obedient younglings of the family, did not wish to become a banker; instead he loved food and hoped to do something with ...
