Passage to Bihar
A series of high profile politicians from foreign countries make a pilgrimage to Bihar in search of their roots.
A Passage to Jackson Heights
There’s a whole other side to New York that you likely won’t find in guidebooks.
NRI Dreams and Parental Nightmares
Overseas Indian oftentimes leave behind aging parents, many of who suffer the pangs of loneliness and abandonment.
The Red Beacon Raj
With the extension of Z Security to Ambani one can expect a new arms race among the country’s business elite.
Romancing the Dollar
Chidambaram has ushered in a new wave of reforms and some of the anti-FDI moves of his predecessor — and now president Pranab Mukherjee — have been watered down.
India Liberates True Innovation
The fact is that the Indian Supreme Court is not rejecting the idea of patenting drugs. What it is repudiating is the attempt by pharmaceutical giants to use legal loopholes to extend the life of patents that have already expired.
The Orwellian School of Wharton
We wonder why these three astute advocates of democracy and their supporters feel so intellectually unequipped to engage Modi, who recently was reelected in a landslide, in an open public debate on these questions at a forum on their own territory.
Is Technology Killing Intimacy
Touch or eye-to-eye bonding can never be replaced by silly, coded, corny, cryptic SMS —condensed tight and weirdly worded.
You Aren't Serious
People have opened up, and become wilder and naughtier in their gifting, which wasn’t the case a couple of years back.
Against All Odds
The journey of almost irrational probabilities from youth cricket academies, to the different club teams, to the selection of state teams, and finally (for thetop .0000001%) onto a position on Team India.
Classic Hindi Melodies Make a Comeback
Be it in the film world or ad world, old melodies from the 1990s, 1980s and even earlier are striking the right chords with young music enthusiasts, who are loving and lapping up the snazzier and contemporary remixed versions of the tracks.
Luxury Resurfaces in India
India has been no stranger to branded luxury. The shopping lists of Indian royalty are still remembered long after princely titles have been
Indian Model Of Philanthropy
“India does not seem to have a culture or a model for philanthropy at a national level,” says Kela. “I do believe that we should look at successful global models and adapt them to our needs and tax structures rather than reinvent the wheel.
Family Physicians Make a Comback in India
The primary health care sector in India is around $39 billion in size but is highly fragmented.
Carmakers Turn to Expats to Steer Their Business in India
India will exceed every major European market like Germany, France and the U.K. in automotive sales and become the fourth-largest auto market by volume in the world.
Once Upon a Time: The Lunch Houses of Bollywood
The ideas of many great Hindi movies germinated in these lunch homes, the stomping grounds of the greatest film-wallahs.
Midnight's Children: Two Authors in Search of a Film
Rushdie and Mehta’s Midnight’s Children promises a doubled up feast for thought and senses before the theater goes dark.
Chumma Chumma De De
Indian society, post-globalisation may be wanting to make that critical, new-age, paradigm shift regarding morality, but still feel distinctly uncomfortable while discussing anything to do with sex.
Indian Undocumented Alien population Doubles
The latest report estimates the current undocumented Indian population at 280,000, the seventh largest such group in the country.
Leave the Gita As It Is
The attempt to classify the Gita as extremist and ban its distribution in Siberia had triggered an uproar among Hindus worldwide.
Indians in Paris
The number of Indian tourists visiting Paris has breached 300,000, up almost 200 percent in the last decade.
Angry Brides Thrash Dowry-Seekers Online
While women in India have come a long way, there still exist some age old taboos which hinder their status in society. Angry Brides is a fun game which reminds us that together we can stand-up against this inhuman practice.
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