A newly erected shrine in Nangchen and the transformation of a Buddhist part of China seen to be beyond the Dalai Lama’s influence
Car owners bid as much as Rs 18 lakh for registration numbers like 001, 007 and AK-47
The curious case of a tiger mothering a couple of cubs in India’s premier tiger reserve
A survey shows that sons and their wives are the main tormentors of ageing parents
The former ramp model might just be India’s answer to TV celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. Or Julia Child
Haji Kaleemullah Khan creates hybrid fruits and gives them names of celebrities
…but fills motorists with feelings ranging from awe to envy as they vroom down India’s first Formula 1 racetrack
Too few people in India donate their organs. But there is hope yet
They have loaded cameras. Except that it is not helping them gather good enough visual evidence for crime investigations
Activist Teesta Setalvad knows she has no hope of getting corporate funds for her cause. Thankfully, India’s community of artists has been supportive
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.
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