Feature

“The village subsidises the city and it will continue to do so after the lockdown ends”

V Shoba

Anirudh Krishna, Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy and Political Science in conversation with V Shoba

Blood Plasma Treatment for Covid-19 Ready: Kerala Doctors

Ullekh NP

Awaiting approval from ICMR; may also get Cuban wonder drug Interferon

The Keezhadi Connection

V Shoba

Were the Tamils the earliest people in India to develop their own script?

Since the Soviet Union collapsed, caviar has gone from being easily available to being less so; China has become its largest producer in the world; and luxury has gone from being all about global chic to local grunge

Can You Be Happy Without Money?

Nandini Nair

In novels, only the rich can afford the luxury of complete leisure, and no toil. They have lives of plenty, which end up pyrrhic, as rampant consumerism hints at moral bankruptcy

Spirit of the Times

Bhaichand Patel

You have to be n it for the long run. It takes years for fine wines to improve in quality and price. Whisky too can be an investment possibility but for that you will have to look abroad for advice

Yacht Masters

Lhendup G Bhutia

Many people who have never sailed, for whom purchasing a hatch is too expensive, are now beginning to take to it

The Platinum Rush

Nikita Doval

Over the last decade, platinum has been trying to make inroads into the Indian Jewellery market, one of the most evolved in the world and bound intricately by tradition and culture