The quest for food security is driving companies and countries to buy large tracts of farmland in poor countries. Indian firms are at it too. Neo-colonialism or globalisation?
Tata Steel’s British acquisition faces labour ire as the recession forces it to restructure operations and cut jobs.
Open goes looking for Malerna. The village that a recent AIIMS study discovered has 370 females to 1,000 males, an appalling sex ratio
A Ramakrishna Mission school in West Bengal and its outrageous attitude towards its lady teachers
A Tamil poet’s statue has unwittingly become a symbol of the rising acrimony between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Some of Delhi’s protected monuments seem to have reopened for worship. The law is clear on the violations, but the lawmakers are not.
With renewed talk of a rift between Manmohan Singh and Pranab Mukherjee, Congress circles are abuzz with balance-of-power whispers.
Guess what defines the culture-proud Bengali bhadralok’s emergence on the fashion scene?
Why is it that Ashok Kumar is the eternal favourite of mimicry artistes?
In America, a chariot procession means something else, something once associated with hippie culture