Features

New Telecom Buzz

TR Vivek

India’s mobile revolution enters a new phase, with an entrepreneurial rush to market cheap handsets under local brand names.

States of the Nation Report

Dhirendra K. Jha

The demand for new states are suddenly flying thick and fast. What does the Constitution say about this?

The Sugar Pill That Doesn’t Work

Hartosh Singh Bal

How the Indian government wastes valuable public money by promoting homeopathy for healthcare.

Wah Taj!

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

Two favourite haunts of the Mumbai elite have been restored to more than merely their former glory.

Retired from Active Suicide

Haima Deshpande

A man who played politics by frequently staging his own suicide and lived to tell the tale.

The Last Christmas

Jaideep Mazumdar

It was an Anglo-Indian project of joyous determination. Today, it’s a picture of desolation with little of the festive spirit that once kindled so brightly.

Business Briefing 19/12

arindam

Bajaj Chetak: T’was Too Good to Last; and ‘Mutual funds are feeling the tremors of change’

India This Week

arindam

Jaitley’s Open Testimony; Hangman Dies; Shopian Report No Gospel Truth: High Court; Telangana: Mayhem at Midnight; and Plot too Thick for Tharoor

The Trend, in Happier Times

Kabeer Sharma

A crash course in trends that ruled the twentieth century.

Danger, School Ahead

Pallavi Polanki

Kidnapping, guns, threats, blackmail. This is how school bullies are playing their power games nowadays. So much so that even the CBSE has had to sit up and take note.