March of the pensioners...

Posted by in Reportage
7 May 2013 at 05 : 26 AM

Thousands of elderly workers of the unorganised sector converged at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding that they be paid a pension so that they can live with ...

Pilgrims,places and the abodes of gods...

Posted by in Essay/Opinion
4 May 2013 at 04 : 36 AM

Every year, millions of people crisscross the subcontinent on pilgrimage but few ask why these places are sanctified. Diana Eck provides some answers in a ...

Hard labour in high country...

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4 May 2013 at 05 : 18 AM

It’s a hard life for the labourers who toil in the remote wastes of the north. BY ARKO DATTO On the northernmost frontiers of India are some of the ...

The various roles of Mahesh Dattani...

Posted by in Q & A
7 May 2013 at 05 : 18 AM

He is a playwright, stage and film director, actor, and teacher. Mahesh Dattani speaks about his long, successful career, and his engagement through theatre ...

4 May 2013 at 04 : 32 AM

Wet dreams of ambition

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This is the worst of times; it is also the best of times. The government seems to be in indefinite freefall and the economy is now in synch with it. As the construction sector ...

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8 February 2012 at 10 : 32 AM

A few good doctors

Posted by in Web Specials

In rural Chhattisgarh, haunted by poverty and fragile healthcare, a 55-year-old man weighs only 28kg; an eight-year-old boy will die of rabies because his labourer parents work ...

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