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Warding off the evil eye (21 November 04:26) |
| There is no immediate crisis in the NCP. But some of its ministers are rather worried about their future, writes Shailesh Gaikwad. |
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Unusual cures for injured football players (21 November 03:20) |
| Anyone who is interested in football will this week have become aware of the contribution a placenta will be making in Arsenal’s bid to win the Premier League. John Dykes reports. |
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Indias new global icon (21 November 01:51) |
| Koda’s loot is only a drop in the ocean. But this tribal has raised the per capita bar. And people much more fortunate than him, who have been skimming for generations, are feeling small, ... |
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Yuan for the buck (21 November 01:46) |
| China strengthened its economy and built up global credit over time. The changes were so steady that the US was lulled into believing that it was living in an unchanging world. But the world... |
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Koda should not get a chance to be the de facto chief minister (21 November 01:41) |
| The report Koda plays victim on home turf (November 19) reminds me of the fodder scam case involving former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad. Even though Prasad was involved in the case and ... |
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Why farmers raise Cain (21 November 12:54) |
| The government should realise it is more efficient — and less expensive — to pay out an explicit subsidy on sugar for the poor than to fix prices on the farm, at the mill, and in the mar... |
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Amitabh on EMBigg Boss 3 Paa EMand more offers (20 November 11:19) |
| Age is no bar for Amitabh Bachchan. From television to films to endorsements, he is doing everything and that keeps the 67-year-old megastar busier than his younger colleagues. Here's an int... |
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Didi unplugged (20 November 01:14) |
| Mamata Banerjee’s major entry into politics 25 years ago had been dramatic. She was in politics earlier too. But that doesn’t matter, writes Uddalok Bhattacharya. |
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Its time for action (20 November 01:05) |
| With each passing day the prospect of the US Congress passing a law to curb global warming, before the Copenhagen talks, grows remoter, writes Rose Braz. |
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Left out in the cold (20 November 12:56) |
| Parties survive in the opposition when they have fixed constituencies and flexible beliefs. But the CPI(M) has only favour-seekers and no followers, writes Sumit Mitra. |
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Family does not matter (20 November 12:46) |
| Ratan Tata’s successor should be capable to carry on his legacy. That’s all that counts. |
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Guilt-edged excuse (20 November 12:41) |
| Goldman Sachs says it regrets its mistakes and is now turning to philanthropy. Boy, we believe that! |
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The SPs political tamasha has left voters befuddled (19 November 03:28) |
| The report Kalyan Singh hints at rejoining BJP (November 16) makes a mockery of our political system. |
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Headley chase (19 November 03:25) |
| What on earth are you reading? That book has one lurid cover! Oh, it's the latest David Headley Chase. I am looking for those parts where he talks about making preparations for the 26/11 Mum... |
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Get in the henpit! (19 November 02:58) |
| Given that it costs over Rs 10 crore ($100 million) to train a fighter pilot, worries about women running off on maternity leave might be partly justified. |
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Kindly do not adjust (19 November 01:18) |
| Shutting out events is something we do particularly well in India. That is why we find it so hard to apologise. Samar Halarnkar examines... |
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The government shouldnt let Madhu Koda go scot free (18 November 02:15) |
| The report Busy with polls, questioning has to wait: Koda to ED (November 14) makes a mockery of the government and our legal system. |
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Graph in the dinner plate (18 November 02:12) |
| The prospects of a respite in food inflation appear dim. In 2008, grain prices joined the sharp spike in commodity prices the world over. |
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Of style and substance (18 November 02:09) |
| Indiraji, in a maroon silk sari with a gold border, was elegance personified. She had an immaculate dressing sense and favoured traditional handlooms and silks, with beautiful textures, vibr... |
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Connection errors (18 November 01:14) |
| If any of the new licensees sell their licences, profits on the sale must be taxed at a special rate — a kind of windfall tax, writes Rajeev Chandrasekhar. |
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Apocalypse not now (18 November 01:08) |
| We need a global climate agreement that is ambitious and equitable and that sets firm targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Connie Hedegaard examines... |
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Spelling it out (18 November 01:04) |
| Coming from the land that made us change Mao Tse-Tung to Mao Zedong and Peking to Beijing — not to mention Tibet to Tibetan Autonomous Region — one should have thought that more importan... |
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Dieting Nation (17 November 12:56) |
| Food prices can be lowered if we cut down on eating. We’ll be fitter and doing that ‘austere thing’ as well. |
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A non-virtuous vice-chancellorship (17 November 12:41) |
| Never mind his posture. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is an upright man and he’s upset. He made his displeasure felt within his ministry about the controversy surrounding the selection of... |
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Well source more products from India (17 November 12:36) |
| UTC president & chief executive officer Louis R Chenevert, who is set to take over as chairman in less than 50 days, spoke to Hindustan Times on the group’s plans for India. |
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There is more to Indian sports than just cricket (17 November 12:30) |
| It is disappointing to see how the media are dedicating large amount of airtime and print space singing praises of Sachin Tendulkar. There is no doubt that Tendulkar’s contribution to the ... |
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Wallpapered over (17 November 12:16) |
| While the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, some myths need to be demolished and some facts exposed, writes Sitaram Yechury. |
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The bridge not too far (17 November 12:05) |
| The Fonseka crisis will test post-war Sri Lanka and India’s regional diplomacy. |
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Credit growth will pick up soon (16 November 03:58) |
| After a slump, credit demand is gradually picking up. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is also likely to take up the issue of credit growth in his forthcoming meeting with PSU bank chiefs. ... |
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India has done better than most markets (16 November 03:14) |
| At 60-plus, the energetic Shelly Lazarus is as excited about her agency’s new campaign for United Nations’ Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in December as she is about Ogilvy & Ma... |
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Twitter has grown up and tweets have matured (16 November 02:43) |
| Twitter, the “microblogging” site, has come a long way, and seems to be discovering new frontiers, though it is not yet in the money-making league. N Madhavan reports. |
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How about a hierarchy for your personal investments (16 November 01:06) |
| You’ll probably be familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs if you've studied psychology, or more likely, marketing as part of your business school curricula. This hierarchy was formula... |
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Nehrus ghosts (16 November 01:05) |
| The many challenges that India’s first prime minister bravely faced continue to haunt us to this day, writes Meghnad Desai. |
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When the horsetraders got traded (16 November 12:56) |
| The recently concluded elections have had one serious fallout in the ‘Aya Ram Gaya Ram’ state of Haryana. Bhajan Lal, a former CM and the master of ‘horse-trading’, finds himself thi... |
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Downturn the greatest sporting event of all time (16 November 12:55) |
| Andrew Lack, CEO multimedia group, Bloomberg LP, is bullish about the Indian economy. Lack, who is responsible for the company's expanding television, interactive, and radio operations, was ... |
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Its the era of progressive politics (16 November 12:51) |
| The editorial Heartland murmurs (Our Take, November 13) rightly states that today’s voters are intelligent and dislike caste politics. They are wise to distinguish between real problems an... |
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Not ripe for the picking (16 November 12:46) |
| ‘Tribal land grabs’ aren’t just an ‘NGO’ theory. The Centre also believes injustice is being done. |
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Go with the flow (16 November 12:33) |
| The West is discovering that urinating in the open is actually good for the planet. Um, we knew that! |
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Thank You Come Again! (15 November 04:41) |
| As a freelance writer who works from home, I'm accused by friends of having “too much free time”. They, of course, have no idea about the dedication it takes to slave away in solitude, t... |
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November The saddest month of the year (15 November 04:07) |
| November will go down in our history as the saddest month of the year because of what happened in November 1984. Mrs Gandhi was murdered a day earlier. And hell broke loose on Sikhs who had ... |
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You can gift just a smile (15 November 03:49) |
| "Religion is about the ritual, what has been told to us — the norms, the rules and regulations of prayer, etc. Spirituality is being one with the Supreme Being — finding the Super Being ... |
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I am responsible for my heartbreak (15 November 03:34) |
| "I am responsible for my heartbreak. I like to live my life on my own terms. Especially if I can afford it. I see to it that I live my life without disturbing the peace socially," said Kamal... |
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The curious case of establishment 22 (15 November 03:20) |
| For 47 years, India has kept secret an elite regiment of Tibetan commandos. They fought gallantly in the big wars, but their valour cannot be openly recognised, writes Amitava Sanyal. |
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Koda of honour (15 November 03:02) |
| Incidentally, while Koda has enthused many politicians to start taking an interest in mines, mine-owners in Karnataka have been so enamoured by the business exploits of the ex-CM of Jharkhan... |
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Teeth by jowl (15 November 02:57) |
| Even after 20 years, the memory of two root canals still has the power to make me shudder, writes Karan Thapar. |
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Great train snobbery (15 November 02:54) |
| But above all, what made me want to become a full-time Delhi Metro commuter — once some doubts about comfort and efficiency were brushed aside — was the Metro’s in-your-face urbanness.... |
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Berlin espresso and stream of consciousness (15 November 02:44) |
| ‘Orthopadie’; ‘Bandagen’: I saw these two neon-lit signs from the window of my hotel room in Berlin. I thought of my father, an orthopaedic surgeon. I tried to imagine how it had bee... |
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And if he wasnt well-connected (15 November 02:25) |
| When it comes to its children, the political class is united. It’s them first. And it is the rest of us afterwards. But I don’t think that any of us will let it be. We recognise what the... |
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Id love to do an Indian film Jimi Mistry (14 November 10:59) |
| He played Ramu Gupta, an Indian sex guru in The Guru and essays the role of an Indian origin astrophysicist in latest Hollywood release 2012. Indian origin British actor Jimi Mistry now says... |
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Are we celebrity obsessed (14 November 01:19) |
| I think it’s more indicative of the media in general, and not this particular publication, which, of course (ahem) I’m particularly partial to, and not just because they give me a quarte... |
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