In 2003, David Robinson and Tim Duncan were proclaimed ‘Sportsmen of the Year’ by the prestigious US-based weekly magazine Sports Illustrated for their many achievements on and off the basketball court. In the accompanying narrative of the cover story, the author noted that talented as Robinson was, his basketball team San Antonio (NBA) never came […]
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo; Penguin; Price: Rs.499; 254 pp
Arguably the world’s most examined and analysed urban conglomeration, the western India city of Mumbai aka ‘slumbai’, because half its population lives in degrading squalor which would have challenged the descriptive powers of novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870), whose emotional evocations of the wretched slums of […]
Where would you place education on your national list of priorities?
Education is the most important development priority of the nation. It is the only hope for resolving the complex problems confronting India.
The puritan ethic of thrift and saving is a virtue to be admired. But in business and industry, if the invisible line between thrift and plain old-fashioned stinginess is crossed and becomes a nostrum of corporate policy, the consequences can be grave. This is a hard reality which the Bangalore-based IT heavyweight Infosys Technologies Ltd […]
The favoured holiday destination of europeans, particularly high-end french tourists, morocco offers vibrant arab and berber culture, colourful souks, medieval medinas and sun-soaked beaches. Kalpana Rangan reportsA visit to Morocco will confirm that North Africa is not all desert, dunes, camels and oases. On the contrary, this exotic country is the favoured holiday destination of […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations in Bengaluru as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged .....Read More
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday approved guidelines to conduct board examinations twice a year for Grade 10 students. The draft rules .....Read More
