A Sultan’s silken reality
19 Nov 2015 9:56 PM GMTAs the controversy over whether the “Tiger of Mysore” Tipu Sultan was an Islamic iconoclast or secular nationalist rages on in India, it is time for...
Identity crisis: Blurring the lines between man and animal
29 May 2015 9:37 PM GMTOn April 21, when Manhattan Supreme Court judge Barbara Jaffe allowed Hercules and Leo to defend their rights against unlawful imprisonment, it...
Head start to this transplant
2 May 2015 10:25 PM GMTIn earlier head transplant experiments like the one by Robert White (in 1970), the immune system rejected the transplanted tissue. What do you intend...
Ancient Indian literature and the environment
9 April 2015 10:41 PM GMTWhy did you decide to translate the Jatakamala?There are 540 Jataka tales in the Buddhist canon. While most of the stories are in Pali, some are in...
A Sea that isn’t
17 Feb 2015 10:43 PM GMTIt should serve as an eye-opener for world leaders and institutions that favour economic growth at the cost of the environment. In October last year,...
RK Laxman and his love for the common crow
30 Jan 2015 10:56 PM GMTThe creator of the “Common Man”, well-known Times of India (TOI) cartoonist R K Laxman passed away on Monday evening in a Pune hospital at age 94. For...
Those who suffered in silence
1 Nov 2012 10:14 PM GMTTilak vihar could be just another congested neighbourhood in west Delhi until you take a closer look. Everywhere, there is a profusion of turbans and...
The victims that time forgot
30 Oct 2012 2:52 AM GMTTilak Vihar could be just another congested neighbourhood in west Delhi until you take a closer look. Everywhere, there is a profusion of turbans and...
