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Prisoners of apathy and indignity

26 Jun 2013 10:39 PM IST
Conditions for Indian and Pakistani prisoners held in various jails have not improved, although both countries seem to be taking more interest in the...

Scripting a Himalayan horror

26 Jun 2013 10:37 PM IST
The extent of the Himalayan tsunami is still unfolding as I write. It is clear that we do not know how many people are still trapped under rubble; cut...

Reviving Arabic calligraphy

25 Jun 2013 11:35 PM IST
As beautiful as pearls, his calligraphic pieces adorn mosques in different parts of the world, international exhibitions, drawing rooms and even...

Indian Rail: in transition and deterioration

25 Jun 2013 11:35 PM IST
It is a tale of the ‘sacking’ in two eras. The first was scripted with the dismissal of the late B C Ganguli from service on Sunday, 10 October 1971....

In Baluchistan, it’s war for peace

25 Jun 2013 11:28 PM IST
Prime minister of Pakistan for the third time, Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, takes on the yearning with grit for a new Pakistan which is very different...

Chandy sinks in his own mire

25 Jun 2013 11:19 PM IST
The confrontationist clouds scudding across Kerala’s political sky have thickened further with both the United Democratic Front (UDF) government and...

Apathy led to catastrophe

25 Jun 2013 11:15 PM IST
Exactly four years back I was driving down from Badrinath to Joshimath in a particularly good mood after having had a good darshan at the shrine and...

Collectors turn entrepreneurs

24 Jun 2013 11:27 PM IST
Khatoo Kothari is overjoyed. Last year he got his children admitted to a private school. His village, Ogna, is deep inside the Udaipur reserve forest...

Powerful, successful women are victims too

24 Jun 2013 10:23 PM IST
From Domestic Goddess to a victim of Domestic Abuse - it’s taken a Nigella Lawson to bring this horribly uncomfortable issue from outside bedrooms and...

Banking on mothers

24 Jun 2013 9:38 PM IST
A crib placed right in front of Panna Dhai Hospital in Udaipur got a premature infant on May 16. The girl weighed 1.25 kg, not even half the weight of...

Who is Iran President Hassan Rowhani?

24 Jun 2013 9:36 PM IST
To the various puzzles America pores over has been added one more: Iran’s President elect, Hassan Rouhani. As an opening gambit, he is being described...

Of education and democracy

24 Jun 2013 9:32 PM IST
Several intellectuals, academicians and public figures in and outside Delhi University (DU) campus firmly believe that educational reforms in DU are...
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