The best of political debates in Kerala, and perhaps India, happen not in television studios or our legislature, but in Karunan's barber shop and Kuttan's ...
01:45 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The ghastly and brutal gang-rape and murderous assault on a 23-year old by six men in New Delhi last month has shaken the national consciousness ...
12:31 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Mallika Dutt is the founder of the groundbreaking human rights organization Breakthrough, where she serves as President and CEO. Breakthrough combines innovative new technologies with ...
11:55 AM, Oct 19, 2012
A few SMS messages, a couple of inflammatory photos. They triggered off the largest internal exodus in India since partition. We're talking about the north ...
05:49 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Mangalore has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. On July 28, a band of around fifty hooligans belonging to the Hindu ...
11:42 AM, Aug 07, 2012
There is a whole lot of talk about how India does not have a robust enough strategic culture. So "Geek at Large", in its own ...
02:08 PM, Jul 11, 2012
The single entrance exam proposed has created quite a stir. The students are not too comfortable with it, the parents are disillusioned by it and ...
01:42 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Summer vacations are a very complicated time for parents nowadays. Should one send one's daughter to a Vedic Maths class? Is one's son old enough ...
12:03 PM, Jun 11, 2012
In a recent moment of either enthusiasm or desperation, Principal of St Stephen's College, Delhi University, Valson Thampu proposed 40% reservation for male students at ...
06:53 PM, May 10, 2012
It's vacation time and my daughter's looking out for kids to play with and in the process throwing up a lot of extreme revelations. One ...
10:57 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Breswana is dusting off its inertia and making connection. And a frail 30-year-old woman is its link to outside. Sabbah Haji is the village's new ...
11:29 PM, Apr 27, 2012
The declared range is political. The demonstrated capability is not. Agni V truly epitomises the maturing of India's missile prowess and is a harbinger of ...
12:32 PM, Apr 20, 2012
The debate on higher education has always existed in this country. In most cases, it has been on the peripherals with the academics venting their ...
03:49 PM, Jan 12, 2012
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It's my favourite story from the Sainik School Tilaiya days. It was around 2 am on a cold December night in 1989. The asbestos roof ...
03:35 PM, Nov 16, 2011
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The euphoria over 11/11/11 had engulfed most of our imagination. The unique date led to a massive hype across the world including India. On the ...
01:04 PM, Nov 13, 2011
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"We want a school. Our children just sit around all day with nothing to do." Adamai implored the small group of visitors to the small ...
10:22 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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Apart from being the toughest place to get into, the IITs are probably the most talked about technical institutes by the citizens in any country. ...
03:27 PM, Oct 07, 2011
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One would think that the focal point of any university and the experience of being at university is the institution's library. Not for students of ...
07:29 PM, Sep 26, 2011
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The writing on the wall is loud and clear. The communication machinery, method, strategy, substance and speed of the Government of India (GoI) require a ...
03:55 PM, Sep 05, 2011
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Education in India is a conundrum. A few years back my cousin just completed her 12th standard and she had a percentage of 94.2; a ...
11:37 AM, Aug 10, 2011
