Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

A 19 October, 2011 circular of the National Housing Bank says no penalty or fee for prepayment of home loans can be charged, provided the ...
10:16 PM, May 17, 2013

Rohit Vats

Pentaprism |

There is a distinct feel to watching plays. Most of the time, they give a sense of satisfaction. The viewer believes that he is directly ...
05:51 PM, May 14, 2013

Veeraraghav T M

A pinch of Salt |

It was an extremely sultry afternoon by Bangalore standards. The Congress office on Queens's road, deserted till the second half of the counting day, was ...
06:58 AM, May 14, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Cut to the IPL game at Wankhede where Mumbai Indians were playing Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ambati Rayudu is run-out from a direct-throw by Virat Kohli ...
02:33 PM, May 13, 2013

Suhasini Haidar

Head to Haid-ar |

Elections in the subcontinent are always a riot of colours, but perhaps no election has quite the mix of tragedy and power that Pakistani elections ...
08:23 PM, May 10, 2013

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

AAP is doing what politicians have forgotten to do As the summer kicks in, people's representatives are often seen scurrying for their cool drawing ...
06:20 AM, May 08, 2013

Priyanka Dube

Priyanka's Space |

It was nothing like anything. The scenes that unfolded at the Karkardooma Court post 2:40 pm on 30th April 2013 were a bewildering reminder of ...
01:54 PM, May 07, 2013

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

Does Indian media place national interest above human rights? G Ananthapadmanabhan, chief executive of Amnesty International India, believes it does. At a lecture in Delhi ...
07:40 PM, May 04, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

In October 2000, most fans in this country were united in their loss of love for the game. The shadow of match fixing loomed large, ...
11:36 AM, May 03, 2013

Suhasini Haidar

Head to Haid-ar |

Why the real game changer in Pakistan's elections could be the radical right, and why India should worry. It was a speech made with ...
07:56 AM, May 03, 2013

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

It's the hits, the heaves and the "Yes maximums" that makes any T20 match an exciting and entertaining one. So if IPL 6 is high ...
12:18 PM, May 01, 2013

Faisal Caesar

Perfume Ball |

As soon as the match ended, I stepped out to have a cup of tea at a stall near my house. I noticed two middle-aged ...
09:13 AM, Apr 30, 2013

Rakhshanda Jalil

Hindustani awaaz |

There was a time in the history of Hindi cinema when the singer was the song, when the persona of the singer did not exist; ...
01:42 PM, Apr 29, 2013

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

The IPL aspires to be the EPL (English Premier League), so it is ironic that poor crowd behaviour - a feature of the EPL - ...
09:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013

Surya Gangadharan

BARAKA |

Fresh from three weeks of gruelling drills that involved all operational commands, the Air Force says it's ready for a two-front war (the brass prefers ...
07:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

In the 1970s, Marathi cinema threw up a comedian in Dada Kondke who went on to create history by churning out the maximum number of ...
12:17 AM, Apr 19, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Look beyond the needless razzmatazz of the Indian Premier League and you will see a few benefits, real ones. The first is obviously the humongous ...
10:44 AM, Apr 15, 2013

Debraj Bhattacharya

The other India |

"Debraj, I didn't believe that I would be able to walk this long in this heat" said Uttara Chakrabarty. Senior Citizen. Teacher in the History ...
10:44 PM, Apr 11, 2013

Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

The Modi-Rahul face off is good democracy The forthcoming electoral contest of 2014 is fast passing into pop culture. The Battle of the "Bachelors" ...
07:04 AM, Apr 10, 2013

Michael Jones

Mumbles Road End |

Alec Stewart turns 50 today, less than a decade after the end of his international career - it stands as a testimony to the level ...
02:26 PM, Apr 08, 2013