New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- "Poverty is not natural. It is only man-made and can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of fellow men." - Nelson Mandela It arrived not as legislation, but as hope. F... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 15 -- It's one of the auto industry's worst-kept secrets. The car you drive - sleek, shiny and proudly 'Made for India' - isn't the same as its cousin overseas. Under the sculpted hood... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- "The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." - Mahatma Gandhi If symbols could blush, the highways slicing through the outskirts of Bele... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- It is a sticker shock that few see coming, one that eventually makes car-buyers discover the numbing heartbreak of auto-arithmetic. The tantalizing ex-showroom price that pushes y... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- "A promise is like a road or a highway. one that takes you somewhere, not one that leaves you stranded." - Anonymous Across India, from its metropolitan cities to the smalles... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- The everyday car is dying a slow death. It is an irony, indeed, in a country once defined by its small cars, that the small car is fighting for breath. From the Maruti 800 to the ... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- "Manners are often more important than laws. For on them, in good measure, the laws always depend." - Edmund Burke Soliloquy: In a Texas suburb, the newly-arrived Varmas set... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Once upon a time, there was an animal called Maruti Gypsy. It was an indestructible mountain goat-basic, boxy, bouncy and borderline uncomfortable. Yet, it was loved by everyone,... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- "Injustice anywhere is a great threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr. Last week, a Supreme Court hall was plunged into silence as a bench read out its stern o... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Yesterday, a man with a crore of rupees lived in a stratosphere all his own, a crorepati, looked up to with awe and veneration. Today, the crore has been humbled. It doesn't go v... Read More