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Schools as markers of class and aspirations

India, Aug. 30 -- My five-year-old goes to an international school in Gurgaon. Why did we choose it over CBSE/ICSE? Well, I can give a well-rehearsed five-minute monologue to proselytise CBSE simpleto... Read More


The dilemma in treating defamation as an offence

India, Aug. 30 -- A particular "crime" and the punishment laid down for it in India are the subject of this column today. As well as an associated dilemma. The issue in question is defamation, and mor... Read More


Mecca-pact questions India must ask itself

India, Aug. 30 -- Perhaps because I do interviews, I tend to think of developments in terms of the questions they raise. I am aware the process leads to a certain scepticism or, even, cynicism, but it... Read More


Samantha gets candid on pregnancy

India, Aug. 30 -- A ctor Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who is expecting her first child with filmmaker husband Raj Nidimoru, has opened up about weight gain and how pregnancy has made her feel "empowered". Du... Read More


SKY breaks silence on being dropped from Team India

India, Aug. 30 -- M onths after leading India to the T20 World Cup title, Suryakumar Yadav has opened up about being dropped from the national side and replaced by Shreyas Iyer as T20I captain. The se... Read More


'I am simply hoping they are alive'

India, Aug. 30 -- As rescuers search for thousands missing after the August 26 Nepal-Tibet floods, noted restaurateur Zorawar Kalra, son of legendary late chef Jiggs Kalra, is awaiting news of his cou... Read More


The poet as a man of action

India, Aug. 29 -- What makes a mem-oir special? It is often the author's experiences: the people they meet and positions they hold, all of which allow readers a rare peek into a life and its times. Oc... Read More


We're in this together

India, Aug. 29 -- Love is patient, love is kind. Love will also make you lose your mind. Because no fairy tale or rom-com ever tells you what happily ever after is actually like. What goes on in the d... Read More


The modern-day politics of disease

India, Aug. 29 -- When the British first arrived in India in 1608, they did not foresee how swiftly deadly tropical diseases would puncture European medical hubris. Ipshita Nath's In Sickness and in D... Read More


Turning a fractured century into form

India, Aug. 29 -- Tyeb Mehta is the first comprehensive book devoted to the artist's practice since his death in 2009. One of the defining painters of India's first post-colonial generation, Mehta spe... Read More