Another Homer-worthy irony is that if you go looking for Ancient Greek temples or monuments in Greece all you will find are ruins and structures recreated from collapsed columns. On the Amalfi coast ...

If people think the market will boom and deliver returns they will buy shares. If not then they will look for safer ...

Nothing came of it because every government always wants its own stooges in Raj Bhavan. "If the Election Commission can get away with this kind of match tampering this time then what happens when it ...

If you have been following the furore over the price of tomatoes, you will note that reporters and political analysts often refer to tomatoes as a basic staple of Indian cooking and the food of the ...

Two aviation stories that appeared in the media this week caught my eye. One was from abroad. One was from India. Both had to do with the relationship between passengers and airlines. (And dogs too, ...

It is a maxim that should be a cliché by now. But given the current Indian reality, it is worth repeating again and again: “The true test of a principle is when you apply it to somebody or something ...

In every election, Indian politics changes a little. Not necessarily for the better or worse. But it changes nevertheless and then it’s never quite the same again. As we go into the general election, ...

So, immigration is back at the top of our minds. The Mumbai police say that the man who attacked Saif Ali Khan was not a local but had sneaked into the city from Bangladesh. And anyone watching Donald ...

Indians have a pretty good idea of what Japan is about. We are crazy for sushi, have grown up using Japanese electronic products, are familiar with such automobile brands as Toyota, Honda and of ...

Most Indian gastronomic classics —that is to say, dishes that you find on lots of menus — have been around for decades if not centuries. North Indian biryani dates back to the Mughals. What we now ...

Will anything come of all the opposition parleys including Wednesday’s Bangalore gathering that came up with the name INDIA to replace the old and discredited UPA? Well, we know what the Prime ...

How did you feel when you heard that Gen. Pervez Musharraf had died? Were you sad? Were you overjoyed? Did you feel a tinge of sorrow and regret? Or did you find it hard to control your jubilation?