As environment minister in the Manmohan Singh government, Jairam Ramesh was often called ‘Dr No’ for his stand on environment clearances. In his fourth and latest book, Green Signals: Ecology, Growth…
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2015 is an important year for homemaker Madhavi Katuri. Both her daughters, Shreya and Srishti, will be applying to foreign universities. Household budgets will have to be pruned, sacrifices made…
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Public’s company: Gangwar loves meeting people. “That’s what I do in my free time,” he says. Photo by Arvind Jain An unassuming young man once gave a BJP leader a…
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The ‘Make in India’ tableau on January 26 showcased a mechanical lion charged with rotating cogs and wheels moving to metallic, trance-like beats as part of the Republic Day parade,…
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It is better to be early than late for a meeting with Aatish Taseer. Polite, he offers delicious coffee in an espresso cup. The coffee is cold, he apologises; he…
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Narendra Modi’s economy managers are busy ensuring that India puts its best foot forward, like the troopers in the Republic Day parade, when Barack Obama comes calling. They have started…
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Charlie Hebdo and Selective Outrage The French satirists should never have died. 10 of them paid the price for sketching cartoons with candour and scant regard for propriety. It was…
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Thousands of users of the taxi-hailing service Uber were in for a shock when a 27-year-old finance professional registered a complaint with Delhi Police that she was raped by the…
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Urgent need for national register of sex offenders By Shutapa Paul Shiv Kumar Yadav, the Uber cabbie who recently raped a 27-year old woman in Delhi, has raped many more…
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The Resilient Indian Woman By Shutapa Paul Last year an American student wrote about her experience of sexual harassment in India. Her story shocked much of the world, but not…