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Business and Politics

When Maradona beat Dolce & Gabbana

Asked to name his starting XI in 1990, Argentina’s manager Carlos Bilardo had famously said, “Maradona, and 10 others,” writes Dr Sandeep Goyal  Since ...

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Thought Factory

That Discreet Charm

Novelist and writer, Adithi Rao misses those years when movie watching was an incomparable experience at the single-screen theatres. My aunt would use her weekly half-day off...

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Kaleidoscope

The Varanasi mystique

A photo-essay by Ashis Ghatak, vivifying how the winter sets in on the holy city of Varanasi, on the banks of the River Ganges. Varanasi earns an added robe of mysticism when...

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Thought Factory

At Vanishing Point

As one more beautifully-architected bungalow on Little Gibbs Road bites the dust, Khalid Mohamed writes on the changing face of Malabar Hill, the city’s prime neighbourh...

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Powerful People

M K RAINA: A salutation and exploration

Again and this one is vast - Aparajita Krishna walks you through the life of social activist and actor MK Raina. So far, so, so good. Maharaj Krishen Raina is more intimately...

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Business and Politics

Signs Of The Modern Times

As the friction accelerates between the Centre and the Kashmiri leaders in the  Kashmir Valley, how I wish two veteran journalists were still around, in our midst, writes...

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Powerful People

A Woman of Letters

“I am reading Amartya Sen’s book nowadays”, says a sprightly young voice at the other end of my telephone line: Janaky Sreedharan That is an eighty six yea...

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Powerful People

The First Prime Minister of India

A day after Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary, also known as Children’s Day in India, we recall his leadership; the highs and the lows. In the 35 years...

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Thought Factory

A Bouquet of Talks

This is a bouquet of assorted fragrances, writes Aparajita Krishna These are narrations that are independent of each other and yet appear to me to be tied with a common threa...

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Business and Politics

MOGAÉ: JOINT VENTURE WITH VERSA

VERSA India will be a fifty-fifty joint venture between VERSA and Mogaé Consultants, owned by Sandeep & Tanya Goyal. World No. 1 Voice & Conversational AI Age...

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TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Marathi theatrical adaptation of thr...

May 11 2026