India
This year’s rains show India’s city planning needs urgent course correction
By :Mahua Venkatesh 11 Sep 2024Continuous rains, leading to flooding in several key cities, have put life out of gear repeatedly over the past few years
Kolkata doctor rape-and-murder case underlines rot in system
By :Ramdev Bakshi 18 Aug 2024At least in the Nirbhaya case, there were no allegations of cops or other authorities trying to downplay the crime or shield anyone
Bhagwat’s comments smack of disingenuousness
By :Mahesh Anand 17 Jun 2024
ECONOMY
What headline inflation figure does not tell you
By :Mahua Venkatesh 29 Sep 2024India'policymakers now need to focus on inflation in a more holistic manner
How bugbear of inequality is used by Lefties
By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 01 Jul 2024
Govt says its intervention brought down onion price
By :THC Bureau 30 Oct 2023
Govt expands civil aviation workforce
By :THC Bureau 29 Sep 2023INTERNATIONAL
US sanctions on Israeli army unit: Biden stabs ally in the back
By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 22 Apr 2024Biden may impose sanctions on an Israeli army unit to appease its radical Left support base
MEA’s Gaza rants reflect Nehruvian hangover
By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 09 Feb 2024
Hamas-friendly BBC’s depravity
By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 17 Oct 2023
Media ignores Muslims celebrating Hamas attack
By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 11 Oct 2023
LIFE, LETTERS, LEISURE
The Midwife’s Confession: Ugly reality, heroic endeavor
By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 02 Oct 2024BBC documentary, The Midwife’s Confession, is the documentation (sans commentary) of an ugly reality of Indian society—female infanticide
Liminal Tides
By :THC Bureau 25 Aug 2024Liminal Tides is the debut novel by Soumitra Banerjee, set against the backdrop of India’s Partition
Bansi Lal angered and charmed Sunil Dutt-Nargis in 24 hours: Book
By :Tony Fernandez 20 May 2024In his book, senior journalist Anil Maheshwari has given an account of the star couple’s encounter with Bansi Lal
