When gods put on their pollution masksPriests at a Varanasi temple do much to instigate soul-searching.
How Urjit Patel took Raghuram Rajan's legacy to the next levelHelming a full-service central bank comes with its challenges where you have done some good and some bad by ignoring key issues.
View: Tharoor’s attempt to absolve Hinduism of caste system shows how blind the privileged can be“Hindu society may have maintained a distasteful practice but no one can credibly argue that it is intrinsic to the religion,” Tharoor writ...
Here's what has made Sharjah shine like a glittering citySharjah has gathered its past, seamlessly embedded immigrants into it, and that has made it the vibrant multi-cultural city that it is toda...
Here's why Mark Twain said that heaven was copied after MauritiusMauritius, the sun-drenched island in the Indian Ocean may be better known as a honeymooners' paradise with its pristine beaches and sumptu...
In Israel, food is a fusion of flavours of happinessIsrael also offers surprisingly good wines. After all, the country’s wine history dates back to biblical times. Golan Heights offers the be...
Govt to organise sufi meet to invoke moderate ideologyRejecting terrorism, Modi in his address had hailed Islam as a religion of peace, citing the Koran and also paying rich tributes to the ecl...
Trust silent owl to hold a mirror against ‘erring’ guvRBI chief designate Urjit Patel had written a stinging paper on former governor D Subbarao’s defense of RBI’s helplessness over inflation t...
Seville, from its foot-tapping flamenco to mosaic-clad plazasYears of external domination and cultural intermingling have resulted in a diversity that has today become Seville’s imprimatur.
Dining in Dubai, a nation whose dietary habits have been shaped by waves of immigrants over the decadesThe original diet of the Emiratis was desert-sourced — camel’s milk, dates, fresh ocean produce. Easterners brought rice and spices to this...
BJP-led government is attempting to stifle India’s vibrant plurality and diversityNormally, Modi is quite forthcoming with comments on Twitter. During the elections, this was a refreshing change from the tight-lipped inac...
A K Antony has kicked off a crucial debate whose resolution will make or break the CongressThe majority is the bedrock of secularism and violating their notion of a fair deal only undermines the secular project and harms India’s m...
RBI Governor D Subbarao likely to find intellectual reinforcement from new deputy Urjit PatelThe 49-yr-old, a cricket and football fan from The Boston Consultancy Group, will have a two-year term at RBI in policymaking, succeeding S...