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More than a century old seaside Sunderban retreat which entertained India's colonial rulers lost to cyclone YaasA few broken portions of brick walls defended by Mangrove roots are all that remain of the Fraserganj residence- a bungalow built by Sir An...
10 Jun, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
View: How India can minimize the use of 'discretion' in public policyIn addition to the discretion legislation or policy officially granted to decision-makers, they now also got the discretion on how it shoul...
19 May, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
View: What the West can learn from India's ease with the pastIn the past, the guardians of uber cosmopolitanism were accustomed to berating conservatives for their unending preoccupation with the past...
14 Jun, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
View: The past and possible future of 'Punkahs'In the olden days, from April till October—and longer in South India—the to-and-fro motion of punkahs marked the rhythm of Indian lives.
06 Apr, 2019, 09.33 AM IST
Victoria Memorial to become fully user-friendly for people with disabilities: CuratorThe Prince of Wales, later King George V, had laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial in the heart of the city on January 4, 1906, a...
04 Dec, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
Why name roads after all sorts of people, complete with their titles?Titles are often befuddling, and when appended to road names, they can also be unnecessarily wordy, except, of course, when they are in lie...
20 Nov, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
Natwar Singh attacks Manmohan Singh in his bookSingh, who was External Affairs Minister under Manmohan Singh, says the MEA was "demoralised" since it was run from the prime minister's of...
01 Aug, 2014, 05.23 PM IST
Business marriages: How business interests are wedding themselves to political onesIt is common in commentary on business marriages to speak about them as mergers and acquisitions by other means.
06 Jan, 2013, 05.50 AM IST
How lion king got nawabi reprieveThe Nawabs of Junagadh were trying desperately to save lions that were already dwindling in number. Had it been not been a diktat from the ...
06 Jun, 2012, 01.21 AM IST
- Rs 100 cr worth of deals inked at Coir Kerala
It's been over a century since Lord Curzon exclaimed, "Venice of the East" on his visit to this port city in Kerala in the first decade of ...
07 Feb, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- Lord Curzon's family seat, Kedleston Hall, was the inspiration for West Bengal's Raj Bhavan
Kedleston Hall on the outskirts of Derby city in England's East Midlands was the inspiration for what is now the residence of the Governor ...
22 Aug, 2011, 11.21 AM IST