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THE PURITAN GIFT
America’s educational superpower is fadingThe problem is not just a few glitches here and there. That is to be expected in a giant system. It is that vital elements in a healthy aca...
18 Apr, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
Donation of courtesans: Ganikas were valuable sources of pleasure, income and information for the StateCourtesans have existed in ancient India since Vedic times, as suggested by the Rig Vedic verse 1.167.4, for example, that refers to public...
17 Feb, 2023, 11.54 PM IST
How Bindumati, a courtesan, made the Ganga flow in reverse directionThe story of the courtesan mentioned in 2000-year-old Buddhist text Milinda Panha draws attention to the role of integrity as well as equal...
08 Jan, 2022, 08.06 AM IST
Remembering the contribution of CourtesansRich and single women well versed in fine arts held a position in ancient times, but in modern literature, they have been described as pros...
06 Apr, 2019, 02.10 PM IST
How a Bengaluru bookseller weathered the ecommerce storm and opened his second used books storeBrick-and-mortar's gloom and doom only burnishes the triumph of Blossom Book House, Bengaluru’s much loved purveyor of used books on Church...
09 Oct, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
Advice from a big ben: don’t let down half a billion sisters'The negative effects of various social engineering moves by your government are there for all to judge. But as women, they have diminished...
30 Aug, 2015, 01.43 PM IST
Economist Jerome Booth recommends books for a better lifeJerome Booth — economist, entrepreneur and author of Emerging Markets in an Upside Down World — on the books that equip you for the univers...
06 Feb, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Preference for melancholia over enterprise is deeply embedded in the Bengali psycheOver a period of time Chatterjee rose to become a well-known Bengali entrepreneur with diverse business interests across the globe.
29 May, 2014, 12.36 PM IST