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CROSSING THE RIVER METAPHOR
- Feeding the mind
A monk and his disciple help a struggling woman cross a river. The disciple remains troubled by the monk's actions, only to learn that hold...
02 Mar, 2025, 11.35 PM IST
Minstrel in the gallery: Parvathy Baul is on a mission to bridge the gap between esoteric Baul akharas and world musicThe quietude of Parvathy Baul, singer, musician, dancer, almost belied her power-packed performance of the previous evening when she had re...
26 Feb, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
Remember Schengen? Europe’s quintessential fairy-tale village with lush green vineyardsA visit to the sleepy town in Europe that is a metaphor for everything Brexit, walls and immigration bans are not.
05 Feb, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
This is what kept our celebrities awake in 2016From the suicide of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad to the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed at JNU, the young are a worried lot.
25 Dec, 2016, 08.09 AM IST
Warsaw was rebuilt after being destroyed in WW2; it refuses to give in to challengesDespite its stabs at modernisation, Warsaw still retains much of its old-world charm. The city and its citizens have held on to the nostalg...
13 Dec, 2015, 03.15 AM IST
Need to step up reforms steadily, says RBI governor Raghuram Rajan"For a country as big and populous as India, reforms cannot be shots in the dark, subjecting the economy to great uncertainty and risk," Ra...
28 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
The life raftIf one has fortunately found a raft and understood its purpose and how it works, crossing a river is not a problem any more.
01 Jun, 2012, 05.18 AM IST
- The spectre of A K Ramanujan
There is a Valmiki ashram in Pulpalli, a town in Wayanad, which many locals believe to be the place where the sage poet lived.
03 Nov, 2011, 05.57 AM IST
- Church Art goes global
In Kolkata now, a relatively unknown outfit called Church Art has begun giving global design stalwarts a run for their money in the busines...
15 Aug, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Cheers to Budapest...
Paris is blowed. As Srinagar is the Switzerland of the East and Kerala is the Venice of the East and Shanghai is the Hong Kong of the East…...
30 Aug, 2007, 12.30 AM IST
- BJP wakes UP to Delhi power matrix
The BJP on Sunday got into the electioneering groove as it kicked off its campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
25 Dec, 2006, 03.20 AM IST