Quote of the day by Paul Krugman: 'Debt is one person's liability, but another person's...' - financial lessons and insights on role of debt in the economy, flow of money and growth of wealth by Nobel Prize-winning economist and pioneer of New Trade TheoryQuote of the day by Paul Krugman: Nobel laureate Paul Krugman sheds light on debt, emphasizing it's a two-sided coin. While a borrower's li...
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Bridgerton Season 5 mystery deepens: Who will be the New Lady Whistledown and what do the books say? All about the top fan theoriesFans think they’ve cracked the case, but the truth behind Bridgerton Season 5’s biggest mystery may be hiding in plain sight. With Penelope...
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Word of the Day: KakistocracyWord of the Day: ‘Kakistocracy’ is far more than an obscure dictionary term. It is a striking linguistic weapon, sharp, historical and emot...
29 May, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Word of the Day: ScripturientWord of the day: Rare words endure because they express experiences that ordinary language often struggles to capture. While modern vocabul...
19 May, 2026, 12.23 PM IST
Do you really read any columnist on this page?The author playfully proposes World Columnists' Day. General interest columnists are becoming rare. They are being replaced by comics and p...
13 Sep, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
Michelle Obama may already be working on a 2024 White House bid, writes columnist. What is her game plan?Gossip columnist Cindy Adams has written in an article in the New York Post that around May, Joe Biden will announce that he is not running...
23 Jan, 2024, 04.49 PM IST
Noted journalist and author Anil Dharker deadDharker, who was in his mid-70s, was the editor of several publications including Mid-Day and The Independent and played a vital role in op...
26 Mar, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
'This Is Us' writer passes away at 39, cause of death unknownJas Waters also worked on the comedy drama series, 'Kidding', starring Jim Carrey.
12 Jun, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
SheThePeople's women writers' festival to be held in BengaluruPutting the spotlight on women writers, the festival will encompass both fiction and nonfiction writing including short stories, gender nar...
13 Aug, 2018, 04.01 PM IST
Returning awards amounts to dishonouring recognition: Shashi TharoorTharoor said awards are "society's tributes to the achievements of writers and neither the achievements nor the tributes can be rolled back...
15 Oct, 2015, 06.09 PM IST
So what if Indians have a 56-inch waist. At least, yoga comes naturally to usThe aim of yoga is to be able to control and discipline the mind through the movements of the body. On this all yogis are agreed.
21 Jun, 2015, 11.29 AM IST
Will journalists and writers be able to hack through jungle of politics?Largely thanks to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), an unprecedented number of journalists, writers and academics are seeking popular mandate this...
11 Mar, 2014, 11.04 AM IST
US owes India an apology on Khobragade issue: ReportNoted American columnist Ruben Navarrette has asked the Obama administration to offer a ''sincere apology'' to India regards Khobragade cas...
30 Dec, 2013, 02.43 PM IST
- Tricks or treats?
Mangalore abounds in places of spirit worship, they have Annappa, Panjurli, Ullalthi, Varahi, Guliga, Koragajja, and Raktesswari.
30 Dec, 2013, 04.52 AM IST
Guru’s graceIt’s a Panchayatana, or an ensemble of five deities. Your columnist got it recently from a national award-winning stapati in a serendipitou...
28 Oct, 2013, 05.27 AM IST
Silver bulletIt was a bullet and not black magic that killed Narendra Dabholkar. Had it been otherwise, his assassins wouldn’t have had to use metallic ...
23 Aug, 2013, 06.03 AM IST
- Tharoor to contest LS polls on Cong ticket?
Noted writer and columnist Shashi Tharoor may have lost the fight for the post of United Nations secretary general but, it appears, he’s ma...
16 Dec, 2008, 09.13 AM IST