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Mumbai shoos: ‘Kabootar, Ja Ja, Ja’
Mumbai : After centuries of uneventful feeding of pigeons, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has cracked down on the practice,...
Quaid Najmi
Aug 4, 20253 min read


Modern Women with Traditional Values
She’s shattering glass ceilings—with tradition in one hand and ambition in the other. In our fast-paced world, the image of a "modern...

Asha Tripathi
Aug 4, 20253 min read


India’s Expressway to Prosperity Risks a Crash
As the country eyes developed-nation status by 2047, a deepening moral vacuum and rising everyday lawlessness threaten to derail its...

Prasad Dixit
Aug 2, 20255 min read


One Man’s Vision, One Village’s Transformation
Chandrakant Dalvi didn’t leave Nidhal behind—he returned with a vision and turned a drought-prone village into a model of modern rural...

Charvi More
Jul 31, 20253 min read


Celebrating the essence of friendship
I belong to an era where friends were family and for life. We exchanged clothes, pencils, pens, compass boxes etc. We would visit each...

Asha Tripathi
Jul 28, 20253 min read


Snake rescuers demand protection
Pooja Bangar Shubham Vasu Thane: When a snake suddenly...

Dr. Abhilash Dawre
Jul 27, 20253 min read


The Day Cricket Broke Our Hearts
The triumph of Royal Challengers Bangalore came with a price too heavy to cheer. It was meant to be the fairy tale ending. After 18 years...

C.S. Krishnamurthy
Jul 23, 20254 min read


Chain-Pulling Captain: The Wedding Day Rescue Mission
The ‘Chain-Pulling Captain’ saved the day, proving that action beats delay. At 25 years and eight months, my Red-Letter Day was near—I...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Jul 22, 20253 min read


Shubhanshu Shukla and the New Frontier of Space Biology
Shukla’s participation in the Axion Mission 4 signals a systems-level turn in Indian space research. As Axiom Mission 4 enters its final...

Dr. Kishore Paknikar
Jul 15, 20254 min read


The Shrinking Age of Innocence
India’s children are growing up too fast, and their parents are scrambling to keep pace. In an age where four-year-olds shun ‘cute’...

Ruddhi Phadke
Jul 12, 20253 min read


My Stalingrad, My Reckoning
In 2018, gripped by a restless literary hunger for something that could match the philosophical depth and vast human canvas of Leo...

Mouparna Srimani
Jul 12, 20253 min read


The Wrestler Who Became a Metaphor
Dara Singh gave post-independence India more than victories in the ring; he gave it strength, spectacle and a new idiom. There are few...

Rajeev Puri
Jul 11, 20254 min read


A Smaller India for a Brighter Tomorrow
In the globe’s most crowded neighbourhood, India’s choices will shape not just its future but the world’s. On this World Population Day,...

Dr. Kishore Paknikar
Jul 10, 20254 min read


Govt Medical Colleges Battle Faculty Shortage
The National Medical Commission’s new rules allow non-teaching hospitals to step in, but experts warn of risks. In a significant and...

Rajendra Joshi
Jul 9, 20253 min read


Scions hurl dollops of allegations at patriarch
Ravi Ghai Mumbai : The heirs of the founder of the ‘Kwality’ ice-creams brand comprising the patriarch Ravi Iqbal Ghai and a daughter on...
Quaid Najmi
Jul 8, 20253 min read


Co-ops at Crossroads
The cooperative movement must shed its outdated self-image and embrace the transparency and rigour of the market lest it risks becoming...

Prasad Dixit
Jul 8, 20254 min read


Brawls rock Lilavati Hospital
Trustee, staffers engage in public slanging matches Mumbai : The prestigious Lilavati Hospital in Bandra west, much in the slimelight...
Quaid Najmi
Jun 30, 20253 min read


Destruction and Death
The Ahmedabad plane crash shattered lives and hopes in an instant. Over 260 souls were lost, families broken, and a city was left to...

Darshan Solanki
Jun 30, 20253 min read


Rain: Soul-Stirring and Earth-Renewing
Rain arrives as a paradoxical adventure—calm yet chaotic, beautiful yet messy, bringing both joy and discomfort. It comes to end the...

Asha Tripathi
Jun 30, 20253 min read


Fatal Vows: Matrimony and Murder in a Changing India
A rise in women accused of killing their husbands is unsettling India's notions of marriage, modernity and empowerment. Sonam, Muskan,...

Ruddhi Phadke
Jun 28, 20255 min read
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