
August 17, 2003 00:00 IST
THERE is something about madness and mothers. It’s a recurring motif in literature, as obdurate as incurable madness. Years ago in his ...
Sun, Aug 17, 2003
July 13, 2003 00:00 IST
UNSMUDGED white and black are not always the colours of truth. For Preethi Nair it comes in free flowing, varying shades of white. In Nair&#...
Sun, Jul 13, 2003
June 15, 2003 00:00 IST
Dehra DunIt's that time of the year when the summer rush on the slopes of Dehra Dun and Mussoorie is at peak. But the big bright metro that ...
Sun, Jun 15, 2003
May 02, 2003 00:00 IST
In the coming months, some of the fruits and vegetables at your neighbourhood store could lose some of their shine. The Centre is considerin...
Fri, May 02, 2003
April 20, 2003 00:00 IST
IT’S an appropriate setting for a military tale told by an Anglo-Indian. A cemetery in the little cantonment town of Kasauli in the Him...
Sun, Apr 20, 2003
April 11, 2003 00:00 IST
A day before Salman Khan returned from London, his name was being mentioned in a Jodhpur courtroom. The case this Wednesday was the one in w...
Fri, Apr 11, 2003
March 27, 2003 00:00 IST
After Mike Pandey’s film on a captured elephant in Chhattisgarh led to an uproar, with Parbati Barua having to pack her bags, it is her...
Thu, Mar 27, 2003
March 25, 2003 00:00 IST
It was a university that was once said to represent the aspirations, ideals and politics of Muslims in India. Today, in a polarised world th...
Tue, Mar 25, 2003
March 18, 2003 00:00 IST
More than a month after the murder of Dr Iqbal Ghani Khan, a reader in the Aligarh Muslim University’s history department, the whispers...
Tue, Mar 18, 2003
March 04, 2003 00:00 IST
One of the country’s most popular water schemes, Swajal, has been questioned by a public interest litigation filed in the Uttaranchal H...
Tue, Mar 04, 2003
February 02, 2003 00:00 IST
A WINDING dusty track that looks as if it leads to nowhere takes one from Dehra Dun to Dokwala. A hamlet of 12 families doesn’t merit a...
Sun, Feb 02, 2003
February 08, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 7: When the new teacher came to the Columbia School of Journalism on Tuesday, he waved to the students and the cheering...
Thu, Feb 08, 2001
March 05, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, MARCH 4: In 1981, the National Census put the figure of the disabled in India at 0.9 per cent. In 2001, the figure is likely to...
Sun, Mar 05, 2000
January 03, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 1: There is one simple logic against banning PTV World: it is so absurd that seeing it is certainly not believing it. The h...
Mon, Jan 03, 2000
January 02, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 1: There is one simple logic against banning PTV World: it is so absurd that seeing it is certainly not believing it. The h...
Sun, Jan 02, 2000
November 27, 1998 00:00 IST
Robert Pettigrew, 67, grew up in Nottingham, surrounded by forests where the legendary Robin Hood ran free. And it is the same adventurous s...
Fri, Nov 27, 1998
November 13, 1998 00:00 IST
She began with Bharatanatyam, branched off to Kuchipudi, and is now trying to figure out the intricacies of Vilasini Natyam, that obscure an...
Fri, Nov 13, 1998
March 22, 1998 00:00 IST
There is probably no personal tragedy greater than getting one's hair cut only to discover that it looks disastrous. To help you get the per...
Sun, Mar 22, 1998
March 21, 1998 00:00 IST
There is probably no personal tragedy greater than getting one's hair cut only to discover that it looks disastrous. To help you get the per...
Sat, Mar 21, 1998
May 11, 1997 00:00 IST
The country may be rocking to Daler Mehndi's foot-tapping bhangra rap, but Punjab is nostalgically recalling its tradition of romantic ball...
Sun, May 11, 1997





