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During the 1960s when the American Civil Rights movement entered a militant phase, there was a lot of downgrading of old idols as having been too subservient to the White majority. 

Subtlety resides in the subliminal private garden of every person. Subtlety introduces an element of elevation into society, it contributes to a civilisation's refinement. 

Every time I go to a country that used to be way behind India and is now way ahead, gloomy thoughts fill my head and as a responsible columnist I feel it my duty to share them with you. 

The south-western border districts of Bengal, where Maoists are fast gaining ground, were until recently, unquestionable strongholds of the ruling Left. 

Unusually but, and I hope you agree with me, justifiably, this edition of the column shifts its focus beyond what was on news TV. We look at a section of news TV audience. 

The controversy over the Sino-US joint statement in Beijing last week over the Chinese role in the subcontinent has set the stage for an honest conversation between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama on whether and how the two sides could cooperate in the eastern and western pa 

Obama's China trip has been sharply criticised by most US newspapers as being unnecessarily deferential and obtaining no real concessions. 

China's shadow "China has promoted security and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan". 

The proposed reforms in India's premier university, Delhi University, shed interesting light on the institutional challenges of reform in India and offer wider lessons. 

How fortunate for us that Manu Sharma cannot stay away from bars. And, bar brawls. 

Every time I go to a country that used to be way behind India and is now way ahead, gloomy thoughts fill my head and as a responsible columnist I feel it my duty to share them with you. 

Sachin Tendulkar may have inspired others to write poetry but he batted in robust prose. Not for him the tenderness and fragility of the poet, the excitement of a leaf fluttering in a gentle breeze. No. 

The CAT is out of the bag and has stunned business schools. For the first time in 10 years, the number of applicants for the Common Admission Test (CAT) has taken a plunge. In spite of an extension of 10 days for online registration, a little over 2. 

On Friday, wholesale sugar prices in Kolhapur—one of the biggest trading centres in India—touched Rs 34.43 per kg, a jump of almost 2% in a single day. 

I was recently invited to give a lecture in Kolkata on whether to legalise the sale in human organs (the kidney in particular). 

Of all the innovations that have shaped our lives in recent years, none has been more influential than the destruction of the Berlin Wall. 

Imagine opening a website, keying in a few search terms and presto! You are on the page of a rival website. Users may not mind such an occurrence, but the website in question surely will. That's exactly what happened recently when Consim India, owners of bharatmatrimony.com and indiaproperties. 

In this Idea Exchange moderated by Senior Editor, Media, Archna Shukla, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni spoke about regulating the broadcast sector, the growing number of channels, the Emergency and Indira Gandhi. 

In a previous column in this series (IE, September 4), the narrative of the 1965 India-Pakistan War was brought up to the crucial date of September 11, 1965 when Ayub Khan, a realist for all his faults, knew that for Pakistan the war was over. 

This could have made news 60 years ago. And even then, it would have been shocking. For the fact of Dalits entering a temple to make headlines in the 21st century only goes to show that untouchability is far from a bygone evil.