Mamata Banerjee and the Politics of Impulsiveness

Hasty, ill-conceived steps show how isolated Mamata Banerjee had been from the national political trend.A fascinating excerpt from Sugato Hazra's Losing The Plot: Political Isolation Of West......

Plea in HC against allowing same sex marriage under Hindu Marriage Act

A plea came up before the Delhi high court on Friday seeking that same sex marriage not be permitted under the Hindu Marriage Act as in Hinduism tying of the nuptial knot is allowed only between a......

Doors open to all small parties to defeat BJP in 2022: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said doors of his party are open to all small parties for an alliance ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls next year and he will try that all......

'Nothing done in 70 yrs' rant has expiry date: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said the reality is different from what the Uttar Pradesh government has been portraying and there is an expiry date to the 'rant' that nothing was done......

How to give your career a boost

India is becoming more competitive. What about you? The 2006 edition of the World Competitiveness Report, an annual document on the state of competitiveness of nations by the world-renowned IMD......

In Udupi, food is the greatest binder

The whole country may be fighting an election - but in this town where cooking is a religion, all political, ethnic, and linguistic differences vanish when it comes to food. Udupi went to the polls......