'Ludicrous they might be, but they are not without threats -- much like letters that appear suddenly in homes of those opposing the government.' 'One must exercise some caution before believing in them,' says Uttaran Das Gupta.
Amit Mistry was a wicked actor, someone who could chance a broken arm, who could take deep dives, who could ram his head into walls, all without bothering about the outcome. And, as with that closing bit, the knowledge of where he might have arrived at eludes us now, observes Sreehari Nair.
We have a generation of youth in our country with fire in their bellies and the 'tamanna' to emulate the Indian soldier. Such is the image that has been created by our soldiers over time. The proposal for civilians into the Military fray for a short stint must be considered favourably keeping the national interests foremost, says Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
'In a democracy, there is nothing like 'I am right'.' 'You can be wrong, so somebody has to point that out.'
'We are telling them we have isolated them and their religion as not only unwanted,' says Aakar Patel.
'When you write off good artistes, it's easier for them to beat their drums about their own people.'
England manager Gareth Southgate's overly cautious approach and his team's hesitance in front of goal resulted in a nervy 2-1 World Cup win over Tunisia rather than the comfortable victory their early dominance deserved.
The centre eyes airport-specific digital solution and ties up with start-ups to solve problem unique to BIAL
Dr Kalam continues to live in the imagination of the people of this nation and remains a role model for the youth and missile and space scientists who are diligently following his vision to achieve new laurels for India, notes S M Khan, who served as President Kalam's press secretary.
Alarm bells ring as Google trends for the last year show India saw the highest number of searches in the world for the Blue Whale Challenge.
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
While oiling conditions the scalp, it will not stop your hair from falling nor will it accelerate the rate of hair re-growth, says Dr Apoorva Shah.
'This health emergency has brought a lot of people together with the common purpose of getting Feluda to play detective as quickly as possible.' 'As a scientist, if we can make a small difference in people's lives, we are happy'
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.' 'Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'
Students' flagging interest in the written word is because of a generational digital divide, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Over 3,000 people showed up at Coney Island for the Mermaid Parade.
'More and more young chefs, instead of inventing new things, are exploring more deeply inside India,' Indian Accent's Manish Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob.
Modi also invited suggestions from the people for inclusion in his Independence Day speech.
The Queen, 89, will take over the title from her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who, according to Buckingham Palace, reigned for exactly 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes. To celebrate her 63-year-long reign, here are some interesting facts about her.
City are looking to retain the title they won in record-breaking fashion last year and secure their fourth Premier League crown in eight years.
China chose a sports contest to announce the change of the name of Taiwan, a self-governed cash-rich island.
The richest self-made woman in America is Diane Hendricks, the owner of ABC Supply.
'There is economic danger: Not inflation, but a slowdown that feeds an employment crisis,' says T N Ninan.
The rate of immunisation is low mainly because of rumours that the vaccines would have a sterilising effect on the children.
'The UPA was the gang that couldn't shoot straight. The NDA is the gang that can't stop shooting. They (the Modi government) are shooting at anybody, everybody, all directions, shooting themselves in the foot.'
Could the Centre and the prime minister have achieved more than what they did on curbing the endemic spread through more of the Modi outreach, given his credibility and unchallenged ability to communicate with the masses, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
On April 2, World Autism Day, Ajit Narayanan explains how Avaz has transformed the lives of many autistic children across the world.
Fraudsters duplicate SIM cards to hack into bank accounts.
The future arrived late but after some old-fashioned glitches, two Russian trailblazers fired the first shots in what could be a revolution in tennis at the Next Gen ATP Finals on Tuesday.
Indian companies need not just make in India, but invent in India too
Anita Aikara gives you 10 Indian words the West grabbed from us.
Here are 15 things that would have made 2015 a great year.
'Indian creative and digital agencies seem to be completely missing the mark,' says advertising and media veteran Sandeep Goyal.
When faced with problems, this IAS officer came up with innovative solutions.
'99 per cent of Indians who go to the US for their advanced studies they stay back there, which is a huge loss for India.
From Arvind Kejriwal to Priyanka, this has been a media-determined election. Two forces stand poised, the people inventing new politics and the media inventing its own version of that politics, says Shiv Visvanathan.
Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
"A significant decline in the growth number for this quarter is highly likely, but for the fiscal year as a whole the decline may still be relatively moderate," Fitch Asia-Pacific Sovereigns Group Director Thomas Rookmaaker said.
