2019: The year in photos

We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top images of 2019. Together these tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak,......

Labour pangs for surrogacy law

The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides, with criticism that it steps on too many hopes IMAGE: Surrogate mothers rest......

Farewell, Rest Well in Eternity

Murali Kamma remembers the notables we lost in 2015. IMAGE: President A P J Abdul Kalam, who India and the world lost this year. As another year winds down and the revelry begins, one naturally......

Kathak icon Pandit Chitresh Das takes his final bow

‘Guruji inspired and changed the lives of so many for the better in the United States, in India, and elsewhere.’ ‘If you knew him, ever saw him teach, saw him dance, you would......

Give new institutes another name: IIT directors

Directors of some Indian Institutes of Technology are understood to have written to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia urging the government to give the proposed IITs some......

Businesses that don't exist, but should

In the last 12 months, companies in the S&P 500--excluding financial firms--collectively spent at least $133 billion on research and development, or 9% of total sales. (That number is a floor......

Young desis off the beaten track

When Sanjaya Malakar stood in a long queue for American Idol's audition on September 19, 2006, he had just one ambition: he wanted America to hear him. Keeping him company was Shyamali, his sister,......

Shanghai rising!

Benjamin Wood swings his bulky frame over the saddle, straps on his helmet, and settles onto a vintage motorcycle with sidecar. The American architect kicks the engine into life with a single......

Shah Rukh's KKR to build stadium in LA

IMAGE: Knight Riders Group (KRG), who are the owners of Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders, are the founding investors in MLC. Photograph: BCCI The Knight Riders Group (KRG), owners......