Heavy rains disrupt Durga Puja preparations in Kolkata

The heavy overnight rain in Kolkata forced Durga Puja organisers to defer the inauguration of the idols as the calamities wreaked serious damage to marquees that are complete or nearly so, and......

K G Subramanyan: An artist who loved to surprise

K G Subramanyan's artwork had a unique visual language, says Kishore Singh. Our Bengali brethren can be remarkably insular with regard to matters of art and culture so when, in a survey of Bengali......

Why I am disappointed with CBI's interim boss

'I would have expected that, once firmly ensconced in the director's chair by 2:15 am, the not-director of the CBI would have called for pen and paper and hand-written a few clean chits.''Clean......

'The Ashokan rock edicts are a marvel of history'

'The ideas carved into the rock articulate an important -- if often suppressed and denied -- impulse in Indian history: A call to mutual respect of different beliefs, and to persuasion as opposed......

What we dearly miss as modern gadgets rule our lives

For people like me, all these fast-moving gadgets are not only costly and confusing but emotionally barren as well notes Barun Roy.  Image: 920s Underwood typewriter with Swedish layout.......

How Shardul Shroff built India's top law firm

'Power is always transitory, and you should be the same person whether you have it or not,' the head of the number one law firm in India tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......