'Youngsters in India look up to the West as if it is the biggest accomplishment they need in life. It breaks my heart.' IMAGE: Acharya Jonas Masetti has been teaching Vedanta for 12 years in......
'You can do anything after retirement. You have to pursue it. You have to take it up as a challenge.' IMAGE: Dr Usha Chadaga. Photograph: Usha Chadaga Usha Chadaga, 75, a grandmother, is now Dr......
Pavan K Varma, diplomat, writer and politician, embarks on a quest about Hinduism's great thinker's stay in Varanasi. IMAGE: The murti of Adi Shankaracharya at the SAT temple in California.......
'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.''The ruling party knows that without total erasure and distortion of Nehru, their......
Our problem is that we look at these words from a non-Indic perspective, says Sanjeev Nayyar. Hindu, Hindustan and Hindi. Realms of paper written on these words! Our problem is that we look at......
On June 30, mining and metals giant Vedanta, announced that it had decided to initiate a strategic review of its steel and steel-making raw material businesses. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The......
Anil Agarwal, chairman, Vedanta Resources Plc, is keen to establish a world class, multi-disciplinary university in India, with a vision to developing India's education and research......
Billionaire Gautam Adani on Sunday won the race to acquire Swiss cement major Holcim's stake in Ambuja Cements and its subsidiary ACC for $10.5 bn (around Rs 81,361 crore), including the open......
Ratnesh Mathur remains a crucial link in learning about Leonard Cohen's India years, says Ranjita Ganesan/Business Standard. Sanjana Kapoor's sweet Leonard Cohen story IMAGE: Mumbai was an......
Andrew Krieger holds a BA in Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), an MBA in Finance -- and prior to that, an MA in South Asian Studies, most notably Sanskrit."I got turned on to Vedanta......
IMAGE: India's Ajinkya Rahane. Photograph: PTI The shortest format may have resulted in change of batting philosophy for many but India's star batsman Ajinkya Rahane says that he will never trade......