When connectivity connects...

How do people with less education than me and my several degrees navigate the Internet with such ease, asks Geetanjali Krishna.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Last week, I saw a group of......

Delhi HC refuses to stay Lt Guv's order on nursery admissions

In a major setback to unaided private schools, the Delhi high court on Monday refused to stay new nursery admission guidelines, saying any interference will prove "detrimental" to the interests of......

Tokenism won't revive Sainik Schools

'I am concerned by the rate of attrition in the defence forces, especially at the officer level. Sainik Schools have played a unique role as recruiting and training ground of future leaders of the......

Kalam suggests hike in expenditure on education

The President in his Independence Day eve speech said the government should increase expenditure on education to about six to seven per cent of GDP.Devoting a major part of his eve-of Independence......

ChuChu TV: It began with a dad's love for his daughter

Doting father Vinoth Chandar made an animation character based on his little girl to amuse her. Today, it has grown into Asia's biggest YouTube kids channel with 14 million subscribers from 75......

The real issues behind land acquisition

Farmers are inextricably tied to their land. Deprived of it, they have little else to fall back on for their livelihood, says Hasmukh Shah. "This land is your land." Woody Guthrie wrote this great......

Online firms push for products from lesser known labels

Suppliers are crucial for the success of any business.   Whether you are a big-box retailer or an e-commerce merchant, you will have a tough time growing if you don't have a posse of......

Budget 2013: What the India Inc has to say

Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced the Union Budget 2013-14 in Parliament on Thursday.Is it a good Budget, a bad Budget or plain, simple dull. Let's take a look at what India Inc has to......

Vilayattu: Unimpressive

Jassie Gift, a post-graduate in Philosophy made music his vocation. His debut composing venture for the Malayalam film 4 The People (remade in Tamil as 4 Students) took the music world by storm and......

Ranchi franchise becomes third team in Hockey League

The joint venture of Patel-Uniexcel Group has taken up the Ranchi franchise in the much-hyped Hockey India League, making it the third of the six teams which will compete in the event starting in......

Inzy, Raj delight at Lord's

Some cream with your fruit sir?" One could be forgiven for forsaking reality, albeit briefly on this muggy summer day in London. I was in the Coronation Garden at Lord's, washing down some......