'Learning by doing is in our genes.' 'We are applying the wrong method by making our children sit in a classroom for eight hours, listening to someone talk.'
Bharati Dutt witnessed life-changing events that shaped India on the threshold of freedom. Her memories are an account of how ordinary Indians saw India change.
The OrcaPod is a prototype of what comes after boats, cars, trains and planes. It's India's foray into what Tesla founder Elon Musk calls the 'fifth form of transportation' and India's only entry at the ongoing Hyperloop competition by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Only the Indian elite would rather not breathe than be ordinary.
'You are a Kashmiri first. You are not an Arab.' 'Revisit our traditional sufi thought.'
'Younger children don't really distinguish based on class, gender, income and so on.'
Selected candidates will get to pursue a fully funded course of their choice at the University of Oxford.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
The two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions to protest the Centre's alleged anti-worker policies evoked mixed response all over country on Tuesday.
'If we had sent a few airplanes (into Tibet), we could have wiped the Chinese out.' 'And everything could have been different in the 1962 War.' 'They did not believe me there was no Chinese air force.' 'Can you imagine what would have happened if we had used the IAF at that time?' 'The Chinese would have never dared do anything down the line.'
The really disturbing numbers relate to inequality.
The OBC face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra and former deputy chief minister, Gopinath Munde, who had joined the Union Cabinet for the first time a week back, was all set to spearhead the party's campaign in the upcoming assembly polls in the state to wrest power from the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine.
For an increasing number of bike enthusiasts, the Royal Enfield is becoming a way of life
'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".'
Her appointment as World Health Organisation's deputy director offers an opportunity to push for improving the medical research environment in India.
Sandeep Mawa is a Kashmiri Pandit married to a Kashmiri Muslim, intent upon spreading the message of love and Kashmiriyat through his campaign. He wants to hug Assaduddin Owaisi, Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi and do a pau lago to Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi.
'Renu Raj has exploded many civil services myths.' 'The popular belief is that unless they come from English speaking, sophisticated and affluent families, prepare at a young age, get educated in a first rate college, go to a coaching class in one of the metro cities, take the examination several times, the aspirants cannot make it to the civil services list, particularly its very top.' Ambassador T P Sreenivasan -- who serves in an honorary capacity at the NSS Academy where Renu coached for the IAS -- on how she surprised even herself by topping the UPSC exam.
Lord Paul made reference to Caparo's factory in Singur.
What does a man who feels like a woman face when married? And how does his wife cope?
How does the Royal Enfield Himalayan launched as the country's first budget adventure tourer fare against Mahindra Mojo, launched last October? Team BikeDekho finds out...
'I always say I am a teacher by choice and an entrepreneur by chance.'
Three businessmen disclose their success mantras: One belongs to an old Marwari family, another is a second generation industrialist whose father scripted an amazing rags-to-riches story and the third was a professional till one day he succumbed to the charms of entrepreneurship.
Joining hands with his arch rival, Lalu Prasad Yadav, paid off for the Bihar chief minister
'This little incident might seem trivial to most people. But when such things happen in the BCCI's own backyard...'
The decision to introduce vastu shastra as a part of the architecture curriculum at IIT-Kharagpur has polarised architects in the country. Nikita Puri reports.
Months after take off, Durgapur airport in West Bengal struggles to stay afloat
Once you enter IIT Kanpur, you know you have arrived at a place which is at par with the best educational institutes worldwide. If not better.
Modi said this time 'a third decisive strength is emerging in Kerala and I am seeing this', thanking the thousands of people who stood braving the scorching heat.
No country has grown without educating its people. India's shameful lag in primary and secondary education has persisted for several decades, and the crisis in higher education is now threatening a social and political calamity, says Ashoka Mody.
'If they succeed in silencing this great university, it will be a tragic day for the nation.'
'Khadi is my passion. The only idea behind this start up is to promote and popularise khadi.'
'As they grow bigger, the trail of their pioneering success often leaves behind a causticity marked by deficient human resource practices, negligible focus on corporate governance and rife sexism.'
Under Nikesh Arora's leadership, SoftBank has made several investments in India in a short span.
As fliers find themselves spoilt for choice, airlines are looking at ways in which to position themselves distinctively.
'It's really about telling women to invest in themselves, finding more space for themselves.' 'Find space for their own dreams, do something about their own potential.'
The State is trying to curb the students movements, therefore, there are suspicions against some of the Subramanian report on education's recommendations, says Mohammad Sajjad.
'If they are not ready for a 10 to 20 year journey, they should not become entrepreneurs.'
Vibhor Sen tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com about the struggles he faced before he finally accepted his sexuality.
Historian Stanley Wolpert, author of several books on India, passed into the ages recently. We remember Professor Wolpert with Rajeev Srinivasan's March 1997 interview published on the occasion of his controversial book on Jawaharlal Nehru.
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