India's New Silk Route

The enduring legacy of trade routes lies in shared stories and religious diversity. Can the India-Middle East-Europe Economic corridor harness this legacy to empower nations, asks Arundhuti......

India's Discoveries Haven't Received Attention They Deserve

In the ancient world there is a great deal of give and take and reciprocal learning.India was an integral and important constituent of such interchanges of goods and ideas. A fascinating excerpt......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

'For 1,400 years India led the world in science'

'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.''Nobody tried or convicted Aryabhata just because he said Rahu-Ketu is nonsense.''Some Indians take the extreme view......

Dangers and foibles of tax reform

Of late the misappropriation of terms such as innovation and reform in the context of finance or taxation has become commonplace. Thus when the top tax practitioner in the UK passed me a book......

The end of branding as we know it

Douglas R Hofstadter saw the unity in mathematics, drawing and music in his famous book Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. In similar vein, there is a unique unison in mathematics,......

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

Had he not been a student, admirer and follower of Amartya Sen, TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan feels it might have been a Padma Bhushan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The year was 1971.......

'Think of RBI as a profit-making company'

'Only the coming years will tell whether the government finds this an easy way of relieving itself from its fiscal constraints.' Dr Pronab Sen, former chairman, Indian Statistical Commission and......

No one learns algebra in Class I, Pant will improve: Saha

'We have a friendly relationship and help each other whoever gets into the XI. Personally, there's no conflict with him' IMAGE: Rishabh Pant is always chirpy behind the stump. Photograph:......