'India dislikes being told what to do'

'Not now, not ever.' --Arundhati Ghose, India's ambassador to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament, while vetoing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, in Geneva, August 1996.Ghose, who grew up......

Mumbai school students raise Rs 20 lakh to help drought-hit people

Moved by the plight of drought-hit people in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, students of a Mumbai school have pooled in Rs 20 lakh as their contribution towards providing succour. "It was a......

'Cyrus was an extremely, extremely, humble person'

'Cyrus was generous, hospitable, sharing of whatever he had.''He never ever acted like the inheritor of great wealth.' IMAGE: Cyrus Mistry, then chairman, Tata Sons, left, with his predecessor......

'The faster one vaccinates, the lower the infections'

'We are not yet out of the woods.''If India sees the South African or Brazilian type of mutations, our numbers will rapidly rise.' IMAGE: A frontline health worker takes a selfie as he gets the......

Can Indian roads compete with Chinese?

When the skies opened up on July 26, dumping more than three feet of water on Mumbai and the surrounding areas, the creaking infrastructure of India's financial center collapsed under the strain.......

Remembering TT

'Through an old train ticket, a ubiquitous red and black pencil, his promotion letter to me, my plane ticket to Bangalore and Thomas House -- five objects and institutions -- my memories of his......

Cyrus Mistry: Reclusive scion who let his work do the talking

A naturally reclusive nature with a conviction for work to do the talking meant there was very little known about Mistry even during his time at the helm of Tata Sons. He did not do a single media......

The Ambani who got sucked in

Vipul Ambani, a runner who participated in city marathons, never wore his last name on his sleeve, was easy-going, mild-mannered and always smiling. Yet, why did he join a luxury jewellery company,......