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'India Must Read Gail Omvedt's Writings'

'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.' Dr Gail Omvedt, the legendary commentator on Dalit and caste issues, passed into the ages on Wednesday, August......

'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

''COVID-19 and diabetes have a very intricate relationship.''People with diabetes tend to get the most severe forms of COVID-19.' IMAGE: An NDRF team evacuates a COVID-19 patient during a rescue......

'Normalcy is far away'

'If the government has not listened to scientists, it must.''It's obvious that this is a science-driven campaign (fight), a science-driven situation.''We cannot afford to ignore the science.'......

'If we want to escape future waves, we need more and more vaccination

'Wherever the Delta variant is spreading, and the population is not vaccinated, there is death and devastation.' IMAGE: Vaccination in Mumbai, July 23, 2021. Photograph: ANI Photo IMAGE: Tourists......

'He treated the President and a poor man the same way'

'His last journey was like putting out the lamps one by one in a temple at night.''It was like the soul slowly walking away from the body; it was so pure and peaceful...' IMAGE: Dr Panniyampilly......

Ratan Tata honoured for 'epitomising unity, peace'

Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata was conferred the title of "Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace" by the Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (FIICC) for epitomising......

Why be afraid of businessmen owning banks?

Bad loans of PSBs are at Rs 20 trillion.Most of it is, I sense, due to corruption and behest lending.Nobody pays a price for this charade.Not the promoters, the bankers, RBI officials, finance......

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Shivanand Kanavi salutes the visionary IT leader F C Kohli who passed into the ages recently. IMAGE: Faqir Chand Kohli. All photographs: Kind courtesy Shivanand Kanavi Part 1: The......

MDH Dadaji drove tonga before founding Rs 1500 cr spice empire

School dropout Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, famously known as 'MDH Dadaji' for repeated appearance in his spice brand's television ads, started his spices business journey in a nondescript shack in......

FC Kohli, father of India's technology revolution, passes away

Father of the Indian software industry and the first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, Faqir Chand Kohli, passed away on Thursday. He was 96 years old. In 2002 Kohli was awarded the Padma Bhushan......

Phalke Award for Rajini is votes for Kamal?

The very timing of the Phalke Award on Rajini now, days ahead of Tamil Nadu voting in the assembly election, may have taken away the seriousness and credibility attaching to the Centre's decision,......

Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.......

'I feel I have lost a part of me'

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Apur Sansar. "I don't know of anyone as erudite as Soumitra," Sharmila Tagore's voice trembles with emotion as she talks about her first co-star,......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

'Legends never die'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Anupam Kher/Twitter Acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee passed into the ages on November 15. Film folk from all over India as well as politicians got together to pay......

MSD@40: Dhoni's Awesome Journey

Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 40 on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. One of India's most loved cricketers, MSD led India to three World Cup titles and the No 1 ranking in Test cricket. As the legend turns 40,......

Sachin Tendulkar voted 'Greatest Men's Test Batsman' of 21st century

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar celebrates a century. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters The legendary Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the greatest Test men's batsman of the 21st century by a panel of......

What would you sacrifice for an Olympic medal?

If I want to win a medal in Olympics, have to keep everything else aside: Bajrang Punia Photograph: Kind courtesy, Bajrang Punia/Instagram It doesn't get bigger than the Olympics for an......

Padma Shri for TT player Mouma Das, six other sportspersons

IMAGE: India's veteran TT player Mouma Das had won the Arjuna Award in 2013. Photograph: Jeremy Lee/Reuters Veteran table tennis player Mouma Das and the legendary PT Usha's coach Madhavan Nambiar......

Vijender to return Khel Ratna if farms laws not withdrawn

IMAGE: Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh joined the farmers' agitation at the Haryana-Delhi border on Sunday. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh,......

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