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'We Have To Blame Ourselves, Not Macaulay'

'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......

Etawah tonsure: 'All Hindus have right to recite Bhagavad Katha'

In response to the recent incident in Etawah where a non-Brahmin kathavachak (religious storyteller) was allegedly assaulted and tonsured, the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, a prestigious council of......

'India Changed My Life'

'The shakti of Vedanta knowledge and all its siddhantas have changed my life.' IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu presents the Padma Shri to Vishva Vidya Founder and Director Acharya Jonas Masetti at......

No off-season: Modi bats for round-the-year tourism in U'khand

Making a strong pitch for round-the-year tourism in Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said there should be no off-season in the picturesque hill state and this would strengthen......

Just Who Was Mahatma Phule?

The latest biopic on Jyotiba Phule, whose 198th birth anniversary is on April 11, has come at a time when the Department of Taking Offence is super-active.Utkarsh Mishra feels it will be......

Mamata effect: WB industry caught in a cleft stick

Mamata Banerjee's opposition to government intervention in land acquisition may have helped her score political brownie points, but it has left industry in West Bengal with a Hobson's choice:......

Bengal to buy land for private projects again

Stung by the public relations crisis caused by the scandal over private sector acquisition of land for the Vedic Village spa and resort on Kolkata's outskirts, the West Bengal government has......

'Bengal IT project:Real estate land must be given'

In the wake of West Bengal scraping a proposed IT township project after a land scam at Vedic Village, industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies said on Tuesday the......

UK keen on Bengal IT-SMEs

The Singur fiasco, and the recent Vedic Village mishap, have created a negative image for the state, said Kevin Mc Cole, chief operating officer, UK India Business Council. "Bengal government......

Congress wants Wipro, Infy to stay back in Bengal

Two days after the West Bengal government scrapped the ambitious IT project at Rajarhat, the Congress on Wednesday said IT majors like Wipro and Infosys should be given alternate land elsewhere in......

Where are these film folk traveling?

Since travel restrictions have eased UP, film folk are on a much-needed break. While some are holidaying far away from home, others have gone on outdoor shoot schedules. Namrata Thakker takes a......

A new Sanskrit wave

A cow that speaks, a question on patriarchy and the story of a 17th-century poet -- Sanskrit filmmakers are finding new ways to revive the 'dying' language. IMAGE: Rajesh Hebbar and Pratheeksha......

Fans clash after local football match in Kolkata

One person was killed, 15 others injured and a premier resort in the outskirts of Kolkata was set on fire on Sunday following a clash that broke out after a football match on a ground next to the......

Ravindra Jadeja to wed on Sunday

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and several Indian cricketers are expected to fly to Rajkot to attend the reception.Haresh Pandya reports for Rediff.com from Rajkot. IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja at one of his......