I AM NOT the person you need to speak with, but him," guided my police source to his uniformed superior sitting bemused in front of an old lawyer enjoying his lunch during a short recess.
"Achcha, yahan bhi constitutional amendments chal rahe hain," observed a friend, scanning headlines in The Daily Star as we waited at Dhaka International Airport for a much-delayed flight
Is the tourism lobby of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, which sees profits slipping if tigers are moved out, really behind the controversy surrounding tiger inbreeding? Or does declining genetic diversity seriously endanger India’s national animal?
Akash Bisht Sariska/Jaipur
How is it that daughters are allowed an education, freedom to travel to the city, pursue careers of their choice and live alone — but cannot choose the men they would like to marry? All inroads made by the brave new world are stonewalled the moment women’s sexual freedom comes in for scrutiny
Ratna Raman Delhi
IF MEMORY MOVES in semi circles, desperately looking for a circle of abstraction to end this repetitive, relentless journey of life's unfinished, finished story, it does not always end in a circle
African footballers are jazz musicians, they play by ear. They don’t need a written score, just the array of chord progressions and scale they are born with
Hartman De Souza Pune
Mobile banking is one of the services that many public sector banks are using to reach out to the unbanked. Hardnews explores mobile phones and m-banking in this special supplement.
Shaweta Anand Delhi
Curse upon those community leaders who confuse society! Thanks to them, male circumcision is largely identified today as an act practiced by Muslim men obeying a diktat from the God of Islam.
It’s our inability to talk about Kashmir outside the framework set by popular media, government propaganda and the rhetoric of nationalism, that fails us in the eyes of Kashmir today
Smita Singh Bangalore/ Srinagar
The Business Correspondent model is the new buzzword in the field of technology-driven innovative banking services. Will it help usher in greater economic security for the poor?
Hardnews Bureau
Barbarism of the banana republics of khaps has led to a spate of killings of young couples. Will the epidemic stop, or will it spread its vicious wings?
Shaweta Anand Delhi
