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Meritocracy and Indian society

The testing and examination system of ordering society in a chronological order of talent and skill is deeply flawed, argues a new book

Updated On: 07 Feb 2023 | 10:22 PM IST

Man rescued from lift in Gurugram society slaps guards; FIR lodged

Soon after the man got out of the lift, he went about slapping Ashok Kumar, the apartment's security guard

Updated On: 29 Aug 2022 | 11:03 PM IST

India faces conventional, non-conventional threats: EAM Jaishankar

He said externally, the task of securing unsettled boundaries is always an exacting one and that the current generations have direct memories of multiple conflicts also shaping their perception

Updated On: 10 Aug 2022 | 12:51 AM IST

The record of 75 years: How will India be more whole-heartedly admired?

If India addresses its institutional and policy failures, reduces its inequalities and addressing its iniquities over the next 25 years, that would truly make it an Indian century, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 05 Aug 2022 | 10:48 PM IST

An Egyptian statue, the hijab debate, and a case for women in public space

Studies show that tribals, Muslims and Dalits have the highest proportion of poor. Equipping women in these communities to be employed is a societal good and an economic imperative, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 19 Feb 2022 | 1:35 AM IST

Survival of the friendliest: One of India's transformations under Modi

The concept is relevant in an India where hate speech flourishes, where legislated and street violence can be unleashed against a chosen community, or those too weak to resist, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 19 Nov 2021 | 10:53 PM IST

Survival of the friendliest: One of India's transformations under Modi

The concept is relevant in an India where hate speech flourishes, where legislated and street violence can be unleashed against a chosen community, or those too weak to resist, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 19 Nov 2021 | 7:07 PM IST

Respecting women as important as revering a goddess: Rahul

The Congress leader highlighted the need to respect women in today's world

Updated On: 17 Oct 2020 | 9:23 PM IST

More hospitals, fewer schools: India's population trends require solutions

There will be more people in the north, but wealth will be in the south: good governance can manage such rifts, write T N Ninan

Updated On: 29 Aug 2020 | 5:53 PM IST

Indian matchmaking

The latest Netflix reality show Indian Matchmaking has been a huge hit in India and among the top 10 in the US charts

Updated On: 21 Aug 2020 | 11:06 PM IST

7 ways to revive India's labour market and livelihoods in post-Covid world

It is important to plan how to deal with the economic fallout and rebuild a more inclusive economy in a post-Covid-19 world, and much of that hinges on how we revive labour markets and livelihoods

Updated On: 18 Apr 2020 | 1:17 PM IST

ITC sets up Rs 150 cr coronavirus fund for vulnerable sections of society

ITC is committed to support the government's efforts and play its part in fighting this pandemic with compassion and resilience, it added.

Updated On: 27 Mar 2020 | 1:52 PM IST

Tomorrow's people

Vir Sanghvi chronicles the lives of 10 game changers, men and women who he thinks have shaped Indian society over the past decade or so

Updated On: 31 Oct 2019 | 1:10 AM IST

Lost expression

Shorn of social messaging, art for the sake of aesthetic alone contributes the 'low' to what is otherwise regarded as 'high' art

Updated On: 19 Jul 2019 | 11:40 PM IST

Political posturing

The interesting thing is that the writer brings in the crisis of the present in several ways

Updated On: 28 Jun 2019 | 8:51 PM IST

Even as India's economy grows, its poor have hardly any upward mobility

For one group mobility is actually declining: Indian Muslims

Updated On: 25 Sep 2018 | 7:23 AM IST