A Translator’s Diary
"Essentially, I translate for a reader to whom the text is not accessible in the language in which it is originally written," says award-winning translator Gita Krishnakutty.
The BHU Model
These BHU administrators sound more like some mullahs of the Muslim Personal Law Board holding on to their triple talaq. Misogyny seems to be their only sanskar.
The Subcontinental Menu
Meteorology is a passe, only divine intervention is the way out in MP; while it now takes only six minutes for a newborn's Aadhar in Maharashtra. Read all the juicy gossip from the neighbourhood...
A Novel Catches The Bus To Wagah
Indian publishers are fertile ground for most Pakistani writers who have few options back home
‘Private Schools Fare No Better Than The Rest’
It's all a perception game when it comes to private schools, says Anil Swarup, secretary in the Department of School Education and Literacy of the Union HRD ministry.
‘As A Nation, We Have Surrendered To The Market Forces’
As private schools come under a sharp focus following the brutal Ryan International murder, Delhi’s deputy CM and education minister Manish Sisodia talks on various measures for improving the quality of government schools and the lot of the teachers.
‘My Whole Career Has Been Built Upon Rejection, But I Never Give Up’
National award-winning director Hansal Mehta talks about this happy, hectic time, the joys of film-making and working with actors such as Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao.
Backwater Bacchantes
In the land of drunkards, women who drink are slowly getting accepted, but still face stiff resistance from the patriarchal Malayali male
Picking A Teacher’s Purse
Underpaid, overworked—teachers are in a bad way. And schools are reluctant to comply with strict CBSE rules.
Enter The Apple Shift
Apple orchards are taking over the paddy fields of Kashmir. There’s promise and a fear.
‘BJP No Cogent Threat, But We Have To Improve Performance’
Manik Sarkar on what his government in Tripura is doing to nab Shantanu Bhowmick's assailants and the strategies the Left has chalked out to prevent the rise of the BJP in the state ahead of elections...
Only-For-Profit Schools
How private schools work around the bar on profiteering and rake in the moolah
After Assembly Till 11.40 AM
When a probe seems lax on taking up clues, the bereaved suspect cover-up by the school
Anti-Lotus, Really?
Kamalahaasan speaks politics. A fading star’s resort or move to fill in a vacuum?
The Crooked Public Schools Road
Unrecognised and illegal, budget schools run by slumlords fleece and fool working-class parents
‘Police Chased Us Even Into Our Hostel Rooms. We Want An Apology From The V-C’
BHU's student, who was part of the entire sequence, describes her ordeal ever since they raised demands for greater security against sexual harassment.
Mutter Needs More Courage
Angela Merkel’s smaller victory means sterner challenges. Then there’s the AfD threat.