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Essay

The Rank The File, And A Whole New Chapter

Indian students never had it so good. Outlook-Synovate map the nation's best campuses.

Jun 30, 2008

| Sunit Arora
opinion

A Little Flare To Scientific Temper

It has the power to transform lives, let's strive to strengthen its edifice

Jun 30, 2008

| A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Rising Fees

Have The Meal, Keep The Course

Higher fees is the need in public-funded campuses. But where will the buck stop?

Jun 30, 2008

| Anuradha Raman
- Little Need For The Feebook
Opinion

Swiss Knife Politics

That is reservations. Add bad education, and you have a social time bomb.

Jun 30, 2008

| Pratap Bhanu Mehta
opinion

Racket Game Lobs

We need systemic checks to stop rampant profiteering by bogus institutes. If you have an experience to share about any such institute, mail us

Jun 30, 2008

| Maheshwer Peri
City Hubs

A Dam For Every Flood

Indian cities which churn out doctors, engineers. Is it all good?

Jun 30, 2008

| Arindam Mukherjee
- The Neta Is In
Interview

'System's Over-Regulated, Under-Governed'

Chairman of the NKC on how he etched out a detailed education framework for the country, carefully negotiating the course in an environment of reservations

Jun 30, 2008

| Anuradha Raman
Industry In Education

That Latent Synergy In The Offing

Industry has taken the lead in training. A bit more trust, and PPP will prosper

Jun 30, 2008

| Lola Nayar
Opinion

Needed, A Skill Pill

An exploding economy requires building capacity, not affirmative action

Jun 30, 2008

| Subroto Bagchi
women engineers

Lady O'Tools

Girls today aren't afraid to take on nuts-and-bolts disciplines

Jun 30, 2008

| Pragya Singh
- 'Career Choices Factor In Role At Home'

tamil nadu: pmk ouster

Out... But Not Down

Cut adrift it has been, but PMK's still a player in TN

Jun 30, 2008

| Pushpa Iyengar
upa: indo-Us n-deal

Please, Mr Karat

With their deadline due, UPA makes a last-ditch effort to save 123

Jun 30, 2008

| Smita Gupta
kashmir: first train

A Chug In The Chinars

Connectivity, excitement come riding on the first train the valley's set to get

Jun 30, 2008

| Chander Suta Dogra
- The Serpentine Guard Of Honour
west bengal: hills crisis

Siege Train

Not all their demands are unjust. A studied resolution is a must.

Jun 30, 2008

| Jaideep Mazumdar
opinion

What Will History Say?

Dr Singh will be judged harshly for the one decision he's hesitating to take

Jun 30, 2008

| Prem Shankar Jha
investigation: aarushi murder

Khukri Crumbles

The Noida police botched it up. Well, that's the CBI line as the Aarushi murder case still goes through its baffling phases.

Jun 30, 2008

| Saikat Datta
- "We Goofed Up"
Exclusive Essay

Will India Become A Superpower?

The leading historian offers seven reasons why it will not. And then, to this objective judgement, he adds the subjective desires of a citizen—that it should not even attempt to become one.

Jun 30, 2008

| Ramachandra Guha

environment: the ganga

A River Swept Away

With their many dams and tunnels, hydel projects along the Ganga's upper reaches are choking it out of existence. A stir is on.

Jun 30, 2008

| Anjali Puri
interview

'Democracy Is Now Psephocracy'

The famously trenchant political psychologist on being charged with criminal offence by the Gujarat police for "inflaming" communal hatred.

Jun 30, 2008

| Sheela Reddy
kerala: quitting nuns

Forced Habit

Divine calling it may be, but at 16, nunhood can be too much to ask

Jun 30, 2008

| John Mary
opinion

Don't Imprison Voltaire

We will never progress if we allow the closed mind to take open charge

Jun 30, 2008

| Nayantara Sahgal

world cup win: 25th anniversary

When We Were Kings

The '83 World Cup win sits atop Indian sporting lore. We still savour its aftermath.

Jun 30, 2008

| Rohit Mahajan
- A Board Of Ordinary Gentlemen

Review

Empowered Veil

For those who may hastily conclude that to talk of feminism in Islamic societies is an oxymoron, this book is a must-read.

Jun 30, 2008

| Saba Naqvi
Review

Celluloid Reams

Clever. Subversive wit carries the book through its ambitious trajectory but Hazra’s telling is oppressed by passages of film script.

Jun 30, 2008

| Kalpish Ratna
Review

Kamala's Agony

In lurid, tinny Tamil pulp, starlets rest cheek-by-jowl with gods. Remarkably satisfying.

Jun 30, 2008

| Mukul Kesavan

London Diary

Brownstorming!

Jun 30, 2008

| Andrew Whitehead

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

Asin Thottumkal

The star of Dasavatharam and Ghajini, Bollywood welcomes its new hottie

Jun 30, 2008

| Lata Khubchandani
gossip

Bibliofile

Trivia quiz: He confessed to surrendering to Penguin’s giant publicity machine "in fear and trembling" but is clearly enjoying the high celebrity life. Who?

Jun 30, 2008

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column

Bull's Eye

Does Pakistan have a death wish? The disconnect between challenge and response in Pakistan is truly alarming.

Jun 30, 2008

| Rajinder Puri
movie review

Mere Baap Pehle Aap

Begins as a romp, with confusions, mistaken identities and a general sense of chaos, which is all fine. But it just refuses to take off

Jun 30, 2008

| Namrata Joshi
Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news