People & Society

Abandoned by her adoptive family, betrayed by the state

Four decades ago, Mallika was adopted by a Danish family from a children’s home in Coimbatore, only to be abandoned a few years later. Personal misfortunes and state apathy...

AI revolution drives surge in gold demand

New Delhi: As AI systems become increasingly integral to devices such as smartphones, autonomous...

Impact of AI on solar module manufacturing efficiency

As the world increasingly turns to renewable energy sources, solar power has become a...

Bioeconomy finally gets moment in spotlight at G20 Rio Summit

As the Brazilian Presidency of the G20 winds to a close, its efforts to...

Jio’s subscriber surge continues; BSNL’s dips

New Delhi: Reliance Jio has emerged as the clear leader in India’s telecom market...

Where the wild things are: On restoring nature’s order

What led you to become a wildlife conservationist?A. I have been interested in nature conservation since high school. Being a boy scout gave me...

Honey, these punctuation marks are all wrong

In 1932, Zelda Fitzgerald was being treated at the Johns Hopkins clinic following a nervous breakdown (she had been diagnosed as schizophrenic a couple...

Delhi’s oldest foster home for animals is strapped for cash, facing shutdown

Animal lovers in Delhi woke up to terrible news a couple of weeks ago. Friendicoes, a name that’s synonymous with animal shelters as far...

The daily fix for internet addiction

The country celebrated 20 years of the internet last week. It was in 1995 that VSNL brought internet to India and since then we...

Mike Vennart’s charm offensive and a leap into a new sonic world

Operate is that rare song that makes you want to do things — punch a wall, kick a cop, maybe just jump up and...

The Gaysian: Benjamin Law’s life as a double minority

Benjamin Law, author of books The Family Law and Gaysia, the latter a hilarious, poignant and intuitive journalistic exploration of the unique queer cultures...

2015 sees an avalanche of books about the Partition

8 August marked the birth centenary of Bhisham Sahni, one of the most remarkable and versatile men India has ever produced. Sahni was, at...

The Farthest Field: Raghu Karnad on the forgotten Indian soldiers of history

Writers and journalists may not often be subjected to a situation that mirrors their everyday life: essaying the role of an interviewee, but they...

Artist as thinker: Surendran Nair’s lively palette of ideas

We are still feeling the after-effects of the modern backlash against all philosophical and conceptual art. The general notion, yet prevailing, is that ideas...

The endlessly enchanting melodies of Dr L. Subramaniam’s violin

Ultimately, there's a kind of spirituality underlining every musical phrase if you can create that emotion. Music can be appreciated in different layers, on...

Landscapes of silence: Ram Kumar’s grand canvas of life

Ram Kumar was prepared for me when I visited him at his Delhi residence one recent evening. A day before, while arranging the interview,...

How a hate-mongering group gamed the Hugos

Not all puppies are harmless, as the recent fracas around the Hugo Awards has shown us. A Hugo is one of the most prestigious...

From One Way Circle all the way to Glastonbury

Is Anant "Donn" Bhat a prototype realist? It's not every day that you speak with a musician who doesn't place the ego at the...

‘Not from nothing but from the bones of who you are’

Your great-grandfather wanted to go to Fiji, so he went." This is how Minal Hajratwala's family relays the first overseas immigration among their Gujarati...

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