Today when the nation’s spotlight is on Narendra Modi, we turn the spotlight on Gujarat, and provide you with quick snapshots on three of its popular attractions. Gandhinagar: Many Indians now see Gandhinagar as one of the most modern cities, and its multi-lane roads, as smooth as a baby’s bottom, are almost undistinguishable from that of the facilities in, say,… Read more →
Every year, around this time when the school-leaving exam results are out, some education counselors in these parts tend to commit the mistake of calling and asking me whether I would like to come and give a talk about career options in the media industry. They think that I, being a journalist for over one and a half decades now,… Read more →
This week’s topic is how to get rich. When you talk of the rich, you cannot but help think of people like Mukesh Ambani, Vijay Mallya and Kumaramangalam Birla. How did they get to where they are now? What is the secret behind their astounding success and unimaginable riches? Is it sheer hard work? Hehehe, perish the thought. We are… Read more →
There has been a huge brouhaha over first-time voters in these elections, which gave me an idea: If people who have turned 18 or 19 recently can help write the country’s future, they can bloody well be counted upon to write this column too at least this week. So I asked a first-time voter in my apartment complex to pen… Read more →
As Tamil Nadu goes to the polls this week, we were deluged by questions from inquisitive readers about many things, none of which pertained to elections or politics. So, in the true spirit of responsible democracy, we stepped into the breach, and made up the queries as well as the answers in a truer spirit of irresponsible journalism that this… Read more →
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