Now that the country’s courts have started to straighten out the mess in the telecom sector, they will also do well to go the whole hog and pass a clear-cut verdict on the core telecom issue that is actually a bigger concern than the 2G scandal for the average phone-user: Which is better, Android phones or the iphone? As of… Read more →
‘Get world record before May 31 or face cancellation of other records’ New Delhi: In an intriguing turn of events, the Supreme Court today gave Sachin Tendulkar four months time, and set May 31 as deadline to ‘accomplish his 100 international hundreds’, failing which ‘all his records will stand cancelled’. A two-member Bench of the Supreme Court passed this verdict… Read more →
January 26, 1950. This will remain a red-letter day in the annals of modern India. For, the fledgling nation introduced for the first time something that was bound to have an ever-lasting impact. Something that was to become inviolable and define the very nation: Declaration of January 26 as a public holiday. It was on the same day that the… Read more →
Jaipur: Our correspondents encapsulate here all the important talking points at the just concluded Jaipur Literary Festival in true Salman Rushdie style, that is by getting nowhere near Jaipur. # The flavour of the week is literature, and the headlines in the media pithily capture the evolved sensibility of the moment: ‘Jaipur braces up for possible terrorists from Mumbai’. #… Read more →
It’s not clear, at the moment of writing, whether Salman Rushdie will attend the Jaipur Literary Festival or not. But make no mistake about it, his presence there will strike a rich blow for the all-important freedom of expression, the doubtless manifestation of which will be a well-meaning TV correspondent button-holing him and gigglingly seeking his opinion on, well, ‘Why… Read more →
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