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Want to make office meetings worthwhile? Have an agenda beforehand

Office meetings must have agendas & not be a forum for organisers to hear themselves think.

Want to raise perfect children in India? You can’t & you’ll never win mother of the year

You can be a tiger mom, a cheetah mom, a WhatsApp mom, or a drone mom, but there is no perfect recipe for motherhood.

Rajiv Gandhi govt started India’s fiscal indiscipline and it has only gotten worse

Policymaking during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure left an indelible impact on all governments that followed.

How Feroze Shah, father of irrigation system in India, created the largest ‘baoli’ in Delhi

Instead of wars, Feroz Shah Tughlaq decided to spend more time and money on city planning, construction of public buildings, roads, water channels, and utilities.

Why a Muslim women’s group is pro triple talaq ban, but doesn’t support Uniform Civil Code

Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan has been campaigning against triple talaq for a long time and subscribes to Supreme Court’s views on the subject.

Subramanian Swamy: On economy, Modi relies on friends & ministers who don’t tell him truth

Modi’s reliance on unelectable political advisers and timid economists results in them telling the PM only what he wants to hear.

Intelligence Bureau could’ve saved Babri Masjid by alerting PM Rao to demolition conspiracy

Madhav Godbole, who was Union home secretary at the time, writes how Intelligence Bureau paid little attention to Hindu organisations’ activities till then.

How an Apple Mac from Dhaka changed militant group ULFA’s ‘publicity wing’

As a journalist reporting from a conflict zone, I am always intrigued by the publicity wing of the militant outfits.

How I led the team that carried out India’s first hand transplant

When we began the procedure, the atmosphere in the OT was electrifying. The surgery would take at least 14 to 16 hours and for many of us, without a rest.

At 17, I was drawn to two older girls. Didn’t know the term lesbian existed

A year after Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality, here’s an excerpt from the book where lesbians found their voice for the first time.

On Camera

Dear Bengal govt, don’t steal our memories, land, and clean air by removing trams

Nostalgia, romance, and a love of heritage alone cannot make the beloved trams of Kolkata sustainable. Simple science can. Transport Minister, are you with us still?

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Army gets high-altitude artillery firing range in Arunachal, 2 more to come up in the north

The artillery regiment has incorporated simulators in a big way for various functions like driving & weapons training, especially for Agniveers to get realistic training.

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.