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2nd-yr student dies by suicide at IIT Bombay

Mumbai, Sept. 19 -- A second-year undergraduate student of the Energy Science and Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay allegedly died by suicide on Friday, prompti... Read More


Canada may scale back 1985 Kanishka bombing probe; victims' families object

Toronto, Sept. 19 -- Canadian law enforcement authorities were considering scaling back the probe into the 1985 bombing of Air India 'Kanishka' Flight 182 by pro-Khalistan terrorists in which 329 peop... Read More


Equal work by itself not enough to claim equal pay: Top court

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Doing the same work does not necessarily mean doing work of equal value, and that distinction can make all the difference when it comes to pay, the Supreme Court has ruled. Acco... Read More


Of disappearing damsels and sour idlis

India, Sept. 19 -- If you had to pick the best Tamil stories of our time, what would you include? Where, and when, would you begin? The idea is daunting, given the richness and vastness of Tamil liter... Read More


things to know before you turn 30

India, Sept. 19 -- By the time you're 30, you should aim to be physically capable rather than simply fit. Can you carry your own luggage up a flight of stairs? Lift a heavy grocery bag in each hand? G... Read More


redrawing lines of gender, equality

India, Sept. 19 -- From the anti-dowry agitations of the 1970s and the current backlash against perceived misuse of laws, to the Shah Bano case, UCC debate, Nirbhaya movement and its continuing reverb... Read More


unfolding the full story of a tragedy

India, Sept. 19 -- The Bangladesh War is often recounted in terms of the operational brilliance that led to the surrender of Pakistan and the birth of a new country. However, in these retellings, the ... Read More


'Writing is a form of resistance'

India, Sept. 19 -- 1Your book reverses the colonial gaze. What drove your decision to make the coloniser appear so alien? I just wanted to introduce an alien. When the colonisers arrived, they were al... Read More


Off on a bae-cation

India, Sept. 19 -- Picture this: A cosy bonfire in the mountains of Jibhi, Himachal Pradesh. A group of men and women all dressed up in glittering saris and kurtas. There's a cocktail-sangeet night, a... Read More


Take a reign check

India, Sept. 19 -- I don't really agree with Michelin's hotel keys for India. The idea is to replicate the famous star system used for rating restaurants to judge hotels. Only, instead of stars the ra... Read More