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“It breaks my heart to see girls dropping out of school due to climate change and migration,” says a didi from Dhanelikanhar village in Kanker, Chhattisgarh. “This generation was supposed to do better.” It has been 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark international agenda outlining an … Read more
Alhamn Sofa, priced at ₹1,09,890. Available in dark turquoise, dark brown and beige. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a country of long, dark winters, ‘mys’ — Swedish for cosiness — has its fans and is another growing global trend after the Danish ‘hygge’. It also resonates with Swedish giant IKEA’s heart-warming furniture that stands … Read more
This month, a number of Thai, Nepalese, Burmese, and Sri Lankan restaurants across the country will kickstart festivities to mark their respective new years. We have seen the boom of small-seater restaurants, foraged ingredients dotting menus, and the celebration of traditional Indian cuisine courtesy of pop-ups and food festivals. Now, we are seeing the latter … Read more
India’s logistics sector is advancing rapidly, propelled by increasing investments, digital transformation, and robust policy initiatives. As one of the primary cornerstones of economic development, this sector’s unparalleled growth potential is reflected in a surge in private equity investments, and a significant increase in warehouse absorption rates. The push from the government for this sector’s … Read more
‘We are trying to create a higher education structure that broadly resembles the American system at its zenith’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The National Education Policy proposes to change India’s siloed higher education system by establishing large multidisciplinary educational institutions. The emphasis will be on having a more cross-disciplinary education, a pedagogical shift towards … Read more
General Reginald Dyer wanted to go all the way in. But he couldn’t. The entrance to Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar was so narrow, it was impossible for any vehicle to pass through. He ordered his troops to enter on foot and take position. Today, around the same spot where the troops alighted, stands a multinational … Read more
Story so far: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been re-elected to power for the third time in June 2024, was armed with 88% of the donations received by political parties in 2023-24. Analysis of the income and expenditure reports, including donations above ₹20,000 declared by the major national parties show that BJP had an income … Read more
Raising his arms, 24-year-old Manav Thakkar swirled his table tennis racquet at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, sending the spectators into a frenzy. Thakkar had just become the first Indian to reach the semifinals of a WTT Star Contender event. And he had achieved it with a huge win over Korea’s Lim Jonghoon, ranked … Read more
In the summer of 2022, Newcastle forward Callum Wilson injured his hamstring, setting in motion a sequence of events that has culminated in Alexander Isak transforming into one of the most sought-after players in world football. Newcastle’s controversial Saudi Arabia-led takeover in 2021, with the Public Investment Fund buying the club in a deal worth … Read more
(This is the latest edition of the Political Line newsletter curated by Varghese K. George. The Political Line newsletter is India’s political landscape explained every week. You can subscribe here to get the newsletter in your inbox every Friday.) Who qualifies as a legal resident or citizen of a country can be contested even in the best of … Read more