Lawyers protesting after the Bar Council of India (BCI) suspended 126 lawyers from its rolls in Tamil Nadu in 2016. S. Prabakaran, BCI Vice Chairman, says State bar councils and BCI are empowered to prohibit lawyers if they conduct themselves unethically. | Photo credit: G Sribharath/The Hindu The Bar Council of India (BCI) is in a pro-active mode to address … Read more
‘Between 2020 and 2035, 200 million people are projected to move to Indian cities , reflecting the tremendous potential that they have to shape India’s sustainable development trajectory’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which was passed in the Lok Sabha in December 2024, offers great promise to combat increasing … Read more
Agus Dwi Santoso has a ruthless streak in him. The noted Indonesian badminton coach, who otherwise has a baby-faced charming look, comes from a school of thought that believes that a player should be ready to die – not quite literally – on court in the pursuit of excellence. Playing through pain is non-negotiable for … Read more
Memories of the COVID-19 pandemic are still fresh. The pandemic plunged the world into an unprecedented situation – lockdowns, clampdowns on global travel, disruptions of economic activity, mass migration of people and the deaths of millions. It did, however, have a silver lining – the quick development of a slew of vaccines against COVID-19 and … Read more
It is not difficult to find the house of Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar, the veteran Gondhali artist. One has to get down at the Nava Nagar Bank Circle and ask for directions to the house of the Padma Shri awardee. The people of the area are very proud of ‘Gondaliger Yankappa’ living amidst them. A young … Read more
The Ginkgo has lived through ice ages and the breaking up of landmasses to create the world map we see today. | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons On August 6, 1945, a nuclear bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, extinguishing all life-forms for several kilometres. The land was so utterly devastated that people … Read more
The Zilla Parishad School in Badampudi village, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, usually filled with children’s laughter and lesson chants during the day, was eerily silent on February 13. The school courtyard, where students played and chased each other during recess, is littered with fallen leaves. The school was declared a holiday that Thursday and … Read more
From Chandra Sagara Convention Centre and Sindhoor Convention Centre in the south to the Sapthapadi Sapthagiri Palace and Sri Rajhans Convention Hall in the west, for decades, Bengaluru’s weddings were synonymous with Kalyana Mantapas in the heart of the city. These halls were compact and functional. But today, couples are stepping away from these local venues, … Read more
RSS volunteers at a rally in Chennai. | Photo Credit: Praveen P.K. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar led the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from 1940 until his death in 1973. With Golwalkar at the helm, the RSS spread its wings across the country. His book, ‘We or Our Nationhood Defined’, remained at the core of RSS ideology, … Read more
The Dubai-inspired collection features five grand pieces, each inspired by the region’s diverse aspects The dunes, mountains, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of Dubai have found representation in a new form. These have been interpreted by couturier Gaurav Gupta in his quintessential style in a capsule collection that is a collaboration between him and Dubai … Read more