The soul connection – The Hindu
Rekha Bhardwaj | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The rich, smoky incense of loban (fragrant resin) wafting out of Sufi shrines of Delhi is fresh in Rekha Bhardwaj’s memories even as her composition…
Jaipur royal Padmanabh Singh launches The Sarvato, inviting you into the City Palace for dinner
I enter Jaipur’s City Palace to the sound of drums, weaving past a bejewelled foot-stamping, ear-flapping elephant. There is a wedding in progress outside and the streets are festive with…
India’s tax authorities should work harder to make peace with taxpayers
Indians have long had a confrontational relationship with the nation’s tax office, whose adversarial approach has crushed countless small businesses and international investors. This was meant to be the year…
How will Kashmir issue be solved? Jaishankar answers with ‘return of stolen part from Pakistan’
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated the rejection of third-party interference in resolving the “Kashmir issue” while answering a reporter's question at the Chatham House in London. The External Affairs…
IPL 2025: Wiaan Mulder replaces injured Brydon Carse in Sunrisers Hyderabad
With the Indian Premier League 2025 all set to begin from March 22 Sunrisers Hyderabad have signed all-rounder Wiaan Mulder as replacement for the injured Brydon Carse.Earlier, Carse was ruled…
Shipping firms pull back from Hong Kong to skirt US-China risks
Some shipping companies are discreetly moving operations out of Hong Kong and taking vessels off its flag registry. Others are making contingency plans to do so.Behind these low-profile moves, six…
DBS CEO Piyush Gupta’s salary increases 56% in 2024; here is how much the Indian-origin boss earned last year
DBS Group Holdings Ltd's Indian-origin CEO Piyush Gupta took a 56 per cent pay hike in 2024 to earn S$17.6 million ($13.2 million), as per the bank’s annual report released…
Akshay Padmanabhan’s ‘Thaaye Dayapari’ focussed on the divine feminine
Akshay Padmanabhan’s thematic concert for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s ‘Tamil music festival’ was steeped in devotion. The vocalist was accompanied by M. Vijay (violin), B. Sivaraman (mridangam) and K.R. Sivaramakrishna (kanjira).…
At the world’s highest frozen lake marathon, Chennai’s Major Amirtharaj NS makes a mark
A snapshot from a previous edition of The Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon | Photo Credit: Adventure Sports Foundation of Ladakh Where the Greater Himalayas rise from the Indo-Gangetic plains to…
Humanity may be at risk of being strangled by a plastic straw
What could cause the end of humanity? A few centuries back, this possibility was attributed to various communicable diseases. After the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for several…