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Science Dividend

India's economic rise has produced a new class of billionaires whose philanthropy can shape the country’s future as much as their businesses.

Gandhi’s struggle in Noakhali

In the long, tumultuous history of India’s path to independence, some episodes stand out for the sheer intensity of human suffering they reveal.

Conscientious Speakers

Diminishment of hallowed Constitutional posts is an old story. From Presidents, Governors, Election Commissioners, to even supposedly apolitical governmental institutions, the taints of partisanship have persisted since Independence.

Rana rides on…

While the proverbial journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, one marvels on how the journey of a thousand years begins.

Indian exponents of occidental music

The British Raj had once introduced occidental music, namely western classical music, to this city when they reigned supreme in an era long gone into the past.

From 1 to 2

In the heyday of the Congress one-party dominant system, Speaker Mavlankar stipulated that an official opposition party status would require a minimum presence of 10 per cent in the Lok Sabha. The underlying assumption was that with the maturing of democracy, a balanced party system would evolve and a well-defined space would facilitate accommodation of the opposition to be effective and articulate and eventually become part of the government, as is the practice in Britain