He won the Padma Shri in 2016, but activist Simon Oraon and his family are struggling to make ends meet. His grandsons had to drop out of school, while one granddaughter works as a household help in Delhi At the central crossroad in Bero Bazar (Division), about 45 km from Jharkhand’s capital of Ranchi, stands […]

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India is facing an environmental crisis. But you wouldn’t know from reading papers and watching TV. Here’s why LET ME begin by stating the obvious: India is not New Delhi. Yet, for the moment, at least for the media, it is. Not so for people in the rest of this vast and diverse country. So, […]

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Here are the seven things the government can do in Saturday’s Budget to get the Indian economy out of trouble HERE WE look at seven things the government can do through Budget 2020 to get the Indian economy back on track. REVIVE CONSUMPTION India’s private consumption expenditure growth slowed dramatically in 2019-20. It is thus […]

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A GRADUATE from the acclaimed culinary school, Le Cordon Bleu, London, Chef Jyotika Malik obtained a Grand Diploma in both cuisine and patisserie. Her early experiences include working for Marco Pierre White at his Michelin Star restaurant Mirabelle, and at The Dorchester Hotel in London. Yearning to be a part of the fast-evolving Indian hospitality […]

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The cafe has an intriguing charm with its rustic seats and soft ambience, ideal for networking SPECIAL OCCASIONS call for special dining destinations. In order to make an occasion memorable, the dining place must be unique, the ambience should be warm, the décor pleasing and of course, the food, extraordinary. ‘Olly — Olive’s All Day […]

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Seasoned bureaucrat Deepak Gupta, who was chairman of the UPSC entrusted with the task of selecting civil servants, writes a comprehensive history of Indian Administrative Service  DEEPAK GUPTA is best suited to write The Steel Frame–A History of the IAS. He is from the service, was the chairman of the UPSC that selects civil servants. […]

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The journey of artist Balbir Krishan from a small village in western Uttar Pradesh to New York is inspiring. A truly global artist from India, he’s currently showing his artwork in New Delhi, Bangkok and Detroit ART HAS the power to transform society and is a distilled reflection of its time. It also has the […]

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Delhi has the highest incidence of heinous crimes like rape and murder as well as theft and snatchings among indian cities. The reason is a peculiar combination of circumstances ON SEPTEMBER 1, Sanjeev Khosla registered a complaint at Chittaranjan Park police station about a theft in his parents’ house in the area. Reaching there, police […]

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