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A small but significant start

The Vidyagyan model works because it distances students from their existing set-ups

Anjuli Bhargava: Fobbing off Facebook

Since most Facebook lovers are no longer in love with the site themselves, let me explain why I was never attracted to this global obsession

Govts need to account for behavioural insights while designing policies: Varun Gauri

Interview with Lead author of World Bank's latest report "Mind, Society and Behaviour"

Kyoto and its temples

The painstakingly created Buddhist temples and gardens of Japan are a work of art

A rewarding but tough journey

If getting students admitted was tough in the first year, getting them to stay proved tougher still. Adapting to their new life and environment, without the support of their parents, was not easy

Don't even think about it

A second problem with the Indian system is that it judges students based on their memory power above all else

A beacon of hope for poor but bright children in Uttar Pradesh

Vidyagyan, was set up in 2009 as a private initiative and an attempt to pull bright students from the crumbling government school system in UP

Anjuli Bhargava: What keeps GoAir up in the air

The airline has remained in an 'idling position' for the longest time. There are no peaks or troughs, no tumultuous rise or fall like Deccan, Kingfisher or SpiceJet

Toke and coke generation

Anjuli Bhargava: Why governments do what they do

What they are doing across India is largely symbolic, not real

The parallel education system

Low fares might leave airlines stranded in the long run

While low fares spell good news for travellers in the short run, airlines need to have a closer look at their pricing policy in order to avoid disaster

Anjuli Bhargava: Keep it simple, please

Try to resolve the real issues facing aviation instead of tinkering with existing rules

Social impact and making money go hand in hand

Avanti Fellows, a not-for-profit venture to help under-privileged students get into IITs and other good colleges has now added a for profit segment to its business. Here's why

To build a world class university in Noida

Shiv Nadar University is pulling out all stops to attract teaching talent from the US, but will it be enough

Lunch with BS: Dinesh Singh

The eternal optimist

The belly and its fires

Parents don't draw the line between providing sensibly and spoiling silly. It starts from childhood and extends to the teens when children want to be seen with the best brands

Anjuli Bhargava: Forget smart, make cities livable

Here's what the government should do to make our cities better - work out a plan to manage the traffic situation and make public transport more attractive

Letting go in a Japanese hot spring

Few pleasures match up to soaking in the natural hot springs of Japan

Reviving SpiceJet is akin to starting up again for all practical purposes

Promoter Ajay Singh has to convince the lessors, who have been threatening to take back their aircraft, not to do so