Page 2 - Rahul Jacob

How to be a bigot

In this season of inspired mean-spirited campaigning, we have had almost daily lessons in bigotry and inappropriately wrapping oneself in the uniforms of our troops

Spectacular as it was, all was not well with the Kochi Biennale

There was much to celebrate at this edition of the Kochi Biennale but a dispute over unpaid wages for workers made its central message about inclusiveness ring hollow

A nation of Tweeters and a messy prologue to a startlingly trivial election

The hashtag triumph of the prime minister's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign on Twitter over the equally silly Congress "Chowkidar Chor hai" sloganeering reads like a TV soap about politics

Salvoes over open defecation

Many millions of toilets have been built in the past four years, but it still seems implausible that India has, in effect, become a completely different country overnight

Hotels that make for great holidays, simply for their outstanding food

Gourmet hotel kitchens with generous owners and staff thus score higher in promoting my sense of well-being than they might for other travelers

Chef Manish Mehrotra explains how he manages restaurants in 3 countries

Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob why he is excited about the rise of regional cuisines in India and explains how he manages restaurants in three different countries

'Factfulness' book review: The world is not really as bad as you think

'Factfulness' offers a booster inoculation against the prevailing irrational pessimism

Frank Dikotter: The biographer as assassin

Dikotter, the author of a devastating trilogy on Mao's rule, says that the current leadership in China equates 'democracy' with the chaos of the Cultural Revolution

The illogical republic

Customs electronic delivery system rounds down to the nearest rupee; inevitably the invoices don't match and many exporters' refunds are delayed

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: The great interpreter

Wasserstrom discusses China's political evolution under Xi Jinping and tells Rahul Jacob he sees little reason to be hopeful

What makes the Nadal-Federer rivalry one without an equal

It was laidback parenting that made the two play simply for the joy of being the best they can be

A land of bombastic claims

Book review of 'Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation'

Meet Arvind Subramanian, chief economic advisor and a professor at heart

Chief Economic Advisor has a freewheeling lunch with Rahul Jacob over food from a North Block dhaba

Focus, for pity's sake!

Indian governance is short of the top-down thinking Daniel Kahneman defines as equally necessary

Rahul Jacob: The neurosis of notebandi

The average monthly mobile bill in India is Rs 120 to Rs 180, which does not suggest a population with much money to put in e-wallets

Demonising cash: A high price to shift to e-transactions

Even as paper currency is 'demonised' and much of rural India lacks reliable connectivity, the echo chamber of the new economy believes the country merely needs energetic leadership to realise its pre

Rahul Jacob: Our own Neverland

High quality of Pakistan Coke Studio and their well acted serials suggest it is better for Fawad Khan to be left unharmed by the haute melodrama of mainstream Bollywood

Stale mate

Australian economy can cope with political turmoil

Taxing times

Asian amnesties point to wealth of tax worries

Fixed ideas

China can afford to quit infrastructure binge