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'Tech jobs are great pathways to the middle-class'

Taking medical aid to the elderly

Instead of bringing patients to the doctor, Helpage India's mobile medical units are bringing doctors and medicines to the patient

Mitali Saran: No smoke without study

As far as I can tell, the only foolproof way of getting someone to quit is to let them smoke their lungs out until they feel the cold breath of mortality on the backs of their necks

Raising a toast to Easter

The St Urbans-Hof Riesling from the Mosel region in Germany is a 90-point wine that was ranked 56 on the Wine Spectator Top 100 list in 2008. It has an elegant expression with racy minerality, crisp a

66A and the Agni test

If the judges had turned eastwards, they would have found an equally emphatic supporter of free speech. The first hymn in the Rig Veda is dedicated to Agni, who is never afraid to speak the truth

Poor Giriraj Singh, condemned for speaking the ugly truth

The BJP minister was merely voicing what we already know - that most Indians are an inherently racist people

A network on water

Towards a genuinely multi-modal transport infrastructure

Martin Feldstein: A window on China's new normal

China's leaders now understand slower growth reflects economic rebalancing, and will not lead to unemployment and political unrest

Devangshu Datta: Going solar: Fact and fiction

How a space solar power system and wireless transmission could become a reality

Rahul Jacob: China's blank cheque to India

Indian states need to move quickly, like Tamil Nadu has, to take advantage of China's largesse while it lasts

Let there be a CBI inquiry on Khemka's transfers

Should this happen to people who live by the prime minister's slogan "Naa Khaoonga, Naa Khaane Dhoonga."?

The geopolitics of the nation of Bangalore

Just like in India where there are many movements for separate states, there are a lot of places in Bangalore that seek to carve out their own identity and split from the larger region they are associ

Why Modi is no Lee Kuan Yew

To be recognized as India's Lee Kuan Yew, a leader should not only take decisive strides on economic front, but he must also take along the minorities and weaker sections

Constancy and change

As RBI celebrates its 80th anniversary, the institution will have to continue to strike a balance between constructive change and "good" constancy.

RBI turns 80: The uneasy relationship

A look at the uneasy relationship shared between RBI governors and the government in power over the last 80 years

Simple mechanical trading systems can generate good profits

In a high-frequency system, a series of small profits accrue with an occasional large loss. In a low frequency, high-amplitude trade, a series of small losses will be compensated for by occasional lar

Bill Vlasic: With auto show, General Motors hopes to lessen damage

The New York auto show offers GM another chance to move past its vehicle recall crisis in 2014 as well as a challenge from a shareholder group for a stock buyback programme

Shyam Ponappa: Path-breaking models for India?

Examples of coordinated initiatives if they can be made to work

The urea problem

Now, it is time to decontrol prices

A good effort

But foreign trade policy alone will not boost competitiveness