If sexual explicitness caused the most outrage in the early phase of book bans in India, there was a point after which it became almost entirely about religion
The founder of Mumbai’s Quoin Academy has aced the Common Admission Test six times in as many years. But he neither prepares for these tests nor wants to join a B-school
Holder of world records for the most flags tattooed on his body, most straws stuffed in his mouth and longest non-stop scooter journey ever, Guinness Rishi explains his need to break and set new records
Once, he sailed on ships that carted oil and timber around the world; today, Siddharth Chakravarty prowls the high seas in search of illegal whaling ships to thwart
As calls to privatise India’s ‘national carrier’ reach a crescendo, spare a moment to pay some attention to the not-so-obvious economic implications of such a move
An Old Delhi neighbourhood full of highly skilled craftspeople struggles to survive, to keep some fragment of its poetry in a city whose priorities are far more prosaic.
Meet Oscar, the world’s first bionic cat. After he lost both back paws in a painful accident with a combine harvester, his owners had little hope of his survival and much less of his ability to bounce around.
A British charity called Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs has succeeded in training ten dogs in detecting hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) and hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar) in diabetics.
Online money is fast gaining currency in the real world. Recently, the supreme court of South Korea made it legal to exchange real money for the virtual stuff.
Emraan, the No-No Guy • New Star on the Horizon? • The Unrepentant Baddie
25How do you make a new story every time out of a problem that just won’t go away?
8She is India’s most popular celebrity blogger, has a full-time staff of 10, and reaches out to a quarter million followers every month
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