The defeatist response is to say that since even some of our rulers collaborate with the corrupt, there is absolutely nothing that citizens can do.
Section: Lifestyle | Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:24 IST
Sizzling like samosas in hot oil, our rulers have been advocating stern regulations that govern the way paani-puri is served by street vendors.
Section: Mumbai | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 0:35 IST
The Air India pilots strike has brought bedlam to the Mumbai airport. If the strike caused disquiet in the passengers, Union civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi’s comments have set of swells of despair.
Section: Mumbai | Tuesday, May 3, 2011 3:00 IST
One of the most heartening stories to emerge in recent times involves the Mumbai police.
Section: Mumbai | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:06 IST
If there was one resolution Rehana (name changed) would give her life for, it was that her son, Guddu would not tread the muddied realm of nautch girls.
Section: Mumbai | Thursday, April 7, 2011 0:34 IST
The merriment over Saturday’s cracker of a cricket World Cup final has drenched the entire country, and why not.
Section: Mumbai | Monday, April 4, 2011 23:47 IST
I met Raghav Munda (name changed) at a mobile store in Patna. The affable 30-something area manager of a reputed mobile phone service provider was born to farmer parents in a hamlet in north Bihar.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:06 IST
Mumbai’s rulers have shown their proclivity for the future continuous rather than the simple future, as that helps them keep an issue in perpetual abeyance.
Section: Mumbai | Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:41 IST
Speaking of home, I often quote American writer, William Arthur Ward, “A house is made of walls and beams, but a home is built with hopes and dreams.”
Section: Mumbai | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 2:25 IST
'The task of an excellent teacher is to stimulate apparently ordinary people to unusual effort,' said American scholar of educational research, Kathryn Patricia Cross.
Section: Lifestyle | Thursday, March 17, 2011 0:40 IST
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