CALCUTTAĀ -THE CITY THAT REFUSES TO DIEĀ Ā
Nowhere else in India do people engulf you as they do in Calcutta. From the moment you step off your train or plane, and begin…
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R. K. NARAYAN-THE MAN FROM MALGUDIĀ
It took me some time to discover Rasipuram Krishna swami Narayan’s house. Yadavagiri, the suburb of Mysore City, where Narayan stays, is an incredibly quiet…
TOURISMĀ – A NEW LOOK AT OLD PLACESĀ Ā
Been away from India for some years? Planning to go back this year, family in tow, for a long vacation?Ā If the answer is ‘Yes’…
INDIAN WILDLIFE – CAN THE TIGER SAVE ITS STRIPES?Ā
“Going in quest thereof, one of our Soldiers, a Youth, killed a Tiger-Royal; it was brought home by 30 or 40 Combies (Koonbee), the Body…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Best of intentions go awry sometimes. That aphorism has struck home at INDIA TODAY where the effort to do a job better and more…
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
NEWS does not have to scream from the headlines to be news. In fact, it is probably one of the failings of the media that…
Hosokawa has finalĀ fleeting moment among blossoms
20 April 1994 Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1994 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, April 20 (Reuter) – “Blossoms in the air; unable to stay longer; and still…
MANILA SAID SEEKING BANKS’ AID ON 1989 FINANCE GAPĀ
3 August 1988Ā Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, Aug 3, Reuter – The Philippines has told its commercial bank creditors they must…
Asia satellite TV successes prompt local response
28 December 1992Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1992 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, Dec 28, Reuter – Satellite and cable television is approaching rice status as a…
Satellite TV no pie in the sky in Asian megamarket
28 December 1992Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1992 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, Dec 28, Reuter – Satellite and cable television is approaching the status of rice…
The awesome explosion of Asia’s airwaves As viewers tune in to the cornucopia, someĀ governments worry about foreign encroachmentĀ
29 December 1992Ā The Globe and MailĀ C3Ā EnglishĀ All material copyright Thomson Canada Limited or its licensors. All rights reserved.Ā TokyoĀ SATELLITE and cable…
Satellite and cable TV catching on fast in AsiaĀ
4 January 1993Ā Straits TimesĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1993 Singapore Press Holdings LimitedĀ Some govts feel threatened by foreign encroachment on airwavesĀ TOKYO – Satellite and…
‘Our Way Of Lifeā
Weāre a long way from solving Britainās race riddle QUITE A few of my trips to London have been shadowed by death, or the portent…
READING THE BAR CODES
“UPON MY WORD: India’s prisons are stuck in a time warp” STRANGE HOW time’s machine travels back and forth at warp speed. Two hundred and…
CALCUTTA IS FOEVER
Thirty years ago, a dishevelled man leaned across and shouted at me in the smoke-filled, raucous Olympia bar on Calcutta’s Park Street: “Calcutta is forever!”…
BHUTAN — REMOTE LAND STRIVES TO PRESERVE IDENTITYĀ Ā
REUTERSĀ 8 September 1985Ā The Seattle TimesĀ SundayĀ J11Ā English (Copyright 1985)Ā THIMPHU, Bhutan_ ‘‘ Do not give pens, sweets or medicine to villagers,” warns…
Push to Start
One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At evāry word…
DESERTS – GREENING OF THAR
Lush vegetation in the Thar? Groves jamun trees? Mighty rivers the size of the Ganga and Indus? Seasons of monsoon-like rainfall? None of this is…
THE ART OF SURVIVAL
Deep inside the jungle in northernmost Mizoram, a lone man brews a tin mug of tea in the early morning haze. He is squatting on…
BHAG PIYUSH BHAG
Piyush Goyal is a chartered accountant, lawyer, former investment banker, former Bharatiya Janata Party treasurer, and a go-getter. Goyal, who likes taking leadership courses (currently…
