Maharashtra Waiting for changeLyla Bavadam in ThaneNashikIT is odd that five years after the last elections, neither the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine nor the saffron Shiv Sena-Bha
Data Card Rural employmentLYLA BAVADAMAn Assocham study on rural employment finds that people are moving out of farm jobs into other vocations.
Story of Reliance Empire builderLyla BavadamTo build his Rs.75,000-crore corporate empire, Dhirubhai Ambani curried favours with the powers that be and at the same time kept his investors happy.
Interview Where there is a wheel, there is a wayLYLA BAVADAMDr Unni Krishnan Karunakara, former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, who is on a cycle tour of India to raise awareness and funds,
Adarsh housing A scheme for scandalLyla BavadamThe Congress government in Maharashtra is walking a political tightrope in an election year as disregarding the judicial commission report on the Adar
Mumbai next?Lyla BavadamThe Aam Aadmi Party in Mumbai is on a euphoric high with membership growing fast.
Cover Story A statue and its costLYLA BAVADAM in Sadhu BetGarudeshwarNarmada districtGujaratThe proposed 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Sadhu Bet island near the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat brings to the fore many environme
Social Service Spreading warmthLYLA BAVADAMA cancer survivor in Mumbai who makes quilts and medicinal oils for poor patients.
Interview ‘The craft will die if khadi yarn is not used’Lyla BavadamInterview with Ruby Palchoudhuri, honorary general secretary, Crafts Council of West Bengal.
Photography Capturing the intangiblesLyla BavadamPhotographer Sooni Taraporevala’s exhibition “Parsis”, opening at New Delhi’s National Gallery of Modern Art on September 16, is a reminder that the m
Crime Act of unreasonLyla BavadamThe rationalist Narendra Dabholkar is killed in Pune and the Maharashtra government pays its tribute to him with an ordinance against black magic and
‘The panchayat is inconsistent’Lyla BavadamInterview with Goolrukh Gupta, the Parsi woman who petitioned the court seeking freedom to enter Parsi religious places.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
