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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was formally founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and other members emerging from the India Against Corruption movement led during the Anna Hazare anti-corruption protests, presenting itself as a moral alternative to conventional politics and promising transparency, honesty, accountability, decentralisation and clean governance. Under the leadership of Arvind…

On Tuesday, the cabinet approved a Rs 5,000cr Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme for airlines. This is the clearest signal, so far, that Indian aviation is in trouble. Indian carriers were not, anyway, having an easy run since the IndiGo crisis last Dec. War in Iran has compounded that misery. An industry pleading for tax…

West Bengal does not change governments easily. For nearly half a century, the state’s politics has been defined by long stretches of dominance. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) ruled for 34 years before being displaced by the All India Trinamool Congress in 2011, which then spent 15 consecutive years building its own formidable political…

South Mumbai has lately started to feel a little – backward, so to speak, because the traffic moves. Jokes apart, last weekend, crossing Colaba Causeway, to get to a dinner, felt like the good old days. Long queues outside pubs, people out on the streets, buying or haggling, and cars, barely moving. Read full story…

By Swami Chinmayananda A spiritual seeker should not try to run away in the very beginning but must court life and plunge into its centre, taking life as it comes – good, bad, or indifferent – and learn to balance himself despite all imperfections in a situation. To understand why life must be thus faced,…

She left all of us a priceless legacy – together with an equally great responsibility She was Dadi to all those fortunate enough to know her. Bunny and I were lucky in that we got to meet her shortly after we moved from Calcutta to Delhi. Bunny and I came to Delhi as economic refugees…

The textile and apparel industry is one of the largest contributors to India’s economy providing employment to millions and generating substantial foreign exchange earnings. With strong policy support, infrastructure development, and a skilled workforce, India has emerged as a preferred investment destination in the global textile sector. The Make in India initiative, launched in 2014,…

Much like the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and the internet boom of the 1990s, AI is fast becoming the operating system of modern business. In many ways, 2026 marks the tipping point for AI, driven by the convergence of technological maturity, economic viability, talent availability, and policy support. For India, this moment presents…

For many first-time mothers, pregnancy is meant to be a time of joy and of experiencing the energy of creation at its peak. However, instead of being immersed in this beauty, they are often bombarded with free advice from every well-meaning relative, friend and even stranger, each offering a list of dos and don’ts. Mostly…

At Artworld Sarala’s in March, this year , they were getting ready to celebrate 60 years at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai,  and Sarala Daruwala Banerjee invited me to her gallery to gaze at her litany of Indian contemporary art delights from all over India.From the masters like Ram Kumar to Arpana Caur to sculptors…