Cross Connections
When, in 1995, a team of scientists announced that the phenomena of Lord Ganesha's statues sipping milk was not some wondrous miracle but plain physics, no Hindu drew out a dagger in protest and no FIRs were lodged against the men of science who had debunked this show of power from one of the most popular Gods of the religion.
Love in the time of separations
Someone once joked that a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. TSI finds that experiences can indeed change and hopes are not always dashed.
Hellcats or Harbingers of Change?
Why are the likes of Mamata, Maya and Jaya pilloried for the very acts that their male counterparts usually get away with? Simple: it isn't easy being a woman in high political office in India.
A nation at war with itself
Pakistan faces a slew of grave challenges – a breakdown of governance, a floundering economy, a severe energy crisis and sectarian violence – as it wages a desperate battle to protect its democratic processes
Pakistan: Straws in the wind
It is an embattled nation that is in desperate need of being rescued from the brink of chaos
Illusion of Peace
The Zardari visit may seem like a well-meaning effort to build bridges with India. But, given the track record of Pakistan's ruling elite, there is reason for New Delhi to tread with plenty of circumspection
India's best 'non-90 percent' colleges
Based on a perception survey conducted by the Indian Council for Market Research (ICMR), TSI has compiled a list of colleges and courses for students who ‘fail’ to break into the ‘top’ colleges.
The wink and nod policy
Science subjects are dead, long live engineering courses. Tamil Nadu is fast emerging as a hub for budding technocrats. Gone are the days when science students thronged the many colleges that dotted the state's educational skyline.
Tuning into Colleges
Is it possible for a radio station not given to gimmicks or frills, and only audible within a 10 kilometer radius, to have notched up two lakh listeners in under seven years?
The wages of excess
On a visit to Pune in the late 1950s, Jawaharlal Nehru was so impressed with its array of top-notch educational institutions that he described the city as "the Oxford of the East.â€
Degrees of elevation
Samia Deeba, a biotechnology graduate from the Institute of Foreign Trade and Management (IFTM), Moradabad, has much going for her. Many others of her ilk also have reason to look ahead with confidence, armed as they are with a formal higher education certificate.
Who will teach the teachers?
When Patna boy Subhash Kumar got a letter of acceptance from the prestigious National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Bhopal his joy knew no bounds.
Double whammy
Playing by the career rule-book is a thing of the past. An increasing number of professionals are opting to add value to their primary degrees with a secondary qualification, which is opening up a world of opportunities for them.
On School instructors and College Professors
India has very impressive figures of growth and expansion of its education system. The literacy rate was just around 20 percent in 1950 and now stands at 75 percent. During this period, the population has grown more than three times.
The city of new temples
With over 500 odd temples dotting the landscape, it was once known as the city of temples.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
