Tarun Tahiliani on designing Radhika Ambani’s pre-wedding look: ‘She’s not bothered’

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant tied the knot two years ago in a year-long extravaganza of all things fashion and grandeur. Of the numerous pre-wedding events the couple indulged in, the billionaire…

Count caste by all means. But abandon belief that counting settles anything

Yogendra Yadav argued in these pages (‘Caste census is dead. Don’t expect a formal announcement or funeral’, IE, August 12) that the caste census exercise has been quietly killed by a technical…

If solar irrigation is over-drawing groundwater, you’re doing it wrong

Politics has descended into a crusade of mutual demonisation, and Parliament has followed

The recently concluded Parliament session has confirmed yet again that urgent action is needed to restore the “temple of our democracy” to something better than utter dysfunctionality. Our collective failure to strike…

The high cost of a free bus ride: A lesson from Kerala

By Muhammed Riyas Kerala’s decision to offer free bus travel for women is rooted in a commendable objective. Mobility is more than transportation; it is access to work, education, healthcare and public…

In an era of 10-minute deliveries, why weekly markets have become my ‘dopamine hit’

Long before 10-minute delivery bred a culture of dependency, weekly markets were a way of life. It’s been six years since I moved from Chennai to Delhi. And the weekly market has…

Toxic actor Yash reveals heartwarming reason for following only wife Radhika Pandit on Instagram

Yash recently said that, despite having millions of followers on social media, he follows only one person: his wife, Radhika Pandit. “Yes. While I call her my wife, that’s the only friend…

Why ChatGPT is launching a teen version with stronger safeguards

OpenAI is rolling out a separate version of ChatGPT for teenagers, with tighter restrictions on conversations around self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and sexual content as concerns grow over the impact AI chatbots…

Sugar power: the full story of brain development in humans

Was it meat or glucose that fueled the growth of the human brain? If evolutionary science told us, hitherto, that human brain expansion relied on meat to grow, a new study has…

700 kg red chutney seized in Gujarat: How to spot signs of possible adulteration

Red chutney is the backbone of Indian street food. Whether it is a hot plate of momos, parathas, pakode, chownmein, patties, or any other street staple, you’ll find customers asking for its…