Biographer and scholar: man who loved history

Before our Prime Minister became Prime Minister, he was a bureaucrat. But before he became a bureaucrat, he was a teacher. Perhaps, it is the embers of that long extinct fire which have been now fanned into a flicker of concern ? one doesn't know.

Just when it appeared that India-Israel relations had hit a plateau, a trailblazing project is under way which has the potential to change the bilateral relationship from one that is still largely cloak-and-dagger and under-cover to one the two ...

Cashing in on the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to Utkal University on the occasion of its convocation on April 25, the varsity plans to appeal to the President to convert it into a central university. The Syndicate, apex decision making body ...

Education regulatory authorities either have rules that are not enforced strictly or just have rules, but do not continuously evaluate and guide the institutions. Indian institutions face different problems internally and externally. The mere ...

With the passing away of Ram Prasad Goenka, there has passed into Indian business history, one of the first post-Independence 'takeover kings' of the country. It was a reputation he brought with him when he took over Spencer's of Madras in January ...

Unlike 1919 (the year of the Rowlatt satyagraha), 1920 (Congress-Khilafat alliance), 1921 (non-cooperation movement), or 1922 (the burning of the police station at Chauri Chaura), 1923 is considered a somewhat quiet year in Indian history. But it ...

MSc first year (applied economics) Presidency University Thursdays congregation of a thousand present and former Presidency students accompanied by teachers and office-bearers marching peacefully is what campus politics should ideally look like. The ...

When A.P.J. Abdul Kalam speaks, everyone, especially the young, listens spellbound. It was no different at an interactive session with students of National High School (Boys and Girls) to mark the schools centenary celebrations. Loud applause ...

A large part of the world received its religious education from India In spite of continuous struggle with theological baggage, India has held fast for centuries to the ideals of spirit: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Word, verve and vision came in ...