City Sleek, On Fleek!
Heralding the dawn of a new era of urban hospitality in the heart of Goa, the brand new Novotel Goa Panjim is a city hotel with a big difference.
Heralding the dawn of a new era of urban hospitality in the heart of Goa, the brand new Novotel Goa Panjim is a city hotel with a big difference.
The Sand Castle has similarities to Daniel Defoe's adventure, Robinson Crusoe.
To celebrate India’s ancient sandalwood legacy, Krishnaraj Iyengar visits Mumbai’s 97 year-old Heritage Sandalwood store.
As soon as Donald Trump returned to power, he decided to crackdown on illegal immigrants. Not just errant Indians, but “trespassers” from a host of other countries spanning every continent.
If Kolkata had a heartbeat, it would sound like the rustle of book pages flipping in the wind, the hushed excitement of a reader discovering a hidden gem, and the collective sigh of book lovers whispering, “Just one more”.
As pundits, politicians and public commentators intensely debate the election results, I caution against hyperbole and overinterpretation of what was, in reality, a close race, though the margin of victory looks wider than it actually is, due to the special quirk of the electoral college system.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna assumed office as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday, following Justice DY Chandrachud’s tenure. The oath of office was administered by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The victorious Trump camp is touting its newfound “historic” mandate while the dejected Harris camp accuses the country of being “racist and sexist” for letting them down. Both are untrue. Trump won with 295 electoral votes to Harris’ 226. A solid victory, but hardly a landslide.
As the world focuses on the United Nations’ upcoming Conference of Parties (COP 29) which begins tomorrow, The Statesman looks at environmental issues closer home.
Readers that only know Shinie Antony for her witty, often whimsical, pieces in the national newspapers would be amazed at her expertise in the Old Testament, Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, the Synoptic Gospels and Apocryphal, Jewish magical and Kabbalistic sources that did not find their way into the Biblical canon, apart from her striking eloquence for female assertion and empowerment. Her learning is combined here with an evocative and vigorous, even uncompromising, writing style.
