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Although he’s supremely conscious of the role his father has played, and continues to play, in his life, you suspect that Jyotiraditya Scindia is not the kind of person to look back with regret. Namita Bhandare tells us more about this Gen Y MP. HT Image He looks pretty bright-eyed for someone who has been […]

Tragically, neither city delivers on issues that should matter most to its citizens: infrastructure; law and order; a modern mindset that includes involved citizens, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image In the early 90s when I moved back to live in Delhi — ironically because I had married a Marathi manoos who lived as an ‘outsider’

We have every right to ask our politicians to be honest, efficient and effective, what they do in their off-hours is entirely their business, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image The mandarins at the Ministry of External Affairs — how on earth did they come to be called mandarins? — are reported to be in a

Executives nowadays are paying for high salaries with endless work hours and poor quality of family life, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image Reduced family time, 24/7 work schedules, and concerns about health. Are cool cat MBAs ready for the rat race? The fat salaries come at a price: frayed nerves and dissatisfaction at the workplace.

Salman Rushdie is busy signing autographs on scraps of paper, reports Namita Bhandare. HT Image Salman Rushdie is busy signing autographs on scraps of paper. Suketu Mehta is less than thrilled with the hygiene standards in his hotel and Jerry Pinto is busy exhorting people to read his Helen: The Life and Times of an

The three-day festival aims to promote and encourage a love of literature by bringing authors and readers together, reports Namita Bhandare. HT Image One of India’s biggest literature festivals with such major stars as Salman Rushdie and Kiran Desai kick off on Thursday at Jaipur. Billed as a ‘festival within a festival’, the literature festival

How does a modern woman strike a work-life balance? Seema Goswami has answers, says Namita Bhandare. HT Image Woman on Top: How to Get Ahead at WorkAuthor: Seema GoswamiPublisher: Random HousePages:152Price: 200 In the 16 years, and more that I have known her, I’ll say this for Seema Goswami: she’s never been short of an

Those who knew Rabindra Seth call him the ‘forever man’, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image Those who knew him — and that list includes anybody even tangentially associated with the travel trade — call him the ‘forever man’. Rabindra Seth, who died on Tuesday at 81 had been there, done that. He was everywhere: writing

In a literature festival, the only stars should be the writers. All other taaras should stay in another zameen, writes Namita Bhandare. HT Image I yield to nobody in my regard for Aamir Khan as a fundamentally decent human being. I doff my (metaphorical) hat at his courage to follow his politics and I applaud

The segment that’s powerful enough to shape India’s destiny is the one most of us belong to. HT does a reality check HT Image The Indian middle class is seduced by la dolce vita and finds an HT-CNN IBN-CSDS survey. Discarding the spartan lifestyle of their parents, an increasing number of the middle class is plumping for

It prefers a good lifestyle to a simple one, an HT-CNN IBN survey shows, reports Namita Bhandare. HT Image The Indian middle class is seduced by la dolce vita, found an HT-CNN IBN survey. Discarding the spartan lifestyle of their parents, an increasing number of the Indian middle class is plumping for a new attitude

The ground beneath Rushdie’s feet has shifted and now he is eerily like his old bete noire Naipaul, says Namita Bhandare. HT Image In the Eighties, Indians regarded the emergence of Salman Rushdie with a special sort of pride. Admittedly, he hadn’t lived in India for a long time. His parents had migrated to Pakistan