Your Morning Fix, Special Episode: Writing the Indian Constitution, amidst Partition’s bloodbath

How did the drafters of the Constitution envision the idea of India? That and more in this special episode of Your Morning Fix.

Smitha Nair

· Aug 15, 2018 · 09:41 am

Imran Khan would be Pakistan army’s second choice, says ex Indian envoy. The first? A hung assembly

But whatever the result, it won’t make much of a difference to India, says former high commissioner in Islamabad Sharat Sabharwal.

Smitha Nair

· Jul 25, 2018 · 07:00 am

Should your LIC premium pay for a bank bailout?

The government is considering selling stake in the stressed IDBI bank to LIC. What does this mean, and why should you care?

Smitha Nair

· Jun 27, 2018 · 01:45 pm

Video: ‘I opened a closed door’, India's first woman SC judge on breaking the glass ceiling

Justice Fathima Beevi reflects on the lack of gender diversity in the judiciary, and her journey to the top.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 27, 2018 · 05:20 pm

Video: ‘Failed, succeeded, for us he was always ‘apla’ Sachin’: Rajdeep Sardesai on Sachin Tendulkar

From the Archives: ‘For millions of Indians, Tendulkar was and always will be the God of Cricket,’ says Rajdeep Sardesai in his book ‘Democracy’s XI’.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 24, 2018 · 09:00 am

Video: PT Usha blazed a trail for women athletes. Hear the story of India's original Golden Girl

From her terror of running against the Russians as a teenager at the Moscow Olympics to the heartbreak at 1984 LA Olympics, PT Usha talks of her journey.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 21, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video: Why was a law enacted to prevent atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?

Rights activists say the Supreme Court’s recent order diluting the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act will roll back gains made in social justice.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 19, 2018 · 11:35 am

Video: Why Rajinikanth is asking CSK players to wear black bands when they take the field tonight

What is the latest flash point in the century-old Cauvery water dispute?

Smitha Nair

· Apr 10, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video: Salman Khan convicted in blackbuck poaching case, sentenced to 5 years in jail

Khan's co-accused, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre were acquitted by the Jodhpur court.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 05, 2018 · 06:47 pm

Interview: ‘It is against logic to say Dalits will file false cases’

Sukhadeo Thorat, economist and scholar of Dalit issues, says Supreme Court judges are wrong about the misuse of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.

Smitha Nair

· Apr 04, 2018 · 07:30 am

Video: How is a mridangam made?

An Indian percussion instrument, mridangam, also known as 'Deva Vadyam' or the divine instrument is a key part of the Carnatic music ensemble.

Smitha Nair

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Venkataraghavan Rajagopalan

· Mar 31, 2018 · 07:00 am

Video Explainer: Why India’s southern states think the 15th Finance Commission is unfair to them

States argue, apportioning central taxes on the basis of 2011 census data will punish those that have managed to control their population.

Smitha Nair

· Mar 28, 2018 · 07:00 am