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Manas Chakravarty

Manas Chakravarty

The PM’s speech in Toronto contained the analogy that while India and Canada growing separately would be a2 + b2, when joined together in friendship they would be (a+b)2 which equals a2 +2ab+b2, with the synergy giving an extra 2ab.

Articles by Manas Chakravarty

Who are the biggest buyers of gold in India?

An employee arranges gold jewellery in the counter.(REUTERS)

Updated on May 30, 2017 02:02 pm IST

The other side of the triple talaq debate

Muslim women offering namaz(PTI)

Published on Sept 17, 2016 07:04 pm IST

A cock and bull story: Time to hire a beef sniffer to sort out this cow mess

The selected beef sniffers will go through a rigorous training course, at the successful conclusion of which they will be awarded the degree of BB (Bachelor of Beef)(HT)

Updated on Sept 11, 2016 10:48 am IST

It is anti-national to deny us paternity leave

Prince William took six weeks of paternity leave when his second child was born

Updated on Aug 28, 2016 01:15 am IST

A Kashmir policy with Baltistan, owls and chickens

Balochistan has been the game-changer(AFP)

Updated on Aug 20, 2016 11:22 pm IST

Swarg me charcha: How independent India looks like from really high up

India celebrates its 69th anniversary of Independence Day on this August 15(Vijayanand Gupta/HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 13, 2016 07:37 pm IST

25 years of reforms: The role of hard liquor

Today we have Tiger and Cobra beer. You can get Grey Goose and Snow Leopard vodka. We have Royal Stag and White Horse and Black Dog and Wild Turkey. In short, we now have an abundance of animal spirits(Mint Photo)

Updated on Jul 31, 2016 03:30 pm IST

TS Eliot and the tax treatment of the brain

TS Eliot wrote that April is the cruellest month, because they deducted so much of his salary in March to pay taxes he had no money left. The poor chap was a bank clerk, which explains how he found the time to write poetry, but I guess he wasn’t paid much(Getty Images)

Updated on Jul 23, 2016 11:06 pm IST

Risky things that politicians have said

When upbraided for wearing a loincloth when he met Edward VII Gandhi said: “He was wearing enough for both of us.”(PTI)

Updated on Jul 17, 2016 01:00 am IST

Please come back Smritiji, we promise to learn Sanskrit

‘Why hast thou forsaken us? Who will we fight with now, who will we raise slogans against?’(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 09, 2016 09:50 pm IST

The plight of Britain and the Brown Man’s Burden

A pub in downtown Dublin. If global financial institutions are to uproot from London in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, Dublin could be on the shortlist thanks to excellent schools and nightlife(NYT)

Published on Jul 02, 2016 10:06 pm IST

The new RBI governor should be mentally fully Indian

After Raghuram Rajan, it would be good to get another NRI, to repair some of the damage done by his exit. Could we have Sunny Leone?(Satish Bate/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 26, 2016 07:42 am IST

Not ‘Munching with Mulayam’, everyone is hoping for ‘Prattle with Priyanka’

The Congress will organise ‘Coffee with Captain’, an outreach programme for the farming community(HT)

Updated on Jun 19, 2016 12:24 am IST

Let’s have a vote of thanks for Pahlaj Nihalani

Pahlaj Nihalani (right) with Dharmendra(IANS)

Published on Jun 11, 2016 11:14 pm IST

Bihar exam: Cooking up a political storm with small potatoes

Family members and friends climb walls to make answer chits available to those appearing for their Class 10 exams at a centre in Vaishali, Bihar(HT)

Updated on Jun 05, 2016 09:02 am IST

Stand Up India is good, but Sit Down India would have been better

Bharatiiya Janata Party workers garlanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally to mark the second anniversary of the formation of his government at the centre, in Saharanpur, India, on Thursday, May 26, 2016(ASHOK DUTTA)

Updated on May 29, 2016 02:16 am IST

Maybe Modi will sing Ekla Chalo Re next time in Bengal

A Communist insider claims there is a lot of anti-incumbency sentiment against Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. ‘But, unlike in other states, anti-incumbency in West Bengal means voting out the party in power after 34 years,’ he clarified.(HT Photo)

Updated on May 21, 2016 09:36 pm IST

All except Alexander were great in ancient India

References to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his contributions have been removed from a new Social Science textbook for Class 8 in Rajasthan.(HT File Photo)

Updated on May 15, 2016 12:46 am IST

The Cocktail Party of India will fight for the right to booze

A heated debate between a liquor store owner and an agitating woman.(HT Photo)

Updated on May 07, 2016 08:26 pm IST

Ministers’ performance: Fair is foul and foul is fair

The blues surrounding the bifurcation are mainly about the loss of Hyderabad, the former revenue engine and capital of Andhra Pradesh(HT)

Updated on May 01, 2016 01:40 am IST

Friends, Indians, countrymen, lend me your ears

Age cannot wither him, nor custom stale his infinite variety

Published on Apr 24, 2016 01:44 am IST

We at Mahabharata Tours have an itinerary for you

Many of you have come from faraway cities such as Paris and Rome, which we know by their ancient names of Pari and Ramu. Relax and enjoy the ride, we Bharatvarshians are known for our hospitality(HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 17, 2016 10:54 pm IST

To be unhappy is to be anti-national

Look at Somalia, ruined by poverty and piracy. When the happiness surveyors came, did they complain bitterly? Nope, they probably pointed proudly to how well the kidnapping industry was doing. The upshot: Somalia ranks 76th, far above India(SHUTTERSTOCK)

Published on Apr 09, 2016 11:33 pm IST

The curious incident of the ISI agent at Pathankot

Members of the Pakistani joint investigation team, formed to probe into the Pathankot airbase attack, arrive at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters in New Delhi.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Apr 03, 2016 11:54 am IST

Welcome to West Bengal: Only Didi supporters allowed beyond this point

The problem is the chaps who live in West Bengal don’t want to leave. Give them each day their fish and rice and they’d like nothing better than to lie back and relax, getting up only for an adda in the evenings(PTI)

Updated on Mar 27, 2016 01:55 am IST

See the distress Mallya caused, Bharat Mata Ki Jai

Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Mallya (File Photo)(Sonu Mehta/HT)

Updated on Mar 19, 2016 08:46 pm IST

In short, world waits for the new RSS look to be unveiled

RSS workers march on the occasion of Vivekananda Jayanti in Rajasthan(PTI)

Updated on Mar 13, 2016 12:20 am IST

Sharing national heroes: Each party according to its quota

Trinamool lays claim to Netaji’s memory(HT file photo)

Updated on Mar 05, 2016 09:27 pm IST

Beethoven’s Ode to Joy when there’s a tax cut

A labourer stacks bricks on his head at the construction site in Kolkata.(REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 28, 2016 01:48 am IST

Samuel Johnson and Albert Einstein must be booked for sedition

JNUSU president Kanhaiya was arrested on February 11 after police registered a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy against him.(Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 21, 2016 01:44 am IST

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