Kunal

As electoral battlegrounds are prepared all over the country, from Assam to Kerala, we are treated to the sight of netas of various political factions making a lot of noise. As always, it is a leap of faith. The voters in Kerala, for example, are being asked to accept as a politician (and hence, a custodian of public money),...

Admissions season is upon us. Results have been declared, mark-sheets tallied up, and the premier universities of India will soon be admitting a new crop of students into their hallowed halls. No Indian university is as coveted as Delhi University, with its sprawling campus and the prestige and preference in later life that the initials ‘D.U.’ add to a...

As the monsoons spread around the country, we know that the festival season will soon be upon us. Before the rains are gone, there will be the Ganapati festival, shortly after that Navratri and Durga Puja and then the big one – Diwali. All this is congruent with the wedding season which typically runs from October to March. Image source Apart...

Hardly a week passes without the news of some premium property sale in Mumbai where an industrialist or celebrity purchases a flat or building at a jaw-dropping price. Real estate consultancies routinely list Mumbai among the most expensive cities to buy real estate in, and this is all the more surprising because while one expects property in London, Monaco...

Studying abroad is the dream of many an Indian student – and even more, perhaps, of their parents. Academic performance is the most important part of the process, followed by arranging for the funds necessary to pay for both the college fees as well as the cost of living of the person going abroad. This latter is particularly important,...