Victories, celebrations should not blur our vision As Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifted the ICC world 20-20 trophy, the beaming smile brought back memories of another dynamic champion. The similarities between Dhoni and Kapil Dev are uncanny. Both cricketers from small town cricketing outposts, one the Haryana Hurricane, the other the Ranchi Rockstar. Both ...
Corner The Junta Despite past failures, it may be that this growing external firestorm will help tip the internal balance in the demonstrators favour. Inside Myanmar, what looks different this time around is the broad-based alliance that is emerging between the 1988 generation opposition loyal to the iconic Aung San Suu Kyi,..
It is in our hands to minimise extinction Natural systems are in turmoil with human numbers growing at alarming rates. By the end of this century, we homo-sapiens will wipe out more than 10 million species with desertification and climate change happening at such an alarming rate.
AVIATION
High cost for cheap flights Old aircraft are cheap to buy, but expensive to operate due to
soaring oil prices.
THE HYPHEN
Soon-to-be-forgotten Dictionarycompilers say the decline of the hyphen is down to our timepoor society. We simply dont have time to stretch over the keyboard and, most likely, use our ring fingers to tap a key...
Life goes on... An elderly man carries a pile of foam on a flatbed delivery tricycle in Beijing on Tuesday.AP
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government justified? Deccan Herald had invited readers to send their responses.
Most readers opine that the ban is a wise move since the use of cell phones has affected the health and academic performances of students. Others argue that these gadgets are quintessential to this globalised world.
