Let us bribe Newton and Einstein
A string of corruption issues has our newspapers and TV channels all untied-up. Reliable sources admit that sales of 'sting' gadgetry are …
In search of East India Company
Ours is a corporate age. And amid the fertile arguments on how to tame and transform today's corporation, there is a sense that current era of …
Republic quaked
Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …
In the past lies the future
From being a romantic quest for treasures and lost civilisations, archaeology has now come down to earth, increasingly associated with …
In love with the land
By shielding Utah lands from developmet, US President Clinton delighted environmentalists but infuriated most Utah officials who see coal mining …
Old shine
Indian scientists have found a chemical that cleans antique metallic objets d'art without damaging the patina
Digging its own grave
Despite its glorious past, the future of the Archaeological Survey of India is jeopardised because of internal wrangling and a lack of a concrete …
Correcting the Leaning Tower's tilt
A Chinese architect claims he can stop the Leaning Tower of Pisa from tilting further, and even bring it back to the original angle of tilt.
Roman retreat
About 2,000 years ago, when the Romans ruled London, they gave the city its first centrally-heated homes. A look back in time
The trouble with the Trapezmium
A public interest petition in the Supreme Court to shift industries from the Taj Trapezium, based on a report forwarded by the National …
Monumental victory
A Kerala High Court order quashes quarrying operations which had dealt a bodyblow to megalithic tombstones in the state
A thing of beauty
It is a wonder! The amount of mudslinging the Taj Mahal provokes, it is surely impossible for this matchless mound of white marble to remain …
Facelift for Taj
A multilateral collaboration will try to take the world's most beautiful structure back to its original glory
Mucking around the Taj
Is there any point in keeping an architectural beauty radiant while the rest of the city goes to pot?
Delhi's two faces: One rich, the other poor
The slums in the capital city will keep on growing unless the villages around it are allowed to prosper.
Monument to hunger
The 1784 famine of Lucknow region and a nawab's philanthropic gesture gave us a magnificent monument
The forgotten waters of Sanchi
Come monsoon, and archaeologists will be testing the revival of an Ancient water harvesting system in this historic Buddhist town
Trouble over the Taj Mahal
NEERI submitted a report on the effect of air pollution on the Taj Mahal which was questioned by the Centre for Science and Environment. What …
Doomed tomb
The future of the Taj Mahal is once again at stake because, the environment-versus-industry debate notwithstanding, pollution levels in Agra are …
Back to the pollution board
Industrialists in Agra and Firozabad are in a tizzy about the Supreme Court's order to close down more than 200 polluting industrial units near …
Vanishing beauties
With reports confirming that Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin in Syria, we take a look at other …
Time for a facelift ?
A German company claims its silicon-based technology can restore the Taj Mahal to its past glory. But some experts doubt its effectiveness
Taj corridor project compromises heritage
Sadly, preserving Taj Mahal appeared to be the last thing on the authorities' mind when they allowed land reclamation work to continue for six …
Park in trouble
Proposal for an oil exploration site inside the Kirthar National Park outrages environmentalists in Pakistan