Articles by Sanya
Job plan grows, so does corruption
As the NREG scheme evolves into its crucial third year, the corruption around it is evolving too. Amitava Sanyal visits Ponwaya village in Uttar Pradesh and finds a flagrant array of lapses.
Updated on Apr 09, 2008 01:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal, Ponwaya (hardoi)
Match Report
Like in our marriages, where there’s a pressure not to let on that the show has stopped running, it’s difficult to suss out whether our mergers are working or not. But it’s time someone took a peek behind the drawing-room curtains of Corporate India, writes Amitava Sanyal. Evaluating mergers.
Updated on Apr 05, 2008 11:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal
Heed the writing on the wall
Like their brethren around the world, the graffiti artists of Spain have joined the mainstream. They are no longer the rebellious artists risking life and limb for a subversive art. Amitava Sanyal examines...
Updated on Mar 15, 2008 12:21 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal
Of farmers and pay hikes
At first sight, it appears that the cost will be borne by the banking system rather than the budget, writes Sanjeev Sanyal.
Updated on Mar 02, 2008 09:52 PM IST
None | Sanjeev Sanyal
Incredible India
It seems that part of the reason why India is becoming increasing unsafe for the female tourist is the peculiar shape of the market being moulded by private enterprise, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Jan 26, 2008 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal
US students eager to have India on their résumés
While a few are enrolled for full courses at Indian colleges, a growing tribe of American students is opting for exchange programmes, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Sep 16, 2007 04:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
College rites and riots
Ancient, tribalistic initiation rites have equivalence in an electricity-lit India, writes Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Aug 12, 2007 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal
Life in the young lane
On Int'l Youth Day, Sunday HT looks at how the young ’uns are spending their salad days. From whacky tattoos to four-letter bands, life’s one long party for the new kids on the block — with a few pauses.
Updated on Aug 12, 2007 12:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal
Condom-inium!
Whether our ‘conscience keepers’ like it or not, more condoms need to be properly distributed to prevent diseases and unwanted pregnancies, report Sushmita Bose and Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Jul 29, 2007 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sushmita Bose and Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Romancing the stars
Do you make your beloved act like Bips or Hrithik? Then you might be a victim of 'filmaria'. Sanya Gupta tells more.
Updated on Aug 22, 2013 12:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanya Gupta, New Delhi
Amartya Sen to guide Nalanda Univ revival
Nalanda, one of the world’s oldest universities, is being revived by the Bihar Govt, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Jun 17, 2007 04:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
End of innocence?
When reel-life kids put on the grown-up act, children often take it as a cue in real life. Sunday HT takes a look at the "child-adults".
Updated on Jun 17, 2007 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Veenu Sandhu, Namita Kohli, Amitava Sanyal, Bhawna Gera and Manasvi Vohra Kshama Rao, New Delhi/mumbai
Netaji issue puts Home Ministry at backfoot before CIC
CIC expresses displeasure over the union ministry's stand of not parting with documents related to the alleged death of Netaji in a plane crash in 1945.
Updated on Jun 05, 2007 06:36 PM IST
PTI | Souvik Sanyal and Ashish Tripathi, New Delhi
UP poll is big business for chopper companies
Nearly 80-odd civilian helicopters in the country are raking in moolah this election season as about 20 choppers are going to fly leaders from various parties, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Apr 15, 2007 02:41 PM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Sons shine in fathers’ glory
Ajit singh looked up at the chopper circling the sunny sky and muttered in the middle of his speech, 'Rahul Baba', reports Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Apr 09, 2007 05:27 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, Sisauli, Up
Traditional economics or imperialism?
Economist Kaushik Basu talks of the growing reach and span of economics with Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Dec 04, 2007 03:49 PM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Economics of terrorism
Economics is no longer only about taxes. Now it?s getting more interested in theories on terrorism, writes A Sanyal.
Published on Feb 11, 2007 03:34 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Fear and bathing at Sangam
It takes many sadhus to make a kumbh, and they all come with their own expectations, says Amitava Sanya.
Published on Jan 28, 2007 02:07 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanya
Testing time for sadhus-to-be
Call it the entrance exam of the most prestigious school of Naga sadhudom, says Amitava Sanyal.
Published on Jan 17, 2007 03:52 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, Allahabad
Sadhus go on rampage
Hundreds of armed and dreadlocked saints charge into the crowds at Ardh Kumbh, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Published on Jan 16, 2007 03:31 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, Allahabad
Pilot Baba on art of dying
Pilot Baba has seen death from up close almost all his working life. First as a Wing Commander at the Air Force, and then as a godman practising samadhi, or death by interment ? a feat he claims to have performed ?more than 110 times? since 1976. It is this art of dying at will that has made Pilot Baba a centre of attraction among lakhs of sadhus at the Ardh Kumbh.
Published on Jan 14, 2007 04:45 PM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, Allahabad
Pilot Baba on his mastery of death
The godman's deathly feats have attracted many sadhus at the Ardh Kumbh, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Published on Jan 14, 2007 02:07 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, Allahabad
Honour eludes saviour of many
The man who has been helping the mela administration in Allahabad find the persons for some 60 years now is Rajaram Tiwari, reports Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Jan 13, 2007 01:28 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, Allahabad
Think glocal, act local
The UNODC vouches for community policing in developed regions like the US. For developing ones, it proposes ?social prevention? .
Published on Nov 27, 2006 05:46 PM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal
Think global, act local
In developing countries, the populace often does not trust the police. In such a situation, they cannot be put at the centre of community policing, writes Amitava Sanyal.
Published on Nov 26, 2006 01:41 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal
Giving life to Schrodinger?s cat
Mathematician Roger Penrose on the joys of Escher, the tyranny of PowerPoint and the universe in between, writes Amitava Sanyal.
Published on Nov 21, 2006 03:04 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Tibet: A nation in exile
As Chinese President Hu Jintao visits India, Tibetans worry about the future of their homeland.
Updated on Nov 22, 2006 09:48 PM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Tibet: A nation in exile
As the Chinese president visits India, Tibetans worry about the future of their homeland, writes Amitava Sanyal.
Updated on Nov 19, 2006 04:14 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal, New Delhi
Dr Ambuj Goyal, an NRI with a mission
The challenge before Goyal is the Blue Gene project, that will help create drugs designed to work for an individual?s genetic make-up.
Published on Nov 06, 2006 03:36 PM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
Ash Patel, Yahoo?s chief product officer, wears many hats, writes Amitava Sanyal
Published on Oct 01, 2006 05:48 AM IST
None | Amitava Sanyal
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