The verse is from ‘Invictus’, a stirring poem of pain and endurance from late-19th century England. In a Bollywood-style movie of the same name, American actor Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandela, who uses the poem as a vehicle for reconciliation in a bitterly divided nation, writes Samar Halarnkar.

 For the preparation of the Commonwealth Games 2010, around Rs 17,400 crore have been spent on Delhi by the government over the past three years, writes Harsh Mander.

The director of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and principal scientific investigator of the data Chandrayaan-I brought to earth, Jitendranath Goswami, told Sanjib Kr Baruah in an e-mail interview that the most significant finding was water on the Moon's north pole.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has made every individual taxpayer richer by at least a few thousand rupees a month, hoping they would oblige by spending more and spur demand and growth. Mukherjee, who said “it has been a long three days,” after presenting the UPA government’s second budget on Friday, spoke to Hindustan Times on a range of issues.

Are you looking for an extraordinary career? Do you want to become a member of the country’s most powerful club? And are you a woman? If so, the time has come to grasp a fantastic opportunity, writes Manas Chakravarty.

I don’t know if you have realised this but the terms of debate in Indian politics have changed quite dramatically over the last decade, writes Vir Sanghvi.