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The joys of being a McEnroe and Federer fan

As Wimbledon begins on Monday, Rahul Jacob looks back at his encounters with the sport's two most gifted players

Rahul Jacob: The inspiring Kumbh lesson

Rahul Jacob: Bring back the saree

The one hundred saree pact on social media, where women commit to wearing 100 sarees a year, is a noble attempt, but in much of northern India, it's a losing battle

Newsmaker: Terry Gou

Headline-grabbing is part of the Foxconn chief's business plan

Rahul Jacob: Why Bengaluru rocks

This is Bengaluru's defining lesson for the rest of India, especially its cynical, controlling capital: Good behaviour begets better behaviour

Best seafood restaurant in Colombo?

The Ministry of Crab in Colombo is one restaurant that merits an occasional pilgrimage to the island

Rahul Jacob: Making work in India

The deployment of CISF guards at airports for useless rubber-stamping costs Rs 1,200 crore annually in wasted manpower, paper and ink

Rahul Jacob: Almost nothing is allowed on Delhi Metro

Despite the strange scenes on the Delhi metro, for many of us, and for women in particular, being on it is liberating

Rahul Jacob: Why China's market fall is good news

By reminding China's citizens (and us) that Beijing's dictators are not omniscient, the recent market mayhem might yet deliver "sunlight after the wind and the rain"

Rahul Jacob: Emerging market contagion - again

Rahul Jacob: Summer time & the living is easy

There are two approaches to living in the open-air furnace that is Delhi in summer. You can flee to cooler climes or you can make the most of it

Rahul Jacob: Gujarat model's struggles at the Centre

Rahul Jacob: Jugaad in the capital, Delhi Metro style

An eye-witness report of working next to a Delhi Metro construction site

Rahul Jacob: Can robots save "Make in India"?

Developing countries unable to create large number of factory jobs also the hardest hit by climate change

Rahul Jacob: Dear President Xi

5 alternate sites Modi should have visited in China to understand why it is an economic powerhouse

Two books about smiling through adversity

Two books, written two millennia apart, show how some women have the extraordinary ability to confront hardship with irony and wit

Rahul Jacob: Lutyens Delhi - A very smart city

Regardless of which party is in power, its imperial privileges neither become politically unfashionable nor grow old

Rahul Jacob: Indian agriculture's 'Gujarat Model'

As harbingers of agricultural distress become visible, turn to Gujarat for answers on how to address it

Rahul Jacob: India cannot be an export powerhouse

We must accept we cannot become another China or even an Asean. Only in fables do tortoises beat hares - and in this case the tortoise is in poor health, dropped out of primary school and its minders

Lunch with BS: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

A trained commercial pilot and a qualified lawyer, Rudy tells Surabhi Agarwal and Rahul Jacob what it would take to bridge the skill gap in India