During Biden’s presidency America waged wars, meanwhile Trump is setting the...
The American election, which rang out the old and rang in the new, is looking astonishingly positive for the India-US relations. The American voters voted pragmatically, emphasizing what Donald Trump...
View ArticleLet’s normalise disability in the elderly
Hearing disability was prevalent in my father’s family. My grandfather, father, younger uncle and an aunt, all became progressively deaf. In all probability, the condition was also genetic or...
View ArticleIndia and Kuwait elevate their ties to strategic partnership: Part of Link...
West Asia remains crucial to India’s economic and energy security calculus. Realising this, India made diplomatic moves to strengthen its ties with the nations in the region, notwithstanding the...
View ArticleDid the International Plastic Treaty melt under plastic intentions?
Over 3,300 representatives from over 170 countries and 440 organisations gathered in Busan, South Korea, in the last week of November 2024 for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating...
View ArticleThis new year, let wisdom be your guide
Usually we have a wishlist and plans as we enter a new year. This year make sure your wishes, desires and plans are accompanied by wisdom. Whenever our wishes and actions are supported by the...
View ArticleShe refuses to procreate : Global shift in gender dynamics
Could the refusal to procreate be the ultimate rebellion against patriarchy, or is it just the beginning of a broader societal shift? Across advanced nations like South Korea and Japan, women are...
View ArticleCarb (Abomi)Nation
Did you know that India loves biryani and pizza so much they were the top New Year’s Eve food orders? But while we’re enjoying all those carbs (like rice, bread, and sugary treats), we’re forgetting...
View ArticleHappy New Year, Manipur!
The Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, recently said he regrets the violence that has been happening in the state. But what will he actually do to stop it? Over the past 20 months,...
View ArticleHappy New Manipur
Biren Singh has spoken. When will he act? Manipur CM Nongthombam Biren Singh has said much over 20 months of ethnic violence in his state, but an expression of “regret” is probably a first. There...
View ArticleWring out the old
Much to retire; some to retain Alpha-betas; arrogant netas; , AI-phobia; anti-age-ing snake oil; app-rehension. Keep app-iness Bharat Ratna politics, bigotry, Bishnoir gangs; bulldozers. Keep BeReal...
View ArticleCarb Country
India’s been bingeing on biryani and pizza. This year let’s give protein and millets more love Quick commerce and food delivery platforms reported record business on new year’s eve. Biryani and pizza...
View ArticleDosaVerse, Feelify, Froof & Family
It’s said that entrepreneurship runs in the blood of Indians. From our grandmothers running their pickle businesses (wildly successful but tragically unmonetised) to our fathers inventing ways to reuse...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2025: Open letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman
To, The Hon’ble finance minister, Government of India, North Block, New Delhi. Subject: Recommendations for Simplifying Direct and Indirect Tax Systems in the Upcoming Budget Respected madam, I am...
View ArticleReporting Chinese military power: Is the Pentagon report losing the sheen?
For more than two decades, the US Department of Defence (Pentagon) has been submitting an annual report on ‘military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China’ to the US...
View ArticleA singular man
I recall a meeting with someone who embodied that most uncommon of qualities, common decency I had mixed feelings about the meeting. I was eager to meet someone whom I greatly admired and respected....
View ArticleDesks, no desktops
56% of govt schools don’t have computers for students. This is terrible prep for the AI era Last year, on Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day, the skill development ministry talked up India’s...
View ArticleThe lone attacker
Bad people are finding new ways to hurt others, and it’s hard to stop them On New Year’s Eve in New Orleans, a man drove his car into a crowded street and killed 15 people....
View ArticleSchools without computers
More than half of India’s government schools don’t have computers for students. That’s a big problem in a world where technology, like Artificial Intelligence (AI), is becoming super important. Last...
View ArticleThe lone jihadi
Terrorist tactics are evolving. Security forces everywhere must gear up New Year’s car attack on a New Orleans street that left 15 dead again shows the limits of old ways against terror. All the...
View ArticleGregorian calendar is passé, explore splendour, glory
By- AK Merchant Most ordinary folks are governed by the calendar and time they reckon by their watch. Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar, based upon...
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