Crash courses
India, the fastest growing aviation market, has a shortage of air traffic controllers. That’s real bad news It took two terrible air crashes for America to remember it has an air safety issue. The...
View ArticleBudget goodwill, an important balance sheet item
By Ram Krishna Sinha Wealth provides us with financial security, status, quality of life, broader choices, and helps build legacy. So, we create wealth to sustain, prosper and grow. Yet, without...
View ArticleThis income tax cut cuts many ways
Budget was once a spectacle – and a compendium of quotable quotes, from Thirukkural to Tagore, prefixed by Manmohan Singh’s invocation of Bismil via the evocative “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna” in 1991. It is...
View ArticleModi and the vocal class
It is one of those enduring half-truths that Modi’s politics is joined at the hip with the interests of ‘middle class’. Budget this year, which has given the biggest single tax-break for the taxpaying...
View ArticleYou too, Raj Saheb…?
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Rajsaheb Thackeray, while speaking at a gathering of his workers, directly targeted the government system while expressing doubts about the results of the assembly...
View ArticleDown the rabbit hole, it’s politicians all over
Reading, talking and thinking too much about politics last week, I reached out to the Lewis Carroll classic. If my idea was to detox, I failed. Curiouser and curiouser it got as Alice’s conversations...
View ArticleAI and Indian Army
The Indian Army is increasingly integrating AI to enhance its operational capabilities, though publicly available details remain scarce for security reasons. My analysis is primarily based on official...
View ArticleGreen taxonomy in India: A step towards global sustainability
As climate change continues to disrupt economies worldwide, the shift to sustainable financial models has become more urgent than ever. Green taxonomy—a structured way of classifying economic...
View ArticleAlchemies of Form at Bikaner House, an enchanting ensemble
When three Modern Masters and 3 younger contemporaries come together at the Sculpture Park at Bikaner House you know it’s going to be an experience to savour and cherish beyond the winter winds in...
View ArticleInternational travel over the years
The first time I stepped out of country was, obviously, a special one. The airport security, the announcements (which no longer happen now), the exorbitant prices at the coffee shops, the...
View ArticleIs Uttarakhand’s new law fair?
Uttarakhand has made new rules about how people can live together. But are these rules fair? If they are challenged in court, judges will have a lot to think about. One big rule is about...
View ArticleConstitutionally coded?
Uttarakhand’s UCC rules require court scrutiny. Individual rights, reinforced by SC, are under threat Were Uttarakhand’s UCC rules to be legally challenged – a strong possibility – judges will have...
View ArticleThe hidden cost of smartphones
Did you know that a war is happening because of something inside your smartphone? It’s true. A rare metal called tantalum is needed to make smartphones work. But getting this metal is leading to...
View ArticleWe chat, they die
Millions are affected in conflicts centred on mining of a metal vital for smartphones. No one cares Eastern DR Congo looks like another of those interminable ethno-political conflicts in Africa. A UN...
View ArticleThe battle for the capital
Delhi’s assembly election can hardly be characterised as a high-stakes battle. Yet, it is always interesting for observers. It’s most interesting as a barometer of political flexibility. This has been...
View ArticleEmpowering Children with Special Needs: Career Opportunities and Support Systems
Empowering children with special needs (CWSN) requires fostering opportunities for success across education, employment, and society. Identifying career paths tailored to their abilities and...
View ArticleNeed to make domestic violence laws gender-neutral: Dinesh Sharma
Rajya Sabha MP and former deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma has called for the reform of domestic violence laws to make them gender-neutral. Speaking during a session in the Rajya Sabha, he...
View ArticleWhat Maha Kumbh can learn from Haj in crowd management
Though the number of pilgrims at Maha Kumbh is many times more than at Haj, a lot can be learned from the “crowd management” at the annual Haj. The Saudi authorities have substantially improved...
View ArticleBudget 2025 : Making the right choices
The hon’ble finance minister released the Union Budget for 2025-26 on the 1st of February. This year particularly, there was a need to strike a delicate balance between staying on the path of fiscal...
View ArticleSteroids are freebies of politics
Steroids are the bane of the profession of bodybuilding and Indian politics—literal for the former and figurative for the latter. Freebies are the steroids that pump up gladiators in the political...
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