Pizza queen: Italy’s biggest export to India and the world is said to have a...
Bunny and I are in Turin, our favourite Italian city, its elegant geometry of panoramic piazzas and porticoed streets, which on a clear day can offer tantalising glimpses of the snowshawled Alps,...
View ArticleBar & Bench, and economy: Please run in tandem
A jammed and inefficient justice system is preventing India and Indians from performing to potential. Judges, lawyers, processes all need an upgrade. Here’s how to do it India is the world’s...
View ArticleSari or cooker won’t cut it
Cutting across party lines, women voters have been seen as needy and, thus, easy to win over. Such superficial vote bank politics may need a rethink in the coming years Men and women live in...
View ArticleGood sense deserted us: A quarter of India’s land is undergoing...
One weather station in west Delhi recorded an all-time summer high of 52.9°C on Wednesday. Given relatively lower temperatures in other weather stations in Delhi, Met said it may be due to sensor error...
View ArticleFor Future Polls: Campaigning is over. EC got many things right. But there...
Campaigning for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections ended yesterday. Remaining 57 seats across eight states will see polling tomorrow. Regulating the 18th LS election has presented EC with unique...
View Article‘Sannyasins should not intermingle with politics’
By Jayant B Dave The transformation into a higher ideal or reality is the goal of life, as inner spiritual transformation is far more significant than outer secular life. This renunciate life is common...
View ArticleLook at job market: Consumption growth is half of GDP’s. That’s worrying
India’s GDP growth for Jan-Mar quarter and also 2023-24 was higher than what most economists and even GOI’s statistics ministry forecast. GDP for 2023-24 expanded 8.2% to ₹173.8L cr, while the fourth...
View ArticleWhy politics needs the middle path
Democracy is being torn apart by tribalism How should a healthy democracy connect people? Politics: A Survivor’s Guide: How to Stay Engaged without Getting Enragedby Rafael Behris a book about how to...
View ArticleExit Polls: Science or parlour game?
Predicting election results is risky business. Most pollsters today don’t even adhere to fundamental statistical principles. Watch news TV with caution The media will be inundated with exit polls...
View ArticleBeyond Left, Right, and Centre: A call for unity and progress in Indian...
The recent parliamentary elections in our country have once again highlighted the importance of democracy and the role of the govt in preserving the dignity and fundamental rights of its citizens. But...
View ArticleFrom freebies to safety, five factors that may explain the crucial women’s vote
There is an emerging consensus that women voters will play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of 2024 general elections, and exit polls too hint at this possibility. It is being suggested that this...
View ArticleDegrees without knowledge
A fresh video in some newspapers and news channels of private university students and some other students of other institutions from NCR participating in a protest march gave enough insight into the...
View ArticleShadows of the trees
On a sunny afternoon, Rekha Aunty rushed into her kitchen to get a bowl of handpicked jamuns. She then pulled a wooden peedha on her porch for her soon-to-be neighbors — Sitara and her mother....
View ArticleSolstice moments of an Indian summer
This summer witnessed two solstice moments, two mega- carnivals when everything around you stood still, one in which the players lock horns and play to the gallery for a decisive end -result whilst in...
View ArticleMantra is a tool for transformative living
By James Anderson Make mantra your lifeline; it will add substance to your life. However, once initiated, there is no turning back. We must see it to the end. Once discovered, life becomes simpler....
View ArticleDegree of duty
Polling personnel shouldn’t have to die from heatwaves. Neither should workers. EC, govts take note Tomorrow, almost certainly, as election results come in, one number will find no mention – 25, that’s...
View ArticleBig tree wobbles
Like India’s Congress, ANC’s decline in South Africa shows no dominant party can take its status for granted In a watershed election for Africa’s most industrialised economy, the unchallenged reign of...
View ArticleTake a step backward
Retro-walking is a fad. It’s also unnerving Taking a step back is equal to putting one’s best foot forward. Or so insist, those walking backwards, especially in a park full of people. It’s not exactly...
View ArticleVoter’s dozen: 13 takes on 13 wordies
June 4 will tell us all. But throughout a 44-day cacophonous campaign, politicians told us plenty. Here’s a measure of the campaign by words that stayed top of mind 400-paar: The number that started...
View ArticlePrivate message for next govt
GDP data & early economic indicators show growth may be brisk in short term. Sustaining it needs more India Inc investment. Enabling that should be GOI’s priority India’s growth continues to...
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