The Weekly Vine Edition 31: Elon Musk and Genghis Khan, Dilliwalla...
Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. This week, I am writing the newsletter while flying 30,000 feet in a metal container, as people around me complain about the lack of...
View ArticleAlluring Auroville & transcendental Tiruvannamalai
Auroville: The City of Dawn After experiencing the grandeur of Mamallapuram and the serene charm of Pondicherry, I moved to Auroville, located 26 km from Puducherry. Known as the City of Dawn,...
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Trump thinks Tesla factory here’s ‘unfair’. But Musk’s car company needs to be here On a day when Tesla fans cheered the brand’s likely entry in India, Trump made it clear he’s not thrilled by...
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Long before Artificial Intelligence, diverse devices have done our thinking for us In 1637 a Frenchman penned three words which would prompt future generations to proclaim him to be the Father of...
View ArticleAqua ain’t pure
India has many rivers, but sadly, a lot of them are polluted. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) studied 603 rivers and found that 279 of them have dirty stretches. This means that some parts...
View ArticleAqua ain’t purus
NGT data on Kumbh river water quality frames a larger national question on cleaning up rivers How many Indian rivers are polluted? A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) assessment of 603 rivers,...
View ArticleTesla wants India, but it won’t be easy
Tesla, the famous electric car company, might finally be coming to India! Reports say it could set up shop by April, with locations in Delhi and Mumbai. It has even posted 13 job openings. But...
View ArticleBimal Roy’s ‘Amrita Kumbha’
Bimal da died relatively young at the age of 57 of cancer leaving behind a body of work which has immortalized him – Parinita, Do Bigha Zameen, Biraj – Bahu, Sujata, Parakh, Madhumati, Devdas, Bandani...
View ArticlePartnership between DPIIT & Startup Policy Forum (SPF) to establish India as...
Introduction It is said, when a government body, committed to fostering industrial growth, collaborates with a vibrant community of innovative startups, the results are bound to be transformative. The...
View ArticleStart small in capital
Delhi’s new CM must focus on basics in a city in shambles. And she must respect its diversity Delhi’s new CM Rekha Gupta will not be burdened by procedural challenges her predecessor faced. She has...
View ArticleWho’ll speak for English?
GOI and Tamil Nadu are taking up the wrong language cause. They should put students before politics Everything changes, nothing changes. Half a century ago, the Centre and Chennai were at loggerheads...
View ArticleFixing Delhi, one step at a time
Delhi has a new Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta. She has the support of the central government, which makes her job easier than the last CM’s. But that also means people have high expectations. Delhi is...
View ArticleTo reach a reader
Despite what some claim, the printed word is still eagerly sought, sometimes in unlikely places Is the practice of reading, particularly the reading of the daily newspaper, dying out? There are some...
View ArticleWho will speak for English?
The government of India (GOI) and Tamil Nadu are arguing about languages again. But instead of thinking about what’s best for students, they are playing politics. This is not a new fight. About 50...
View ArticleDigital detox: Content we consume shapes our destiny
By Brahma Kumari Shivani Lately,there has been a lot of discussion about the responsibility of content creators, which is indeed important. But it’s time to face an uncomfortable truth: The...
View ArticleGive Trump some tariff cookies, not the whole jar
Trump’s tariffs will hurt farmers and industries. To cut losses, India should give him concessions where it does not have much to lose. On EVs, don’t get Tesla-fixated Trump claims US charges low...
View ArticleHow free is free speech
Supreme Court has mostly ruled against govt attempts to restrict this right, right from 1950. The ruling on Allahbadia case will be another test When the Constitution came into force on Jan 26, 1950,...
View ArticleCan gram swaraj solve India’s agricultural and water crises?
The quality of our agricultural land has seen a massive decline in the past few decades. The water crisis is also getting worse day by day. Farmers have to spend more money to deal with...
View ArticleWhat’s a fact?
It’s optional, when truth is made in echo chambers Train or platform, what’s moving? Common sense doesn’t let the question arise outside an introductory physics class. Suspend common sense, and there’s...
View ArticleWhat’s a fact?
Is truth just a choice now? Imagine you’re at a train station. The train starts moving, but for a moment, it feels like the platform is moving instead. In a science class, you’d figure out...
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