Dangerous driving by rich and powerful people
Recently, there have been some bad car accidents in India. These accidents were caused by people from rich or powerful families who were driving expensive cars while drunk. This is really dangerous and...
View ArticleOui the people
France’s dramatic election shows the virtues of coalition dharma when faced with threat to core democratic values French talk of French exceptionalism is food for many jokes around the world. But their...
View ArticleFrance just had a big election
France recently had an important election. At first, it looked like a group with some unfair ideas about immigrants and minorities might win. This worried many people. But then something cool happened....
View ArticleLUI tragedies
Law (Enforcement) Under Influence: that’s what tends to happen when rich/powerful drive drunk Weeks after the terrible Porsche accident in Pune, a BMW driven by an allegedly drunk son of a Shiv Sena...
View ArticleThe Bahá’i vision for global civilisation
Written by: Dr AK Merchant We remember many outstanding people’s lives, services, and sacrifices every year. Among them is the prophet of the Bahá’i Faith, known as the Báb, which means the gate....
View ArticleWhy we can’t resist superstitions?
Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan recently disclosed that he didn’t watch the T20 World Cup final due to his superstition that India tends to lose whenever he watches the game. Sachin Tendulkar used to...
View ArticleNo ‘martyrs’ in Indian army
As we approach the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, we have been witnessing the usage of the word ‘Martyr’ at various places. It may be noted that the word ‘martyr’ is not used for...
View ArticleBattle for the soul of India Islamic cultural centre
There is nothing new in guests from outside Mumbai visiting the sea-facing, iconic Islam Gymkhana in Mumbai. But in the last two weeks or so, two of the five panels contesting the elections (2024-2029)...
View ArticleBridging the gaps created by ‘abridged classics’
Do books that figure as “classics” still serenade around us as elevators of literary standards, cultural embellishments and indicators of a higher intellectual hierarchy? Given the short attention span...
View ArticleLet Them Bid: Fancy number plates are fun. More seriously, auctions are best...
Delhi’s transport department is raking it in. Its auction for the coveted 0001 vehicle licence plate in March fetched a staggering Rs 23.4L. Figures for other fancy registration numbers are almost as...
View ArticleCool Licence Plates and Fair Ways to Share Things
Have you ever seen a car with a really cool license plate number, like 0001? In Delhi, India, someone paid a lot of money (about $28,000) to get that special number for their car! People...
View ArticlePolls apart: Elections show that Britain and India are separated by a common...
I happened to be in London during the British elections in which Labour Party scored a landslide victory over Rishi Sunak’s Conservative govt. A day before the polls I went to my local pub as...
View ArticleMess Gets Neeter: Official, judicial conversations on NEET are missing the...
The way ahead for 2.4 mn medical aspirants looks rocky. Deliberations on entrance test NEET’s question paper leak are slipping into a maze. SC said a retest is an “extreme last resort” – only in...
View ArticleThe Big Test Problem
Imagine if 2.4 million kids all wanted to become doctors. They all have to take a big test called NEET to get into medical school. But there’s a big problem – some people cheated on...
View ArticleIt is easy to invite joy into your life
Something good happens to you – you cleared an examination, your blood test results are great, you just got that long-awaited promotion at work – and you feel overjoyed. You radiate that happiness to...
View ArticleThe ageless politics
A climax that turned out to be worse than an anti-climax, even from modernist Hollywood movie standards. Yes, we are talking about the debate between POTUS (President of the United States) and the...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 1: Will Gautam Gambhir make team India fans laugh...
Hello and welcome to the first edition of The Weekly Vine: a brand-new newsletter from The Times of India. The newsletter’s raison d’être is simple. It will help you sound smarter and more informed in...
View ArticleA difficult decision about life and death
A Delhi high court’s ruling in a case about a very sick person has been criticised. Here’s what happened: A young man, who is 30 years old, has been very ill since 2011. He can’t...
View ArticleKilling the right to die
Delhi HC erred gravely in its euthanasia decision. It showed no empathy, and paid no heed to a landmark SC ruling Apart from being insensitive, Delhi HC has doubly erred in the case of a...
View ArticleOde To The Turtle
Whether with superglue or law, saving this ancient, singular creature is in our hands Is an animal only an animal? To be human is to know that the answer is, no. Whether as storytellers or...
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