Budget 2024: Path to a Viksit Bharat through inclusivity, entrepreneurship,...
Budget 2024 looks perfectly aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 while staying committed to the fiscal deficit glide path. It continues to build on the themes of the...
View ArticleNirmala Sitharaman and her B-Day
The other day, I happened to glance over the husband’s shoulder as he sat cross-legged on the sofa placidly reading the newspaper. The headlines on the finance page went something like this – FM’s...
View ArticleThe big count: When will we know how many we are?
Imagine if your school decided not to count how many students were in each class. That would make it hard to know how many books, desks, or lunches to prepare, right? Well, something similar is...
View ArticleSense of us…when?
Budget indicates that the most important data-gathering exercise will be further delayed That the budget has further cut outlay for India’s much-delayed Census 2021 is message enough that GOI is in no...
View ArticleScrap NEET
That SC refused a retest is no cause for relief. This year’s controversy makes clear how flawed system is SC’s refusal to order a UG-NEET retest, on the ground there wasn’t evidence of a ‘systemic...
View ArticleShould we keep NEET?
Imagine if you had one big test that decided if you could become a doctor. That’s what NEET is for students who want to study medicine. But this year, there were some problems with the...
View ArticleThe Talented Miss Puja
Forget disabled, this babe is very specially able Disclaimer: Any reference to any person living or dead is purely intentional. This column is entirely a work of faction. Nothing in it is meant to...
View ArticleSannyasins, yogis, saints must embody selfless living
By Ashok Vohra Saints are an integral part of all religions. Saints are conduits through whom the divine power reveals itself. A saint has eliminated his base passions through diligent worship and...
View ArticleNow’s the turn of interns
India’s challenge since 1947 has not been unemployment (a low 4-9%) but employed poverty – the poor cannot afford to be unemployed. Putting employed poverty in the museum it belongs to needs three...
View ArticleHow onions weigh on kisans & netas
Among those disappointed by the budget, are onion growers and traders. What they had hoped for was that the crop’s minimum export price and export duty would be removed or reduced. With their...
View ArticleIndia’s evolving job market: Adapting to the future of work
India’s job market is at a critical juncture, mirroring the global phenomenon of shrinking jobs. The rise of AI, IoT, and Industry 4.0 is recalibrating jobs to meet future needs, with changes happening...
View ArticleWorld IVF Day: Understanding IVF
We Still Hope. And sometimes against all odds, against all logic, we still hope. On 25 July 1978 was born the first human after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) experiment. It was a girl, Louise Joy Brown,...
View ArticleCovid-19 an economic bliss: Lessons for survival and sustainable growth
During the Covid-19 crisis, Bill Gates said, “Ultimately, humans have to consume grains, not dollars.” This observation holds true as the economies of the poorest individuals to the most prosperous...
View ArticleThe Right to Information Act is in danger
The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a law that helps people in India get information from the government. It’s like a tool that lets you ask questions about what the government is doing. But...
View ArticleWho gets to tax minerals?
The Supreme Court of India recently made an important decision about who can tax minerals. This decision helps solve a long argument between the states and the central government. Here’s what happened:...
View ArticleYours, mines, ours
SC right to rule states can tax minerals. But states should be sensible while imposing the tax The SC constitution bench’s judgment (8-1) on the dispute between states and Centre regarding the former’s...
View ArticleSlowly killing a law
MP govt’s reply on cheetah project shows how RTI is endangered. No one seems interested in conservation The extent to which India’s transparency law has been robbed of vitality is evident in MP govt’s...
View ArticleCabbie’s catechism
A London taxi driver’s questions about India are as difficult to digest as they are to refute Taxi drivers everywhere are said to be founts of street-smart knowledge. The reason being that airport...
View ArticleIs inequality in India really the great monster?
A closer look reveals India is no different from other countries at similar income levels. Plus, equity valuation of billionaires is an irrational measure of wealth concentration Inequality is an...
View ArticleRole of Assistive Technology in Overcoming Dyslexia
Dyslexia Dyslexia is a prevalent learning disorder that impacts reading, writing, and spelling, posing significant academic challenges for children. However, modern teaching methods and innovative...
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