Cities, our tragedies
Did you know that many accidents happen in big cities because the people in charge of keeping them safe aren’t doing their job well? Let’s look at some examples: In Delhi, three students died when...
View ArticleNot the Last Supper
Impassioned but civil debate is a precondition for both creativity as well as great art After a break in Tokyo, the Olympics’ opening ceremony returned with full volume in Paris. Some may have...
View Article‘With oppn having numbers and common agenda, we are going to demand answers...
As Parliament session resumes post-budget, lone CPM MP from Rajasthan and All India Kisan Sabha veteran Amra Ram, representing Sikar, tells Mohua Chatterjee how CPM won a seat from the state after 35...
View ArticleDisappearing incomes: How climate change is hurting rural women
For over a decade,I have observed how livelihood programmes for rural women have made exceptional contributions to their communities. Recognizing rural women for their unwavering efforts inspires...
View ArticleHow to ace private equity interviews
Getting a front office investor role in private equity is probably the most prestigious milestone in any finance career. As someone who has recruited for top firms like Apollo, KKR, and Carlyle, I’ve...
View ArticleBudget 2024-25 — Neglect of existing individual income tax returns filers!
On Tuesday, July 23, ’24 – the finance minister presented the Budget to Parliament for the year 2024-25. This was the first budget of the NDA Version 3.0 Government and there were huge expectations by...
View ArticleWhen justice goes wrong
Imagine you’re playing a game, and the referee keeps making unfair calls. That’s kind of what’s happening in some of our courts, especially when it comes to letting people out of jail before their...
View ArticleReporting on our government
Have you ever seen pictures of people in a glass box? Recently, a photo of journalists (people who write news stories) in a glass area in our country’s Parliament building has been shared a lot...
View ArticleA state of being undisturbed by externalities
By Vijay Hashia Is desire the fundamental nature of human existence, or does it inevitably lead to suffering and discontent? The question permeates the essence of every human experience. The...
View ArticleOlympic herstory: Manu Bhaker is the new song of young India
Starved of Olympic heroes, India often puts the crushing burden of billion-plus expectations on a few sportspersons. When these aren’t met, the national mood, especially on social media, turns sullen....
View ArticleReporting Democracy
The image of press in a glass cage in Parliament speaks to a serious grievance. This needs addressing Sometimes an image spreads a story, as if it’s new, even when it’s not. An image of...
View ArticleJustice under water
Trial courts, as CJI has said, are not applying common sense in bail hearings. Fault lies largely with HCs In Delhi’s basement drowning case, a 50-year-old who drove past the tuition centre, navigating...
View ArticleNot Harappa… but Indus-Saraswati Civilization!
Today, the world celebrates the antiquity of the Indian culture and its rich civilization. However, during the dark ages of colonialism, this antiquity was not known of. It was popularly believed that...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 4: One Girl, Two Medals
Hello, and welcome to the fourth edition of the Weekly Vine. There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen, but the deadline to write this weekly column somehow still...
View ArticleCan Kamala Harris make Hinduism and Buddhism great again?
We are living in a historical moment. In less than a hundred days the daughter of an Indian scientist and mother could become the first female president of the strongest country in the world. In...
View ArticleSecrets of everyday apps: Enhance your efficiency with hidden features
My wife, bless her heart, isn’t the most tech-savvy person. She has been a homemaker and, even otherwise, stayed away from computers, considering them esoteric objects that she had nothing to do with....
View ArticleEmpowering through educational progression strategies
With NEP 2020 calling for raising the GER to 50 by 2035, the ongoing massification of higher education ought to be looked at from the challenges faced in the quality of teaching and the purpose...
View ArticleTwo Olympic bronze medals renew focus on Gita
By Uma Ram & KS Ram Manu Bhaker has won two medals at the Paris Olympics and will try for a third. At 22, she is the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal. On...
View Article‘Wayanad is proof govts have no interest in protecting nature. Idea to make...
The double landslides disaster in Kerala is proof that the ecologically fragile Western Ghats have been exploited without a care and further delay in marking the region as an eco-sensitive zone will...
View ArticleLong arm of a dodgy law
UP’s new anti-conversion law puts burden of guilt on accused, has UAPA-like bail conditions. It can end up criminalising any & every conversion Passage of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful...
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