No happy ending
There’s a big problem in the Malayalam film industry that shows how unsafe women can be in different jobs. This is especially troubling because just the other day, a Malayalam film called *Aattam* won...
View ArticleIn its true sense, Raksha Bandhan is gender-neutral
By Sonal Srivastava Raksha Bandhan was celebrated with great enthusiasm yesterday, and i participated in a ceremony where not only did sisters tie rakhis to their brothers and sisters, but brothers,...
View ArticleThe Mandala theory of smart foreign policy
The Bangladesh crisis has brought out the complex nature of Indo-US relationship. But this is of a piece with India’s age-old norms of statecraft, codified by Chanakya Chanakya, the master of...
View ArticleOnly laws won’t protect docs
SC begins suo motu hearing of the RG Kar case today. Former CJI writes that though 23 states have health workers’ safety laws, their impact needs thorough audit. Penalties must be uniform nationwide...
View ArticleA critique of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) – implications for...
Introduction Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the European Union’s proposed tax on energy-intensive products such as iron, steel, cement, fertilizers and aluminium, imported from countries...
View ArticleDon’t break up Google. Commoditize its leverage.
On August 5, 2024, US District Judge Amit P Mehta ruled (case 1:20-cv-03010) that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in online search (~90% market share) by paying companies like Apple and Samsung...
View ArticleCollateral damage from politics
Sometimes, good ideas get caught up in political struggles, and that’s what happened with a recent plan in India. The Government of India (GOI) asked the UPSC (the group that helps pick people for...
View ArticleWealth and weather
Come deluge or drought, there’s a lot of money to be made from climate change The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain…In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen, recited Audrey...
View ArticleCollateral exit
It’s unfortunate that lateral entry into bureaucracy fell victim to political battles GOI asking UPSC to cancel its advertisement for lateral entry recruitments in bureaucracy is a demonstration of...
View ArticleSystem in the dock
Good that junior medics are calling off their stir. SC’s committee on hospital safety mustn’t have tunnel vision Junior medics are rightly suspending, bit by bit, their stir engendered by the RG Kar...
View ArticleFixing big hospitals: A tough job
It’s great that junior doctors are calming down after their protests about the horrible incident at RG Kar hospital. The Supreme Court (SC) is now making hospital safety a top priority and setting up a...
View ArticleWho is my heart waiting for…
By Narayani Ganesh How often have we heard it said, “Follow Your heart”? Then what becomes of the mind, the intellect, the fulcrum of all our thoughts and actions? The heart beats to pump blood...
View ArticleWhy India can be the perfect peacemaker in Ukraine
PM Modi’s visit to Ukraine represents a historical opportunity for India to step up, build on its non-aligned heritage and become a global peacemaker. For the last two years, India and the West have...
View ArticleWhen heroes are villains
The 1929 kino-eye classic Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov was a complex experiment bringing into focus the grammar of cinematic means. It also showed the cameraman as a heroic figure striding...
View ArticleSardar Sher Singh alias Udham Singh and the moment of retribution
Sardar Udham Singh’s name resonates with the echoes of vengeance and justice, a story intertwined with the tragic events of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which occurred on 13 April 1919. This...
View ArticleA harbinger of revolution – Bihar’s Lenin Babu Jagdeo Prasad
Bihar’s political and social landscape has been shaped by numerous leaders, but few have left as profound an impact as Jagdeo Prasad. Often referred to as “Bihar’s Lenin,” Jagdeo Prasad was a...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 7: Obama lights up Kamala coronation
I recently visited the US Visa Application Centre to submit some documentation, and it absolutely awakened my inner Mohan Bhargav, making me swear that I was completely happy in India and had no desire...
View ArticleWorkplace crime: Doctor raped and murdered in her own hospital: Bengal under...
With CBI still struggling to usurp the nexus, the aftershocks of the August 5th mayhem are reaching coast to coast. In a state, mud deep in politics, when a verdict, pure and pointed are a...
View ArticleThe Kolhapur connection: A moving chapter of India-Poland relations
The city of Kolhapur in Western Maharashtra has an incredible connection with Poland. That story needs to be told and retold since it underlines the indomitable spirit of generosity of its people even...
View ArticleRegress as default option
It was said about the Bourbons that they “have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” This was because in the wake of their restoration in the early nineteenth century, they continued with their old...
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