Central Government to provide one-time financial support for waste recycling...
Introduction India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country in 2023 as per the UN data, with its urban population reportedly expected to nearly double to reach 814 million by 2050....
View ArticleGiant misstep
Why Colonizing the Moon Could Be a Bad Idea Did you know that what we do on Earth can even change the moon? Scientists discovered that the Covid lockdowns, when everyone stayed home, not only...
View ArticleGiant misstep
Our activity can already turn the moon cold. Colonising it will be truly terrible Each of us remembers how much our surroundings were transformed by Covid lockdowns. Even if we didn’t, there are drone...
View ArticleCredit to ego
Why nobody sells you tin or aluminium cards Credit card debt is like quicksand, only more dangerous. Most of us who pay minimums every 30 days go deeper into the squishy squelchy mud of debt...
View ArticleDon’t load the laddoo
A Case About Tirupati’s Famous Sweet The Supreme Court is about to start hearing a case about the famous laddoo (a sweet) given to devotees at the Tirupati temple. People were worried that the laddoos...
View ArticleDon’t load the laddoo
Plea for govt to cede temple control in the Tirupati adulteration case is misplaced Supreme Court will begin to hear the case of the so-called “contaminated laddoo” at Tirupati from Oct 3, clubbing...
View ArticleXionism: Get rich, get in trouble
Last month, Colin Huang, founder of e-commerce powerhouse PDD, attracted the usual media spotlight when he rose to become China’s richest man. But shortly after his name hit the headlines, PDD...
View ArticleHow India can escape the middle-income trap
In 1999, when ICICI was designing its retail strategy, we picked two youngsters fresh out of campus to work on this task. One of them was a lad from IIM-C, Krishnamurthy Subramanian. It is gratifying...
View ArticleHonouring our ancestors with gratitude
By Yogi Ashwini During the 16 days of Pitru Paksh, it is believed that portals to the Pitrulok, the realm of ancestors, open so that they can visit us. It is believed that during this...
View ArticleChameli Ramachandran’s garden of botanical lyrics
Last month an unforgettable exhibition was Chameli Ramachandran’s still life studies of flowers and nature’s tensile terrain that opened at Vadehras in Delhi. The moment you set your eyes upon her...
View Article‘From respect to action: Strengthening support systems for India’s older...
The United Nations established the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) in 1990, (resolution 45/106), observed yearly on October 1st. This significant day aims to increase awareness of older...
View ArticleAmerica at a crossroads: Guns, rhetoric, and the 2024 election battle between...
The second failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has once again thrust the volatile issues of gun control, political violence, and incendiary rhetoric into the national...
View ArticleTerms of war
Dehumanising conflict jargon seeps into language, normalising and justifying horrors In its assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli air force reportedly dropped 80 bombs – including...
View ArticleJ&K’s big message
That militant groups have chosen to participate in elections is a victory for democracy In Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), something big happened recently that shows how democracy can be powerful. For...
View ArticleTerms of war
Gaza to Ukraine, dehumanising jargon seeps into everyday life, erodes our collective humanity In a recent attack, the Israeli air force reportedly dropped 80 bombs on buildings in Beirut to kill a...
View ArticleState of the notion
There are many pros and cons in the One Nation, One Vote ongoing debate The govt has once again proposed bundling the general election and assembly elections into a single package and concluding the...
View ArticleJ&K’s big message
That militant groups have chosen to participate in elections is a victory for democracy J&K successfully completed its three-phase voting to the newly delimited 90-member legislature, with good...
View ArticleGandhi’s concept of trusteeship promotes equity
M K Gandhi regarded the notion of trusteeship as ‘India’s greatest gift to the world.’ The underlying principle of trusteeship is the belief that everything in the world is a creation of God and...
View ArticleMahatma’s three faces
Gandhi is introduced to us by some commentary as an old, weak, and impractical man – supposedly an awkward compulsion that has no place in the extremely professional, aggressively competitive, and...
View ArticleAdobe of Light: The sufi masters
Generosity of spirit and personal ethics are the highest virtues, said the Almighty. The Sufi way imbibes this philosophy and imbues into their believers’ hearts, a natural zeal for mercy, affection,...
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