How to make elections civil again
There is too much frothing and foaming about issues prior to 1947. Like Bose vs Savarkar. Political campaigning should be pulled back to our real and present lives, EC should devise a time bar...
View ArticleEthics must be expunged from public health
Ethics is a devious concept that has often been deployed since antiquity by elites to justify their misdemeanours. It is mainly religions that preach ethics and morality but religions themselves don’t...
View ArticleAn overview of recent historiography trends in the study of the British...
The historiography surrounding the British Empire in India has undergone significant evolution over the years, reflecting changing perspectives, methodologies, and ideological influences. In recent...
View ArticleRomancing honeybees that give us life
By Narayani Ganesh When the bee population dies out, it will spell the end of life on earth, conclude scientific researchers who are ringing alarm bells to conserve and respect bees. Hence, we have a...
View ArticleEbony in India: On foreign spouses, desi parents and rough relations
They just celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Was it just the other day in 1979 my friend ‘trunk called’ from Houston (only three minutes) and said, hey I’m getting hitched tomorrow, no one...
View ArticleDon’t play this game: Poll rhetoric that weaponsises women victims is a new low
Women voters outnumbered men in the May 13 phase of elections in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bengal. In Lok Sabha election 2019 the gap between male and female turnout ended – women voted at higher...
View ArticleUNCUET: NTA’s exam prep still leaves much to be desired. Too many students...
In its inaugural year the CUET-UG exam stretched up to Aug 30, one painful glitch after another. In 2023, it wrapped up by July 5, snags remained but were dramatically reduced. So when NTA released...
View ArticleFlying for Democracy: IAF & voting
Air force works closely with EC to transport election manpower and equipment for every polling booth. There are challenges aplenty. These are also overcome away from public limelight Indian armed...
View ArticleVocal dalits, silent muslims
Notes and whispers from travels in UP in poll season ●Yogi’s made UP better ●Strong opposition is necessary ● MPs don’t inspire ● Who’ll lead Dalits? Life confuses Amit Sharma. Elections too. Not very...
View ArticleUBT’s yelping before the defeat and Dr. Freud’s hypothesis
UBT group chief Uddhav Thackeray’s frustration and vulnerability has reached Raigad’s ‘takmak tok’. When Uddhav Thackeray declared that he would not allow the hoisting of Sangh’s faded flag, he lost...
View ArticleOf awards and accolades
One of the challenges that I faced during the years when I worked as a teacher in UAE, was dealing with the ever-disgruntled, (unreasonably) demanding and ‘doting’ parent! There was a ‘Parents’...
View ArticleNudge nudge: Don’t astray too far
As the old adage goes, `Don’t ignore words of wisdom’. The grapevine is that certain banks and vigilant agencies are letting drop not so subtle hints to discourage affluent Indians planning opulent...
View ArticleEmbracing trusteeship & generosity for a just society
Ramesh Bijlani Spirituality is often equated with love for poverty. Therefore, it may come as a surprise to many that Sri Aurobindo has considered money as ‘the visible sign of a universal force’. As...
View ArticleIAmFedUp@co.in
How much technology can human beings handle, before they give up in despair? When do people hit their personal ‘thus-far-and-no-further’ moment? Did that awakening happen when they faced the horror of...
View ArticleAim long range
Good news: the army has started receiving the AK 203 assault rifle produced under an Indo-Russian JV at UP’s Korwa in Amethi district, 27,000 units have been delivered so far. Not-so-good news:...
View ArticleTrai calling again
Trai, India’s telecom regulator, faces a regulatory challenge that can be framed as a trilemma. It sets quality of service (QoS) standards for telecom companies. It’s measured against user experience...
View ArticleOnly wave is the heatwave
Modi knows how to create waves. Ten years ago, he led BJP to the first outright parliamentary majority India had seen in three decades. Five years later he turned that narrow majority into a more...
View ArticleThe subtle saboteurs!
Just as we stare at the blank page, considering what to write, similarly, we stare at our lives considering our mistakes along the way and what better we could have done to avoid the potential...
View ArticleCapital versus Labour – ‘Risk taking’ is the differentiator for returns
There is no doubt that in the emerging New World Order, the traditional fight between Capital and Labour will become even more acute and the power of Labour will continue to decline while the power...
View ArticleWhen you need medicine but can’t ask for it
This is India’s first general election since Covid exposed deep fractures in our health system. One thus expected political parties to make health reform and the right to health a big part of their...
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