We the party people: Why do so many flout Covid norms? Because they are creatures of institutional behaviour
Why is crowd partying so popular? Science warns us against it in these Covid times, but large numbers will still...
Why is crowd partying so popular? Science warns us against it in these Covid times, but large numbers will still...
Defining Hinduism, the Sanatana Dharma, in modern times has been fraught with challenges. They arise from the fact that the...
Earlier this week, a false news report from an Indian news agency was widely published in the Indian media. It...
Lokmanya Tilak’s 101st death anniversary comes at a time when his approach towards various social, cultural and even economic issues...
As July turns into August and the second wave of covid mutants’ wanes, the temptation, after relentlessly fighting the havoc...
Tokyo summer Olympics got off to somewhat hesitant start, under the looming shadow of obstinate pandemic. Media attention, however, is...
The popular holiday home destination, Goa, is witnessing a boom in the second home market since the onset of the...
As the world is gearing up to observe the World Day against Trafficking in Persons today ( July 30). I...
In this technological era, virtual learning has become a dire need and it has caused significant changes in the educational...
Charles Francis Jenkins was the guy who invented TV. “What is that idiot looking box you are tinkering with?” the...
The ‘Language Divide’ as a bone of contention from the time India achieved independence and the subsequent need for a...
Let’s face it, India’s Hindu community has never had it so good in terms of profile and power. Hindus are...
The much-awaited CBSE results of the 12th board have been declared. Many students are happy because of this result. On...
Independence of the judiciary is an integral part of the basic structure of our Constitution. Judges are entrusted with an...
The Centre has approved 27% reservations for OBCs under the all-India quota for UG and PG programmes in medical and...
Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles, Olympics’ two biggest stars, have underperformed. Yet they have received widespread support and sympathy. In...
The Trump years weren’t really bad years where India was concerned. He took a wrecking ball to most relationships –...
Rising crude oil prices combining with weak economic growth impulses should worry policymakers. GoI’s economic mandarins however see it as...
From the start, Covid has proved a complex enemy. While we look one way, it is up to new tricks...
This year the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan is on 22 August 2021. But it appears the celebrations have started...
A global investigation by Paris based Forbidden Stories in collaboration with 17 media partners across the world has dropped a...
Responding to a petition that wanted all beggars to be moved from traffic intersections, the Supreme Court rightly pointed out...
When Covid goes away, hopefully soon enough, it will leave behind a more unequal world. This is contrary to historical...
By stalling Parliament on the one-point agenda of making the government discuss Pegasus, the opposition is making no one happier...
The monsoon season is seeing loss of life and damage to property in several parts of the country, simultaneously. Early...
By Mishi Choudhary & Eben Moglen GoI-Twitter hostilities are a variation on a current geopolitical theme. Social media platforms offer...
The extraordinary and frightening spectacle of police forces of two states of the Union of India training guns on each...
Well done, Puri – Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has declared it to be the first Indian city to get 24×7...
With the world in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, on January 1 India returned to the United Nations Security...
India’s growing economy needs 103 million skilled workers between 2017-2022. Yet, over 100 million Indian youth (15-29 years) are not...
A lot has changed in the role of information in any warfare since the sabotage of enemy communication lines in...
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, who resigned on Monday, is the only mass leader BJP had in the state, and...
History is repeating with BS Yediyurappa – resigning again before completing his term in office. His “sacking” in 2011 had...
On the 161st Income Tax Day, FM Nirmala Sitharaman singled out individual taxpayers for praise. She lauded honest taxpayers for...
Backwardness is a vicious circle that perpetuates itself in mutually reinforcing cycles on both demand and supply side. It leads...
Backwardness is a vicious circle that perpetuates itself in mutually reinforcing cycles on both demand and supply side. It leads...
In vaccination the state has done well, with 20.9% of the 18+ population fully vaccinated, next only to Himachal Pradesh’s...
The corridors of power in New Delhi — and even more so those of would-be power — are echoing with...
It was in 1992 that my elder brother Vikram (he was the elder twin by 14 minutes) and I got...
Recent expansion and reconfiguration of the council of ministers offers a fresh opportunity to accelerate and deepen structural reforms. The...
Even before the new Parliament building could be opened, the legendary Greek flying horse, flew in. Probably one more reason,...
Talk of a bummer in G force minor. Word out of the air and space community is that the US...
The first census of independent India — a 10-yearly survey — was conducted in 1951 to gather statistics on population...
The cost-based funding approach of Indian philanthropists does more harm than good for nonprofits and for their impact. From startups...
One Goal many Religions to attain it: Gradually the academia and philosophers of comparative religions are acknowledging that the universal goal...
Readers may be bored with lengthy, learned analyses of 30 years of Indian economic reform, starting with Manmohan Singh’s budget...
Japan Olympics has started amidst the fear of a Pandemic. Imagine a sports team playing for the dream podium. The...
The clear consequence of scientific advancements, growing health awareness and increase in life expectancy is the sharp focus on better...
One of the consequences of economic liberalisation was a major change in the size and composition of India’s middle class....
On July 20, GoI made two eye-catching observations in Parliament about the second Covid wave. It said states had reported...
On July 20, GoI made two eye-catching observations in Parliament about the second Covid wave. It said states had reported...
It has come now and will try hard to take a shape – Mamata Banerjee has blown the conch shell,...
Head and body rockingDoubters are shockingYou are bitter and think you are wise. Pedantry denies Everything is an imagination of...
India’s latest sero survey suggests 68% of the population has been exposed to Covid – a substantial jump from the...