By Dana Kornberg India recently tried to reduce the use of cash in its economy by eliminating, overnight, two of its most widely used bills in what was called demonetization. While the effort – initially explained as an attempt to curb “black money” – has been a failure in manyContinue Reading
By Sidharth Bhatia Amar Akbar Anthony, that great entertainer from the 1970s, has completed 40 years. The movie is a staple on television and despite its period feel, has travelled well over the decades — a few minutes spent watching it are sure to produce a laugh or two. ThereContinue Reading
Dr. George Jacob Kochi: The federal government recently informed the Supreme Court that despite a multipronged approach to improve income and social security of farmers, over 12,000 farmers have been ending their lives every year since 2013. According to the statistics available with the National Crime Records Bureau of IndiaContinue Reading
What is obvious is the rise of the Hindutva forces in the country and the centralization of the cowContinue Reading
Kanchan Gupta The demand for a separate Gorkha state has come back to life. Long dormant, the desire for a Gorkhaland has been given new breath by the West Bengal government’s ill-conceived move to impose the teaching of Bengali to Nepali-speaking Gorkhas. The Gorkhas are agitated over the attempts byContinue Reading
We need to stand up with refugees, to accompany themContinue Reading
By Vidhi Doshi Kozhikode: As soon as the evening call to prayer sounded over Kozhikode, a line formed along the esplanade. Volunteers started heaping food onto plates, cautious to keep the beef-to-rice ratio low, making sure there was enough to go around. One man took out his smartphone to filmContinue Reading
S.R.Praveen Beef, peacock and a heartless Major Gogoi were mere diversions from some really damaging news for the Sanghi Government in the past few weeks. These are some of the things they diverted your attention away from ******************* 1. Major slow down in Indian economy thanks to the dicktator’s hare-brainedContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: In the last weekend of May, I had an extremely disturbing and difficult undertaking at hand. One of my nephews passed away. I, as family, visited the bereaved family to pay our last respects. The family was dear to mine. The person who passed wayContinue Reading
Indrani Basu Two years after viral photos of mass cheating in high school exams in Bihar blew open the holes in the state’s education system, the results show a downward trend. Compared to 2015, when more than 75% students had passed the senior secondary exams, only one out of threeContinue Reading