Logo

Logo

Opinion

Crisis Looms

India is once again staring at the prospect of a reduced wheat harvest as above-average temperatures threaten the winter-sown crop.

Slavery scam

The unfolding humanitarian crisis along the Thai-Myanmar border exposes the brutal reality of organised cyber crime and human trafficking in Southeast Asia.

Fatuous sagacity~I

In today’s world, next to the politicians, the most powerful men and women have been the group of people who call themselves ‘economists’.

Heroic workers

Rushing from one home to another in Wadgaon village of Yavatmal in northern Maharashtra, health worker Babybai Fakira Shinde cannot afford to take a breather. Working to keep Covid-19 at bay, while caring for others, Babybai races between households to meet her job targets.

Much Progressive Tribal Culture in India, but alas, largely Ignored!

Article 350 of the Constitution provides education up to the age of 14 in mother tongue. Yet the tribal population in India does not have a script of their own. Their representation in politics, thanks to the reservation policy, is proportionate to their population. But their access to and representation in education, especially higher education is dismal.

A friend reappears

Friendship is hard to forget. Affection is hard to live without. Some years back I wrote about my friend Sam. Sam was an earnest man, dedicated to his work

How many books can I read?

One of my colleagues suggested a book to me. Had it been earlier, I would have bought it by now. But now I’m a bit skeptical. I want to judge a priori whether it’s worth reading.