A cartoon showing Donald Trump and Xi Jinping arguing into the twenty-second century, and progressively levying tariffs of a billion percent on each other, captures the essence of present developments. Probably, world leaders have to be reminded that levies beyond a point are meaningless ~ guaranteed only to bring international trade to a standstill.
The Reserve Bank of India has recently flagged a troubling trend ~ rising asymmetries in the shortterm money market rates that threaten the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission.
The renewed talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions mark a cautious but notable shift in a long-fraught relationship.
Rabindranath Tagore owes his conscience, consciousness and disillusionment to none but mother earth in the poem ‘Prithibi’, written on 16 October 1935. Around 1910, Tagore is writing the Santiniketan series of essays, and there, too, he underlines how he sees no distinction between his own self and the larger nonhuman around.
Growing up in a small Christian-majority village in Kerala's Kannur district, my world was defined by the church bells, catechism classes,and the vibrant festivals that marked our community’s cultural calendar.
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.
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.
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
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.
The recent decision of the Government of Haryana to promote tourism at the archaeological site of Rakhigarhi (Hisar) by encouraging homestays.
