Visiting a district, decades later, opens up floodgates of memory. When I think of Kakinada, the district headquarters of the famous East Godavari district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, where I had served in 1979-81, certain images endure.
The appointment of former Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das as “Principal Secretary-2” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi marks a significant shift in governance strategy.
The escalating tussle between Tamil Nadu and the Union government over the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is not just a dispute over language policy ~ it is a deeper battle over state autonomy, cultural identity, and federal governance.
There is a popular joke about apples in the district of Murshidabad. A middle-aged father asked his ailing son whether he was gaining in strength each time the latter finished a slice of apple offered to him during his recovery from fever.
The Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) was the first event on European soil for the new Donald Trump administration followed closely by the Munich Security Conference.
The comity of nations must now hope that hunger and starvation will eventually be addressed amidst the clash of shields and wartime rhetoric.
When there is not enough portable water for a given necessity, the threat of a water crisis is realised. Water is not confined to political borders.
The hatred that the two countries feel for each other is perhaps only less than what Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran feel for each other.
The main reason was that the number of new cases had been on a steady decline even after most social restrictions were lifted.
Healthy lakes not only provide a number of environmental benefits but also influence the quality of life and strengthen our economy.
