Of Puppets, Surrogates And The Real McCoy: A ‘Crash’ Course On The Indian Stock Market
byA disclaimer is in order before I venture into the rest of this piece. These days, any hack of standing has to begin with…
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Book Review – Mapping A Country’s History
byAMALGAMATING HISTORY WITH GEOGRAPHY The book is essentially a work of history, but from a different perspective. Historical accounts are usually narrated from either…
Captain Sanjay Dogra Remembered
by“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” – George S Patton…
A Week Of Conspiracies, Nationalism And Delusions
byThe New India Whining This last fortnight has not been a good one for the BJP or its bhaktiveers, even if we discount the…
Anthropocene – The Age Of Destruction
byWe are presently living in a geological epoch known as the HOLOCENE, which commenced about 12000 years ago after the Little Ice Age. It…
Book Review – Rainbows And Clouds By Suneeta Mukherjee
byOne of the more sobering take-aways from the book is the realisation that balancing home and work-life is a precarious exercise for a career woman in India even today, no matter that you belong to the most sought after service in the country.
Tablecloth for Home Bridge
byFrom learning bridge to competitive bridge, there is ample software to play bridge. There is an ‘artificial intelligence system’ that mimics human behaviour and plays with and against you on the Internet.
Poor Urban Planning A Curse For Himachal’s Popular Hill Stations
byLocal authorities at Himachal’s popular hill stations are yet to wake up from their slumber despite the fact that most of the picnic spots in the Himalayan state fall in high seismic zones IV-V, suggesting severest seismic sensitivity.
The Himachal Chief Minister Needs A Green Agenda- NOW !
byThe Himachal Chief Minister should learn from the subsidence that is happening in Joshimath (Uttarakhand): the whole town is sinking under the weight of over construction and bad planning- more than 700 houses have already had to be abandoned.
Time To Move Over A New KYC ( Know Your Crook ) Process ?
byKYC stands for Know Your Customer but trust me, the Bank has no interest in knowing you, only in fingering your money and passing it on to our growing tribe of NPA billionaires.