From Pennsylvania to Purnea — The Wind That Didn’t Blow
byThe American elections have engendered a flood of memes and witticisms, somewhat breaking the tensions of the wait for their results. One of my…
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PSUs: A Caged Parrot
byFinance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman envisages PSUs as pioneers of the recovery of our COVID hit economy. But the fundamentals of the PSUs have another…
Arnab Goswami in Jail: Right Place, Wrong Reasons
byIn the game of chess a pawn has only one use: to protect the king. It is totally expendable. Arnab Goswami has probably realised…
A Pledge Against Bigotry
byAs women we are often conditioned to stay within the bounds of our culture, and uphold our ‘sanskaars’. But what is this “Culture” which…
The Puranikoti Diaries: East Of Mashobra
byMany years ago, when the bad moon of superannuation was beginning to edge worryingly above the horizon, I decided to improve my chances of…
Light – Or Garbage? – At The End Of The Tunnel
byThe 9 km long Atal Tunnel below the Rohtang pass has been inaugurated, the foundation stone laid by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi ten years back…
TRPs, Corporates, And Moral Bankruptcy
byEven for a country which is perpetually in outrage mode, the brouhaha over the TRP scandal takes the cake if not the bakery, as…
If Hathras Doesn’t Make Us Think Again, Then Nothing Will
byThe voters of this country (or at least 37% of them) have given Mr. Modi and his party a long rope. They have kept…
Babri Masjid Demolition Verdict
by28 years after the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992, a special court in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on September 30, 2020 acquitted all 32…
The Five Rupee Note
byMost people think that an inheritance and a legacy are the same thing. In a way they perhaps are because they are bequeathed to…