ALIEN INVADERS – IV
byTHE MEXICAN DEVIL The Mexican monopoly on exporting invasive alien species continues. This one, popularly known as the Mexican Devil or the Crofton weed,…
Opinion
Petty Politics over Demolition Drive
byThe fact that no rehabilitation process was put in motion for years by any Delhi government is convienently forgotten and the Railway authorities have been turned into villains
Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal about ODD-EVEN CAR POLICY
byAdopt an aggressive and helpful policy to encourage car pooling
Delhi’s Pollution Dilemma
byIf the government wishes to reduce the usage of cars, it is imperative that it provides some additional facilities to the public that encourages them to leave their cars at home.
COPA 21 and Climate Change: Is anyone talking about the ecology?
byThe truest and most visionary statement at COPA 21 in Paris was made by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, four days back. Speaking…
Shimla’s presence on film
byI recently watched ‘Tamasha’ (2015), a beautiful film that displays, among other things, the picturesque scenery of Shimla in several sequences. The film depicts…
The hills are alive…
byThink lush green vegetation, pure fresh air, and clear blue skies…Think Mashobra… About a three-hour drive from Chandigarh and 14 km northeast of Shimla,…
Amir Khan & Intolerance
bySo Amir Khan’s wife says “maybe it is time to leave India and settle somewhere else” and pronto Amir Khan gets convinced that the…
How ISIS is winning the war
byOne can’t help but notice the irony and Biblical deja vu inherent in the multiple tragedies playing out in the Middle-east. The region which…
Excuse Me, I Forgot My Nationality
byThe facts of the case against Mr Gandhi are clear. In a Company incorporated in 2003 in UK, in many documents his nationality has been marked as BRITISH while in some it is INDIAN.