A Toolkit For The Aspiring Bluebeards
byThere has been no bearded specimen in the Shukla family for the last hundred years at least, including my cousin Madho. He occasionally does…
Opinion
It’s Time To Be Outraged, My Lords
byThe Supreme Court has disappointed again. While not interfering with the bail granted to the three student activists- Natasha, Kalita and Asif- in the…
Baba Ramdev vs The Indian Medical Association: A Shambolic War
byBaba Ramdev is nobody’s fool, as the IMA ( Indian Medical Association ) seems to think. Anyone who started life by churning his stomach…
Referendum in Dalhousie
byAmid whispers to Change Dalhousie’s Name to ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Nagar’, the authorities deny any move to change the name. There is no…
Debunking The ‘TINA’ Myth
byMythology forms a large part of the BJP-RSS combine’s world view (such as it is), and the TINA (There Is No Alternative) myth is…
COVID-19 tells up on Coffee Hangouts
byThe coffee tastes as good as it did five decades ago when I had the first sip at the…
Cooperation between Humans; Cooperation between AI Machines; Cooperation between Humans + AI in Indian Context
byTHE FUTURE IS FASTER THAN WE THINK An Article dedicated to my dear College Friend Rashid (Baba) Kidwai- who passed away quietly at his…
Himachal In A Financial Conundrum As Salaries, Pensions Rise – Revenue Shrinks
byTrends in expenditure 2008-09 to 2020-21 for Himachal Pradesh For States like Himachal Pradesh, the analysis of the receipts does not present an interesting…
The Highway Dhaba – A Trip Down Memory Lane
byI am essentially a “dhaba ” man. Give me a choice between a good, clean dhaba on a highway and a fancy restaurant and…
Lamps To Ward Off COVID-19
byTo “challenge the darkness” of Covid-19, People across India lit lamps at their doors and balconies for 9 minutes at 9 PM on April…