India’s Pandemic Capitalism
byIn his best-selling book, TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD, Farid Zakaria makes an interesting point. He says that since the early 1990s, global…
Opinion
Kebabs on Swords
by“Origin of kebab is credited to the medieval soldiers who used to grill meat on their swords in the open fire.” I go back…
Death By Tourism (II)
byThe Way Forward The pandemic has provided us some important lessons for a sustainable world, the most important being that preservation of the natural…
Death By Tourism (I)
byMr Vir Sanghvi has just sealed the fate of Mashobra, a once idyllic Shimla suburb where I live after my retirement. In an article…
Virbhadra Singh – a Tribute
byRaja Sahib – Virbhadra Singh – is no more. His demise leaves a gaping void not only in Himachal politics, but also in the…
Himachal Revenues Not Enough To Sustain Growth Of Hilly State
byAn analysis of the own revenues of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh was constituted as a centrally administered territory on the 15th April 1948 by…
Artificial Intelligence & Socio-Economic Impact On Indians
by[Abstract– I am not deriding the good intentions of our past and present Indian Ruling Elites who have with the Big Capitalists, politically and…
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…
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…