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March 21, 2024

Planet’s Biggest Poll is There Again; India, Let Us All Vote & Vote Right

The stage is all set for the world’s biggest democratic exercise — India’s general elections 2024. Dates have been announced, political gimmicking is picking up pace, candidates are shifting ideologies and parties like never before...

March 09, 2024

No time to lose, there is no life without water

Until very recently we all in Bengaluru used to feel that it was just a matter of time that water crisis would knock on our doors. In the blink of our eyes, water scarcity not only knocked on our doors but is well inside our homes now.
December 28, 2023

Let Every ‘Malli’ go to School

You have seen her. I am sure. Let us call her Malli. I like that name because Malli is the Tamil name for that glorious and most fragrant of flowers – the jasmine. Malli stands by the side of the construction site. She is wearing an old t-shirt that comes to well below her knees.
December 28, 2023

Let’s Cherish Tolerance, Our Greatest Virtue: A Plea On New Year’s Eve

One of the hallmarks of Hinduism is that we are an exceptionally tolerant people. We deeply believe in the karma theory which makes us conclusively holistic in our approach; no wonder we have survived and thrived over many centuries, one among the longest surviving civilizations in the world.
December 28, 2023

Women at every decision making table

Most of us in India have heard (and read the comics version) of the Panchatantra fables - in which animals are imbued with human vices and virtues to express and clarify certain moral principles. So, let us make one up along the same lines.
September 9, 2023

Growing economy, space prowess & G20

Bharat is at the cusp of colossal change and transformation. As the world's fastest growing and fifth largest economy, it is poised to become a superpower sooner than later.

Good officer vs honest officer: Are they always the same?

Who is a good officer and who is an honest officer? Is a good officer always honest, an honest officer always good, and then those officers who are both good and honest?
AUGUST 15, 2023

Affluence is a Moving Target

Affluence is often defined by material possessions, those that are aspirational and considered symbols of status and wealth. But these symbols keep changing periodically to redefine what is considered affluence at a certain time.

AUGUST 15, 2023

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Bharat is celebrating 77th Independence Day this year. A look back on how this nation has overcome a series of great challenges in the past seven decades to be where it is today rekindles the faith of its 140 million people in its promising future.
JULY 11, 2023

WORLD POPULATION DAY

July 11 is World Population Day and India has just become the most populous nation, eclipsing China that has so far held the feat. The number of people in India, the world’s seventh largest country by area, is already zooming past 1.4 billion and one in every six people on the planet now lives here.
May 31, 2023

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY, Grow Food Not Tobacco

Along National Highway 275 beyond Mysuru in India’s southern state of Karnataka are contiguous farms of tobacco spread over thousands of hectares. The delicate green tobacco leaves covering the vast expanse of farmlands may put you in awe, cleverly disguising their lethal impact on the planet.

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