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The solutions are not rocket science. But they require real governance India’s smog is so real, you don’t need a Lok Sabha debate to establish its existence – it’s even visible from space. So, it doesn’t matter that Thursday’s long-awaited LS debate on it never happened. What we need are solutions, so that Delhi, Mumbai,…

It’s one of the most difficult languages to learn and also the most fun to play with  Years ago Bunny and I were driving with our friends Robin and Annie to their holiday cottage in the tiny seaside village of Sea Palling. Look out for the sign for Hazeboro, said Robin, who was driving. Except,…

Constant remembrance of God’s name delivers us from the stresses and strife of ordinary life. The transformation is profound. When one is anchored in God’s love, one develops a compassionate heart and views all events with equanimity. Sufi saints have taught that the most natural and easy way to be anchored in God’s love is…

Every December, we look back at what this year meant to us. And one of the quietest shifts has been in how we see “care work”… the cooking, cleaning, caregiving, the small everyday labour that keeps homes and families going. Take “Sonam” (name changed), a mother in Ghaziabad. She tells me over chai, “I stopped…

Introduction Indian Railways during the British Rule Indian Railways is the lifeline of India carrying millions of passengers daily to and transporting goods across the country. It is the backbone of India’s economy and social integration for more than 170 years. The story of Indian Railways started in the mid-19th century during British rule. The first…

The Google ecosystem’s supply-demand dynamics are shifting faster than newsrooms can adapt. What was  For a decade, Google rewarded volume. Newsrooms chased a few trends, often drifting off-brand for traffic. The strategy: publish many “good enough” stories targeting single keywords. A few hits subsidized the misses; volume signaled authority. What is Improved retrieval technology strains…

As the free trade negotiations between India and the European Union are entering into a crucial stage, both sides reaffirmed their goal to conclude negotiations by the end of this year. The present negotiation was relaunched in 2022. Earlier, the negotiations for an India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) started in 2007 but encountered delays because of…

Few months ago I found my right thumb not leading the right hand team of fingers very well. As in it would feel jammed. Even regular tasks like holding a pen or a cup gave discomfort to the thumb and to an extent to the wrist. It took me a while to figure out what…

In the rugged mountains of the Trikuta range, where faith has flowed for centuries and millions undertake an arduous pilgrimage seeking spiritual solace, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has, over the years, emerged as much more than an administrative body. It has become an emblem of how a sacred institution when guided…

…If I&B ministry lets film festival preview committees be sole arbiters of what can or cannot be screened On Oct 19, 1980, you could have walked into Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan at 3pm, and watched a screening of Sergei Eisenstein’s silent film, Battleship Potemkin, for all of ₹2, which was the price of a bread loaf…