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If only prescriptions could fix the contaminated medicines problem Eight months after children died from consuming toxic cough syrups, GOI appears to believe that the recurring problem of contaminated syrups is a matter of classification. It has removed cough syrups from Schedule K, which allowed them to be sold in certain general stores in smaller…

If only prescriptions could fix the contaminated medicines problem Eight months after children died from drinking poisonous cough syrups, the government seems to think the problem can be fixed by changing how these medicines are sold. It has removed cough syrups from a category called Schedule K, which allowed some village stores to sell them….

The 2026 World Cup is exposing the contradictions of borders, capitalism and liberal democracy The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being marketed as a celebration of diversity, inclusion, and global unity. Yet visa denials, border restrictions, and corporate profiteering have revealed a different reality. As the United States, Canada, and Mexico host football’s biggest tournament,…

Imagine a silent abstractionist from the state of Madhya Pradesh, shaped in the shadows of Jagdish Swaminathan and SH Raza, living in Bhopal and waiting in the wings for someone to understand his brilliance and put him on the global map of contemporary practices. This is former Director, Bihar Museum, Patna Yusuf, who has for…

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. This week we look at the Telegram ban, explain why Elon becoming a trillionaire isn’t the real headline, ponder the Mamdani Effect and why the US treated an AI model like a missile. The Telegram Ban Brevity, they say, is the soul of wit. Thankfully,…

There was a time when childhood was associated with scraped knees, schoolyard fights, stolen mangoes and harmless rebellion. Much has changed today, including childhoods. Today, the number of children getting embroiled in crimes associated with knives, brutality, gang culture, sexual violence, impulsive murders and chilling videos recorded for social media validation has increased multi-fold. The…

A few weeks ago, over dinner, a friend tried to convince the table that someone should build a mental gym. His logic was clean. Physical gyms only became a thing once life turned sedentary. Our great-grandparents didn’t need treadmills, because their days were already hard on the body. Now that nothing makes us move, we…

In the first half of June 2026, a “Team Europe” delegation led by the European Union’s Ambassador to India, Hervé Delphin, travelled to Guwahati to launch the Blue Valley Cluster, a joint Assam-EU initiative on flavours, fragrances, and AYUSH (traditional and alternative healthcare systems in India), with a stop at Tata’s new semiconductor facility at…

Making of an eight-ISH-year-old’s birthday bash Declassified minutes of final meeting for Donald Trump’s 80th birthday arrangements. Some names have been redacted. “Mr President, some bad news. A new poll shows voters don’t want a UFC fight on White House lawns. Only 16% approve…” Am I up for a third term? “No, sir.” Then get…

Used smartly, credit cards aren’t debt traps. You can save, and even earn, from them  Last year, Pranav Sakhadeo, a 39-year-old freelance writer, editor and translator, saved ₹55,000, on a total spend of ₹5L, by wisely deploying his 21 credit cards. That’s not a plug for credit cards, but a hat tip to Pranav’s financial…