Given its sheer spite and Machiavellian permutations, 2020 fell woefully short of leaving us with any good memories. But in the midst of illness,...

For the uninitiated, here’s a wake-up call, while we still breathe easy and free. We are headed for a calamity of our own doing, but we shamelessly...

I am turning old and had concluded that life’s ups and downs have hardened my countenance and shell. Not totally, it seems… For yesterday, some simple...

It is heart-breaking that we find ourselves in such a state of affairs in India today, economically and otherwise. Why should I talk evasively? Let me...

Quietly and largely unnoticed, a giant has flown into the dusk and disappeared — for good, never to return, thanks to COVID-19 and the changing world...

RBI’s recommendation to allow industrial houses to launch and operate banks is akin to pulling the pin out of a grenade and then waiting for it to go...

Just when we had begun to relax our heart and gut muscles after months of fear and worry, there’s more terrible news. COVID-19 has entered its third...

I first noticed the trend six months back, as repeated classified ads in newspapers shook me up, and the innocence in the pictures let out in me a...

It has taken not even a month for the brutal impact of humankind to make itself felt again in the lap of nature. In the higher Himalayas, the Lahaul...

I met a beautiful and rather impetuous girl two decades back. Arrogant and shameless she was. Unfortunately, she still is. But somehow, she has...

As the world increasingly takes to online transactions and electronic systems controls, our corporate and critical national infrastructure may now be...

I asked a friend to accompany me and Anjali to our home in Manali in a few days. He was keen, but festered long and hard about the longevity of his...