Insight - Page 18
Smelling fear
3 July 2021 9:23 PM ISTI have two dogs and two cats. And much more than discerning humans, animals can smell fear. They can sense worry. I am okay with that, for I am...
Wheat on a Cycle
26 Jun 2021 8:59 PM ISTThe authorities are now announcing that they will provide foodgrain and rations to 81 crore needy Indians for the rest of the year. That’s nice, but...
Pumping up the ante
19 Jun 2021 10:04 PM ISTTry as we might, we are struggling to find a reason for the bloat, but we are acquiescing and waiting for the next blood-stroke. The bludgeon of...
Yeh jeena bhi koi jeena hai?
12 Jun 2021 8:33 PM ISTDon’t go by the wicked headline, which asks whether the life we are living is ‘worth it’. I am good, by the grace of God, and shall hopefully remain...
A Country Belied
5 Jun 2021 9:27 PM ISTWe are living in trying times. The jobs created over the last few months are now going away, and fast. Lifelong savings have been depleted to an...
Let's end the impasse
29 May 2021 6:15 PM IST185 days back, North India’s farmers stormed the Capital’s borders, astride their tractors and trolleys, demanding the quashing of three...
Is this not a war too?
22 May 2021 10:22 PM ISTThe Second World War, into which first the Allies and later the United States were inscrutably drawn, taught us a lesson… In a faceoff with a deadly...
What are we up to now?
8 May 2021 11:08 PM ISTApparently, not up to a whole lot of good. Today, as a vast majority of Indians find themselves stuck inside their homes yet again, what with curfews...
'Chaudah Din Ka Banwaas'
1 May 2021 11:51 PM ISTThe fort has been well and truly breached. India's mainline TV media has fallen to embarrassing depths, with yesterday's award-winning anchors today...
Strictly personal
10 April 2021 10:33 PM ISTI am a columnist, as are a few of my good friends. But are we, really? I ask since the friends I grew up with in journalism are drilling and trilling...
Roof of the world
3 April 2021 11:14 PM ISTI stormed across India’s highways last month, finally breaking the shackles after being stuck in Delhi for months, heading to the pristine hills of...
That time of THE YEAR
27 March 2021 11:20 PM ISTIt is the end of March again and a new financial year (FY) is beckoning. And what comes as a package deal with each new FY is the headache of making...
India, US vow closer ties as Modi, Vance discuss trade, defence and...
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