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A lot is not well
10 July 2021 10:12 PM ISTThe last 15 months have been tough as nails, with the Coronavirus pandemic nipping away at our health (both mental and physical), finances and society...
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...
Alms, not arms
15 May 2021 11:30 PM ISTIndia has been thrust so asunder and disordered in the new Corona-times that we have hit rock-bottom. Things are bad. The last phase of the...
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...
People power wins
2 May 2021 8:57 PM ISTThe verdict in West Bengal and other Indian states reveals that mere sloganeering and tall claims will not work anymore. Our people have learnt a...
'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...