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Love teetering apart
25 July 2020 10:34 PM ISTIf we go by the classification of districts in these days of the novel Coronavirus, ‘Red’ is red indeed. Red zones today lead in cases of domestic...
COVID-19 and beyond
18 July 2020 11:22 PM ISTWhat has happened to Indian healthcare? Why is it so heartless, even mercenary, in this pandemic? Why is the crisis being seen only as a means to make...
Cast aside in the best years
23 Jun 2020 11:59 PM ISTAt a time when India’s educated and accomplished near the zenith of their careers, many have been thrust into the twilight zone. They have lost their...
A year best forgotten
14 Jun 2020 11:09 PM ISTA year back, I quit my job — to live a life less stressful. The year has been anything but. A few months of leisure have been followed by endless...
Not a single bullet
8 Jun 2020 10:57 PM ISTIndia’s private sector defence manufacturing will need to answer to history. Years after being mollycoddled as the country’s response to expensive...
Tackling unemployment
1 Jun 2020 10:59 PM ISTAndhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and West Bengal show that effective implementation of rural employment schemes can build a firewall against...
Start-up shut-down?
24 May 2020 11:08 PM ISTTwo months back, India’s start-ups were creaming up investments. The money kept pouring in, and then came in COVID-19. Can those billions of dollars...
Lost labour of love
17 May 2020 9:17 PM ISTMillions walking back to their homes today have one thing in common—they are nameless, faceless, unsung… No one knows who they are, where they belong...
Can the economic engine restart?
10 May 2020 11:15 PM ISTOnly a carefully-calibrated approach can put lives and the economy back on track. What’s worrisome is that we seem oblivious to the problems that lurk...
The new India: Have Bottle, Will Drink
9 May 2020 11:40 PM ISTQueues outside liquor shops stretch as far as the eye can see, with hundreds lined up exhibiting a shameless disregard for physical distancing....
A new 'working' model
3 May 2020 8:32 PM IST‘Work from Home’ is becoming common, with companies and employees moving beyond IT solutions & behavioural resolutions — it’s a long walk ahead but a...
Why didn't we see this coming?
26 April 2020 8:14 PM ISTThe devastating impact of this pandemic in our technologically advanced and interconnected times points to several levels of institutional failures in...