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Talking Shop: Love’s Labour’s Lost
15 Sept 2024 11:13 PM ISTI am not plagiarizing Shakespeare with the header. Much as his title above had little to do with the actual play, our economic policies seem steeped...
Talking Shop: Naukri. Mockery. Etc.
9 Sept 2024 1:36 AM ISTIt is sad that I am writing this column. But I simply have to. We earlier spoke of crores of jobless Indians. We now speak of even IIT graduates...
Talking Shop: Where is this J&K?
1 Sept 2024 6:54 PM ISTDon’t rush to give me a condescending call; I am not geographically challenged. My question is: “When will we accept J&K as part of India, not a...
Talking Shop: A Dying Man Will
25 Aug 2024 6:22 PM ISTGasping for breath or clutching at straws, he will do anything to survive. Similar to him are India’s billion-plus souls, stretching their rupee to...
Talking Shop: Shameless. Callous. Impotent.
18 Aug 2024 9:36 PM ISTA year after the slaughter, ruckus rules the hillsides again, as if man has taken a vow to decimate all that is beauteous. It may be apt to call it...
Talking Shop: Mom’s the word
11 Aug 2024 6:44 PM ISTWe might and perhaps should forget the Paris Olympics from the standpoint of Indian medal wins, but it will reverberate for long for the guts and...
Talking Shop: Enough to cry over
4 Aug 2024 7:35 PM ISTWhen octogenarians weep in Parliament, when mothers in our villages cry and fathers break down, you know things are bad. Deep inside, you know you are...
Talking Shop: Things going mental
29 July 2024 1:16 AM ISTIt is distressing that 7.3 per cent of Indians in the 13-17 years age bracket have mental disorders. It’s even more startling that this malaise is...
Talking Shop: Mission Derailed
21 July 2024 6:54 PM ISTThe Gonda train mishap is but the tip of an iceberg, taking a toll on commuters’ patience and trust. How often will we go off-track before finding...
Talking Shop: Like a stuck record
15 July 2024 11:02 AM ISTI find myself strapped in the wretched pilot’s seat, shouting ‘Mayday, Mayday’ as my flying behemoth plummets nose-first towards the Earth to certain...
Talking Shop: When Cuddles Be Dearer
7 July 2024 7:12 PM ISTFive years back, I hung up my boots with an intent to watch from the shores as life sailed on for others. The view is alarming, and the water is...
Talking Shop: India for the world
30 Jun 2024 6:44 PM ISTFor an overseas firm, setting up a successful chapter in India is easier said than done. This is a story of the travails and hardships that have to be...