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A flight risk of taste

Make ‘carry your own food’ your airline mantra There’s something about airline food that feels p…

Courts vs govts

Whether in US or India, judicial intervention in policy is best restricted to constitutional que…

Courts vs governments

Who gets to decide what in a democracy? In both the United States and India, there’s often a fig…

Playing smart with the dragon

Why India needs to be careful with China Imagine playing a video game where one of the players k…

Right angled wrong

Bhopal sets a new standard for weird bridges Make sure it’s at the right angle, architects to ci…

Sound effect 

Thanks to a scientific phenomenon, distance reduces the noise of the news  Distance is said to l…

Why are houses so expensive?

Imagine saving all your pocket money every day – for your whole life – and still not having enou…

Optically brightening ourselves

A recent advertisement of a toothpaste reminded me of adage `the more things change, the more th…

We are the world

And like that only everywhere If you want to feel homesick, don’t travel. Means, I’m not saying,…

Atom Of Truth

Experience shows economic strength and conventional military superiority matter more than nukes …

No more hot air

DGCA waking up to aviation safety won’t change much unless audit is unsparing & findings are…

Captain America’s new coach 

Bibi’s an edgy chap who’s rewriting the playbook: Now every duck by a player is a coded attack s…

Speak freely

Why all courts must protect your right to speak your mind In India, the Constitution says you ha…

President strangelove

Even by realpolitik standards, US loving terror sponsor Pak is a new low. India should assume wo…

Kyiv to Tehran

Why can’t India fix its medical education so that youngsters aren’t forced to go overseas It’s a…

Is Manusmriti that bad?

That the Indian politics is caste-based goes without saying. The projected caste census is the c…

The I in census

Self-enumeration may be among the toughest challenges in this huge exercise Finally, seven years…

Friends with benefits

Most countries today prefer keeping options open rather than locking in ties. That may help stav…

Bravo, Bavuma’s boys

In sports, being called a choker is like being told you’re good, but you panic when it really co…

Tel Aviv Thumps Tehran

Iran is weak. Even then, oil price, trade routes are at risk Israel’s stunning strikes on Iran p…

Fight & Flight

Some nations fly off the handle, others get grounded There are no local conflicts in a globalise…

Fight & Flight

When countries fight, planes can’t fly as freely. That’s what happened recently when Israel atta…

Clear the air

What caused the crash? A thorough probe and corrective action are necessary to reassure fliers Y…

Baby, Baby

A big part of fertility decline is rising cost of raising a child. Govts’ baby bonuses hardly su…

The power of smidgen Sindoor

Sindoor is amorphous! When a married woman scales it from the top of the forehead to the middle …

Of doors & deaths

Mumbai train network won’t improve with patchwork solutions. Commuters need more trains June 26,…

Return of Saudagar

Megalomaniacs turn up the heat, we grab the popcorn We always knew this day would come – the epi…

Frauds & Fearful Citizens

Try calling anyone in India these days – your chartered accountant, your daughter, your dentist …

Not My Cup of (Matcha) Tea

When a long California queue flatters to deceive There are few things in life more suspect than …

Canada calling

Ottawa must take action against Khalistani groups to bring ties with New Delhi fully back on tra…

La Dolce Vita 

Among the many things Indians and Italians have in common is a taste for the sweet life In Torin…

Taco Bhel

Street food always comes up Trumps It also gets tarreefs. Wall Street has been unkind to versati…

Best of enemies 

It’s only within the confines of the subcontinent that Pakistan and India engage in conflict  No…

Viral truths 

Covid is back in some places, but don’t worry—it’s not as scary as before. Doctors, scientists, …

Bihar’s big hospital problem

Something really sad happened in Patna, the capital of Bihar. A 10-year-old girl who was very si…

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