The national capital is imploding and the public medical infrastructure is in a state of intentional ruin. Central hospitals don't even have functional bathrooms, forget oxygen or higher-level care. My cellphone rings at 3:30 am. “Can you come now, my father is in the hospital,” said...
The artificial scarcity of oxygen and this oxygen famine is a result of bad policies and malicious political designs. I had never seen a man die gasping for breath until I met Chander Prakash. He was 43 years old, about 5'6'’ and with O2 saturation of...
Private industry, from India and SAARC nations, and farmers should be incentivised with tax breaks, export subsidies and capital subsidies to promote trade in the region Markets and prices are the bloodlines of the agriculture sector. As the government lays stress on Atmanirbhar Bharat and agriculture,...
The Government using the lockdowns, curfews and sundry other curbs in the name of public health concerns is just a façade One swallow doesn’t make a summer but one Ambani, Anmol, speaking out against the lockdown makes for an interesting situation. Recently, the son of Anil...
South Delhi has become a pilgrim spot of the skateboarders of South East Asia. For, this concrete urbane jungle is the birthplace for the skateboarding revolution in India. Even professional skaterboarders drop in to the area to pay homage to streets and taste the wild...
NEW DELHI:In the heart of once mighty Lal Kot of Anangpal Tomar, two lovers sleep an arm away unfettered by the gaze of men. Guards choose not to disturb them in their earthy beds and bards have been singing of them in tales of love. The...
Dear Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Are your lungs a ‘tendency’? Your liver, your consciousness, your perspective – all are perhaps just another one of those ‘tendencies’ you speak of. The same kind of ‘tendency’ that homosexuality is. And to my surprise it was not just...
GM mustard gets go-ahead: Scientist Vandana Shiva calls move 'fraud perpetrated on nation' Condemning the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee's (GEAC) decision to allow herbicide tolerant Bayer’s GM mustard, scientist and environmentalist Dr Vandana Shiva sent out the call across India to intensify resistance to genetically modified...
BHOPAL: 32 years on, as one walks past the peripheral wall of the Union Carbide Company (UCC) factory in Bhopal, all seems quiet. The feeling you get is similar to walking past any abandoned factory in small town India. Overgrown trees, uncut shrubs, grass and...
Dear Modi ji, As a working professional, I want to ask you – who exchanged your notes? Did you get it done right before the portentous November 8 announcement? Why don’t we see a Twitter post/picture of you waiting for hours in an unnecessary bank queue? Maybe...