Opposition has become an ‘opportunistic’ position

August 5, 2021

Opposition, after all, is a position. More aptly, it is an ‘opportunistic’ position. Those who take that position for the want of power or to desperately stay in the currency of democracy, lower that position to an abysmal level of indignity. And they use that position on the most frivolous of causes as...

CORRUPTION CORONATED

June 15, 2021

Kautilya sat down to write ‘Arthashastra’, one of the first books of economics in human history, some 2,300 years ago. And he ended up writing a whole chapter on ‘corruption’. He famously said, “Just like it is impossible not to taste a drop of honey that you find at the...

HOW PANDEMIC POLITICS IS A BIG DISSERVICE TO THE NATION

May 10, 2021

India is reeling under the disastrous influence of Covid-19. This is a viral disease that caught the world by shock and surprise during 2020 and the virus mutated time and again to enlarge its catchment, even as we thought that the impact is reducing. A recent variant has taken India,...

Why is there such inexhaustible hatred for Prime Minister Modi?

February 9, 2021

If you look at India from a historical perspective today, we seem to be in the middle of a storm that needs to be crossed if we are to sail into smoother waters. And this storm is nothing but a whirlpool of personal hate, determined efforts to break the nation,...

The importance of Agarbatti and Dragon’s nefarious designs

September 21, 2020

The universe, according to Indian mythology, has originated from “panch tatva” (five elements), i.e. Akash, Agni, Vayu, Jal and Prithvi. Agni (fire), the perennial source of energy, is considered the most crucial element. Since time immemorial, our traditions, rituals and cultural beliefs have identified agarbatti (incense sticks), a universally accepted...

Time to make nature a partner in economic growth

May 29, 2020

Surfing the Internet on a relaxed morning this Sunday, a news article from Albania suddenly caught my eyes. Standing out from the routine death toll and the brouhaha surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the article enlightened how complete shutdown had led to “rebirth of nature and honeybees” in the Balkan state,...