A lot of patriotism is generated in banning the Chinese apps in India. The provocation will naturally lead to loss of trade with China; one of India’s largest trading partners. When the Prime Minister at the India Global Week announces that India is rolling out ‘the red carpet’ for all g...
Blocking China economically, some say, could be India’s ‘Kalidasa moment’. China has entered too deep into India’s business and life. Even cricket, which we, as a country, are so proud of, is primarily sponsored by China- and its products - today.Let us admit that China is cleverer tha...
Within days of imposing the lockdown, we saw very strange things happening in nature. Delhiites saw clear water flowing in Yamuna, something they could not recall seeing before. People in Jalandhar, woke up one morning to behold a clear view of the Dhauladhar range after years. Air and water polluti...
There has been lots of criticism of the `20 lakh crore ‘stimulus’ since its announcement by the prime minister. Some say, people wanted outright cash grants in the context of the Covid-19 crisis; but were given loans. Others call it a hoax since the direct financial commitment of the government ...
We are now in the third stage of the lockdown. Yet the curve of virus attack has not flattened. People locked at home are getting restless. Even entertainment cannot keep them engaged any longer. India’s television viewing, which had jumped 40% in the 5th week of lockdown, has dropped to 31% in th...
We are now in unprecedented times. The World Wars, the famines of history may have led to huge destructionand deaths; but in no time has such an event like Covid-19 threatened humanity so comprehensively – its life, livelihood, work, and its business and economy. Let us summarise the pa...
With increasing waves of nationalism throughout the world, we had thought that globalisation was in retreat. But the Corona virus threat has proved us wrong. In the new networked world of the social media, a virus, like all other intangibles, can sail past all physical walls. Apart from an epi...
America loves India, America respects India and America will be forever a faithful and loyal friend to the Indian people,” said the US President Donald Trump. The First Lady and the President travelled 8000 miles to convey this message to over one lakh Indians who assembled to greet him at the new...
Even the critics who were unhappy with the Union Budget had to grudgingly admit that, after the placing of budget in the parliament, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman’s move to meet businessmen and members of different chambers of commerce, along with all her cabinet secretaries was a wise mo...
Today we live in hard times. The society is apparently divided between two extremes – the bhakts and the critics. So is the media. Earlier it was said about the media that when it was asked to bend, it crawled. Today, it moves further and follows the traditional ‘shastanga pranam’ or falls fla...