We Indians usually love to follow models, and there is nothing wrong about it. Oxbridge or the Ivy League? We have done it before and we do it even now. The new National Education Policy has just put an official stamp on it and let us accept it gracefully, if not uncritically. That’s how the world...
National Education Policy, 2020, is set to change the country’s education radically. At least that’s the vision. After prolonged discussions through different segments of the society for three to four years, the committee, led by the eminent scientist Kasturirangan, finalised the policy and got ...
Researchers say that the more we destroy animal habitat the more we become vulnerable to viruses. Viruses and bacteria usually come from animals, as is the case with Covid-19, which originated in the ‘wet markets’ of Wuhan in China in late 2019. From a ‘zoonotic’ origin, the virus has spread...
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...
