Many global reports (UNEP, IPCC, and WMO) indicate that the world is moving towards a 3 degree temperature rise, which will lead to the extinction of many living species, sea level rise, and frequent climatic disasters. On an average, 3700 deaths occur in India every year for climate reasons, which ...
Words. Words. Words. Do they really mean anything? Or are they just promises without action. The Congress spells out a ‘detailed plan of action’. The BJP takes a “sankalp”. If they were really serious, then why the “five decades of dynastic rule” (as Narendra Modi describes Congress rule...
On May 23, we will know who will form the next government and probably, who will be India’s next prime minister. But this does not stop us from entering into intense speculation, especially through the media, about the outcome in the coming weeks. There will be about 100 different types of polls ...
Now that the election dates have been announced (April 11-May 23, 2019), the government, the political parties, and the media will have to follow the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) laid down by the Election Commission immediately. The present government, constitutionally, will act as a caretaker till t...
Indian statistics, whether it is regarding GDP growth or unemployment or poverty levels, are now in question worldwide. The ‘base years’ for calculations have changed too frequently in recent times. The ministry and the independent commissions (like the National Statistical Commission, NSC or th...
At a time when the mainstream media have been accused of taking one political side or the other, the social media comes as a gift to the common man to express themselves freely and without the fear of being forced to take sides. But unfortunately, after episodes like Cambridge Analytica, the role of...
Critics have found fault with the three films released this week, which are overtly political. One is on the former prime minister who is depicted as a ‘paper tiger’ or a puppet of a ruling family. The second is on the strategic strikes on the Uri border which is propagated by the present govern...
Indians have gone global in corruption. The Transparency International has already revealed that India has slid from the 79 to the 81st position in the 180-country corruption index this year. But the recent New York Times story detailing the meteoric rise of the Gupta brothers in South A...
Upsetting all opinion polls of media houses, the people have voted to power the party they wanted in the five states that went to the polls. It’s a success of the Indian democracy and also a sign of growing maturity of the voters. In a way, the people have defied – to put it bluntly – the medi...
Today we are living in a topsy-turvy world. We are not sure what role one is supposed to play. We see the French President awarding citizenship to a refugee youth who dares to save a child who slips and hangs precariously from a four storeyed building. On the other hand, we see the US President orde...
