Donald Trump’s Brusque Diplomacy
by‘There are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies; only permanent interests.”
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The Never Ending War Between Japanese Giant Hornets & Japanese Honey Bees
byThe Japanese Hornets & the Japanese Bees have been locked in a deadly war for millions of years. It’s a game of survival.
How India’s Garment Factories Supply Illegal Pills & Endanger Women’s Lives
byMany of India’s garment factories are examples of modern slavery–workers rights are denied & their lives are at risk.
Life
byWhat does life mean to you? Is it the friends you keep & the lipstick you wear–or, does it have a deeper meaning?
Osaka Summit: An Opportunity To Restore A Rule-Based World Order
byThe Osaka Summit is an opportunity to restore trust & predictability by heralding a transparent, rule-based world order.
India’s Greatest Spy Who Wasn’t
byDuring World War II, a Chennai journalist seized the chance to spin the story of a lifetime–the story of KS Narasimhan.
How We Can Confront The Scourge Of Rising Displacement
byIn 2018, 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced, 2.3 million more than a year ago and double that of 20 years ago.
The Ugly Avatar Of ‘New India’
byThe ‘new’ India under the BJP is nothing more than a symbol of cowardly dissonance and regressive Hindu nationalism.
Who’s Killing India’s Nuclear Scientists?
byMany scientists who worked on India’s nuclear programmes have died under suspicious circumstances. Who’s killing them?
A Ballad For My School Friends
bySchool friends, once our partners in merry-making & jollity, may be far from us. But they stay in our hearts–forever.
The Martyrdom of Guru Arjan
byThe spirit of self-sacrifice that Gur Arjan’s martyrdom embodied became an essential part of the Sikh character.
How Ants Grow Food, Domesticate Insects & Create Their ‘Castes’
byAnts have been growing their own food, making their own fertiliser and pesticides for over fifty million years.
To Keats With Love
byJohn Keats’s legacy will live on — so long as poetry exists.
Manual Scavenging: India’s National Shame
byIt’s a shame that the world’s largest democracy is struggling to curb the dehumanising practice of manual scavenging.
‘Bobby’ Talyarkhan: The Pioneer Of Indian Cricket Commentary
byTalyarkhan, Indian cricket’s first commentator, began speaking from a little corner of a Bombay maidan.