Protests Against Strict COVID-Zero Policy Are Sweeping China
byWhile the protests in China are certainly serious challenges to authority, there is no evidence that it is an organised national movement.
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The Casteism Embedded In Kautilya’s Arthashastra
byArthashastra is known to focus on pragmatism in statecraft. But in reality, it used religion to create a pseudo-social hierarchy.
Why Do People Kill In The Name Of God?
byReligion has retrogressed into a divisive machinery, sowing the seeds of hatred in the minds of the masses.
The Evening Sonata
byA poet reimagines her secret rendezvous with her lover through verse.
Agamid Lizards Of India
byAgamid Lizards, morphologically and ecologically diverse, inhabit varied range of altitudes and habitats’ in India.
Dreams Of The Tiger
byWhat does a leather-bound book, of hundred and three pages, tell us about Tipu Sultan’s dreams?
Kesarbai Kerkar: The Indian Connection To Interstellar Melody
byWhat’s the connection between Kesarbai Kerkar and Voyager 1, the spacecraft that floats in space?
How The News Media Can Cover Trump’s New Run For President
byDonald Trump, the media circus, is returning for a new season. Can the media cover his antics & falsehoods responsibly? If so, how?
Maple Dreams
byAre dreams safer than reality?
Are We On The ‘Highway To Climate Hell’?
byTo avoid getting on the highway to climate hell, the world should have stopped burning fossil fuels decades ago.
I Visited Nuclear Shelters To See How We Could Prepare For Nuclear War
byI investigated the availability of nuclear fallout shelters in Prague. Here’s what I found.
The Biden-Xi Jinping Summit In Bali
byThe most important gain of the Biden-Xi meeting is the joint decision to resume diplomacy.
Demonetisation: A Blunder Of Epic Proportions?
byDespite the glaring economic failures, the gamble of demonetisation & the botched implementation of GST, Prime Minister Modi is able to preserve his political capital.
Dismantling Reservations & Establishing Communal Quotas
by“This court has for the first time, in the seven decades of the republic, sanctioned an avowedly exclusionary and discriminatory principle.”
That Blue Sky
byA clear blue sky brings us joy. Here’s a poem about how we seek solace & joy from the blue sky.