India’s pushback at China’s growing regional ambitions draws their disputed border into an emerging Great-Power conflict, writes Nishant Kumar India and China marked 2020 as the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. They are the two major regional powers in Asia and in 2008, China became India’s largest trading partner. But their poorly defined and disputed border […]
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Voting machines are tamper-proof and perfect for Indian elections India is the world’s largest democracy. With an electorate of more than 817 million, it would be foolish to go back to paper ballots. It is like going back to bullock carts because cars and planes are hijacked once in a while. Electronic voting machines (EVMs) […]
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Image Courtesy: The Print It’s possible to physically hack EVMs; Govt. must make way for paper ballots India should go back to using paper ballots in elections. Or, at least, voters should be given an option. India is the world’s largest democracy. Every time there is an election, the credibility of electronic voting machines (EVMs) […]
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Do we really need a Sherlock Holmes cinematic universe? The new wave of cinematic adaptations is also taking new liberties, it would seem. Sherlock Holmes detective stories get adapted with depressing regularity but the extended sub-genre of the crime mystery created in his name is cause for concern. The consulting detective, created by Sir Arthur […]
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Hardcore nationalism won’t let the saffron party come to power in the southern states, writes Mahitha Owk The BJP, which power at the Centre, has a motto of one nation, one rule. But it is still far from ruling the whole nation. It is in power in only seven states on its own, and in […]
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Our reckless destruction of the marine ecosystem will cost humanity a major food source, writes Mahitha Owk If overfishing weren’t problem enough for the health of the Earth’s marine life, human thoughtlessness has created another, potentially more lethal one: ‘ghost fishing’. Discarded fishing nets and tackle, which take decades to degrade, continue to trap and […]
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Urdu has seen a welcome though unexpected revival following the anti-CAA protests. Last December at the Shaheen Bagh protests, Urdu poetry seemed to gain a new lease of life. Revolutionary rhymes in Urdu conveyed the hope, resentment and anger of a people aroused. Some wrote couplets on posters and banners while others sang verses as […]
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The Indian monsoon has become synonymous with flooding and disaster. Nature’s unpredictability and uncontrolled urbanization have combined to place around 2.6 million lives at risk and potentially cause hundreds of crores worth of property every year. Various parts of Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mumbai, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Telangana experienced severe flooding due to the […]
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Sexual violence against women in film is a reflection of reality but is increasingly becoming a cause for concern. The finale episode of the much-awaited Amazon Prime series Mirzapur scheduled for release this month shows a wheelchair-bound man forcing his daughter-in-law at gunpoint to sexually gratify another man. Outside the constraints of box-office collections and […]
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The Covid-19 pandemic is not only taking lives but jobs too. The travel and hospitality industries have borne most of the brunt and seem the hardest hit. With most of the world’s fleet of airliners parked and mothballed, airlines both national and international are struggling to sustain themselves. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) claims this has been the worst year for the airline industry ever. Crisil, a rating agency, predicts an annual loss of Rs. 1.1-1.3 lakh crores (trillion) for India’s domestic airline Industry. […]
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