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GDP growth data hides deep potholes on road to recovery
December 1, 2021
The growth in Indian economy in the second quarter of the current year was more or less as per expectation of analysts. With 8.4 pc growth in the quarter ending September 30, added to the 20.1 pc growth registered in first quarter of the fiscal year, Indian Gross Domestic Product...
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Lessons from flare up of Covid-19 across Europe
November 29, 2021
Recently, in its most alarming statement in months, the World Health Organisation warned that Europe was once again the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic and that it was the only region in the world where the number of cases was rising still. The warning came as a range of natio...
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Housing crisis targets Gen Z & single mothers
November 28, 2021
In Sweden, the government fell in June earlier this year when it tried to change the rules that would have led to rise of house rents. In the recent elections in Germany and also in Canada political parties promised new policies to keep house prices as well as rents under check a...
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Farmers protest: The year gone by
November 26, 2021
Over the past year, the farmers have made their homes at several border points of the national capital, notably Singhu and Tikri in north-west Delhi and Ghazipur in the east where they have been in a face off with the police and the government for an entire year. The uniqu...
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Is a GMO revolution arriving in India?
November 25, 2021
In August, for the first time ever, it was announced that India will import 1.5 million tonnes of genetically modified (GM) soymeal to help the poultry industry tide over the crisis of high feed prices. This decision has been opposed by several anti-GMO activists as well as envir...
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Discriminations dog diaspora Dalits
November 24, 2021
India’s abhorrent caste system, which began more than 2,000 years ago, has historically led to oppression, violence and disenfranchisement against those belonging to lower castes, especially Dalits or those from Scheduled Castes (SC), earlier known as the “Untouchables.” Al...
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Paytm collapse may cool IPO fever in India
November 23, 2021
Paytm’s founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma does not believe in doing things small or moderate. Though he had founded the firm in 2010 for mobile recharges, Sharma and Paytm hit pay dirt only in 2016 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi abolished high value currency notes in a di...
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Pushkar Fair 2021: A carnival of cattle
November 22, 2021
India’s biggest fair for trading camels and other animals finally took place at Pushkar, about 300 km southwest of Jaipur, after a halt of two years. Though traditionally, Pushkar has more foreign tourists than animals and Indian tourists combined, however, this year the Pushka...
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Suffering in silence: Eating disorders go unnoticed in India
November 21, 2021
In the 2015 film Dil Dhadakne Do, Shefali Shah, who played Neelam, shocked audiences with her heart-breaking scene where, overwhelmed by her husband’s disrespect and the loneliness in her life, she stuffs a chocolate cake into her mouth. Neelam, like many who have suffered from...
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Poor poll prospects push Modi to repeal farm laws
November 20, 2021
The repeal of the extremely contentious farm laws is one of the biggest political and ideological defeats for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which had over the past 18 months invested a lot of air time as well political capital and its entire weight behind the fa...
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Karthigai Deepam: The fire on the mountain
November 19, 2021
Karthigai Deepam is annually celebrated on the day of full moon in the Tamil month of Karthigai according to the Indian calendar that generally falls in November or December each year. Though it is celebrated across the vast swathes of southern India, but one of the best places t...
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Tamil Nadu farmers face uncertain future after rains destroy crops
November 17, 2021
After the problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which disrupted farming extensively, farmers of Tamil Nadu were looking to recover from their losses but now the heavy rain have thrashed all their expectations. “Crops on over 145,000 acres cultivated during the samba season ...
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