India

Congress Conundrum: can Rahul Gandhi lead party, avoid a split and democratize?

If Rahul Gandhi can’t fight the enemy within, how can he fight the enemy outside who is out to destroy the values and ethos of the freedom movement, the Indian economy, its constitutional safeguards, and all its pillars of secular democracy?
Sep 04

Vikas Dubey: Somebody wanted him killed. Somebody with enough power

Beatrice Jauregui views on the recent ‘encounter’ with UP goon, Vikas Dubey, are very interesting, as she believes that the decision to kill him must have been taken at the very top — not by those who killed him.
Aug 01

Food During COVID: Less is More

Dr Rakhshanda Jalil is a translator, writer and literary historian. She has published over 25 books and written over 50 academic papers and essays
Jul 28

Why Pharma lobbies are against HCQ?

The success stories from India and elsewhere where an inexpensive HCQ was used to fight the virus were ignored and studies were faked to show how it killed people. Why?
Jul 19

Climbing the Covid peak: When governments have turned confidence tricksters

If renewed consumption is what the powers-that-be intend to achieve, they should know that dead humans can’t be consumers. Tricking people into believing that all is well will spell doom.
Jun 19

Faith and Disease: Understanding Behaviour During Lockdown

Can faith-based communities find a synthesis with modern science in the times of a pandemic?
Jun 01

City of Spectres

RV Smith, who died recently, spent a lifetime getting to know the many spirits who inhabit Delhi
May 02
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