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From jugaad to jhakaas

There Are moments in history when a nation’s progress stops being incremental and becomes directional.

Peace without peace

The announcement of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran has understandably been greeted with relief.

The Long Victory

Modern society has an unhealthy relationship with medical progress. We crave miracles, celebrate breakthroughs and search for definitive cures.

Bengal’s Lost Youth

Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.

Myth of El Dorado

Lately, I had an opportunity of viewing the latest OTT presentation on the much loved Paddington Brown Bear,“Paddington in Peru” (Paddington series 3).The bear who came from the “deep, dark jungles of Peru”, found himself, after a whirl of circumstances, at Paddington station in London.

Mandate and Mayhem

The recent events unfolding in Los Angeles reflect a deeper fracture in America’s national psyche ~ a divide between a democratically endorsed mandate for strict illegal immigration control and the lived realities of immigrant-heavy cities.

Fertility Crisis

A quiet demographic shift is reshaping societies across the globe ~ a decline in fertility rates so deep and widespread that it can no longer be dismissed as a statistical anomaly or a passing trend

Failed institution

Formed in 1945 by the victors of World War II, the main aim of the United Nations was to preserve international peace and security.