The serpentine queues at banks and ATMs, post demonetisation, have ended by now. And no one is posting pictures of the new 500 rupee note as if it’s a trophy straight out of the ATM or what makes the pink of Rs 2,000 bleed. Like most news, this one has died down as well. What remains however is...
REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS DISPLAY INDIA’S MILITARY MIGHT CELEBRATIONS//The majestic Rajpath saw a fascinating display of India’s military might and resplendent cultural diversity as the country celebrated its 68th Republic Day on January 26, 2017, with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Moh...
Arun Jaitley loves cricket. If he were to play cricket he would surely be an all-rounder; good with the bat at any position, safe pair of hands, and a master spinner. In politics and governance, Jaitley balances the pragmatic with the political. He has emerged as the go-to man for the government t...
POLITICS OF DEMON: ECONOMIC SENSE OR POLITICAL PRUDENCE
NOVEMBER 8, 2016, will be a night few Indian will forget in a hurry. In a late evening broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi startled the nation by announcing that the two big currency notes – Rs 500 and Rs 1000 – were going to be pulled out of circulation from that midnight. That night the ...
The fitness apps are the answer to conquering your fitness goals Wanting a fitness regime but not getting the time or place to work out at a gym? Uncomfortable to be initiate fitness in a room full of flexing jocks and janes? Wanting some personal attention to make that start you have been delayi...
The budgets needs to go beyond the taxation mindset and focus on larger issues through policies, incentives and the dismantling of bureaucratic roadblocks. If this happens the Indian budget would finally have bid adieu to its colonial past. LIKE MANY INDIAN, official traditions, the Union Budget ...
Facts are passe. Oxford Dictionaries has selected “post-truth” as 2016's international word of the year. The dictionary defines “post-truth” as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and perso...
TOUCH AND FEEL: THE EYES WITHIN
Sipra Das’ book The Light Within : A Different Vision of Life opens up the world we rarely get a peek into. Sipra Das was one of the first women news photographers to break into what was largely a men’s club in the eighties. I clearly remember Sipra in a sari and hair tied in a plaid rushing ...
OM PURI’S REEL TRUTH: THE REAL HERO
The Ardh Satya of a great actor At the Press Club of India in Delhi, not long before he died, amiable actor Farooq Sheikh dropped by one night to promote one of his offbeat films made on a low budget with a young and unknown team. As we stood in the corridor, he crossed us, wearing a kurta, and w...
THE OPEC DEAL: Back to Peak Pricing?
The larger geo-economic question is whether OPEC and Saudi Arabia in particular, will continue to hold the key to set global oil prices? The year 2016 for the Saudis will be memorable for all the wrong reasons: war, regional insecurity and a fiscal crisis. Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud...
AAMIR KHAN’S DANGAL: WINNER TAKES ALL
Aamir Khan has changed the equation when it comes to box office numbers. The 51-year-old actor has proved, time and again, he’s a bigger star than Shah Rukh, and the most bankable. During the physically gruelling Dangal shoot, Aamir Khan was, well, Aamir Khan. As fastidious as ever. For him, th...
Master of my fate; captain of my soul! Was that the dictum that edged the great MSD toward giving up the cap in the short formats? It was a crisp and clear afternoon at Rose Hill in paradise island Mauritius. The air was charged as a motley group of Indian expats gathered at the company guest hou...
MBD’S Third Dimension : Virtual Education
The Delhi World Book Fair saw some new innovative inventions in education on offer from the MBD Group. The sudden change in weather may have been a setback for those with elaborate plans over the weekend but it did not deter visitors from thronging in large numbers to the World Book Fair that was...