Treat Kerala as a national emergency: Neighbouring states now have rising cases

Kerala has shown a 26.5 percent jump this week from the previous one; it’s reporting 100 deaths per day for last 10 days; and it’s causing a spike in...

What’s wrong if Vijayan is now stern on Onam like he wasn’t on Bakra-Eid?

It’s an appeal to Hindus of this country not to cast truckloads of abuses on Pinarayi Vijayan’s Kerala government only because it has now asked Hindus to...

Swaraj Kaushal or True Indology—who do you think is right in this standoff on Mizoram?

True Indology (now @BharadwajSpeaks) was threatened with “many years in jail” by the Mizoram governor Swaraj Kaushal for running a thread on twitter which...

Military talks are after 100 days: Why China’s “salami slicing” is not working

The Chinese had proposed July 26 as date for the 12th round of top level talks between military officials from the two sides. This proposal was turned down by the Indian...

Only if Brahmins remember a Bikru and Unchahar when Akhilesh, Mayawati come calling!

Most of you would remember the Bikru Massacre. Oh, you don’t? Then you would surely the dreaded criminal Vikas Dubey who was killed in an encounter by the UP Police...

With friends like Indian Express, Kerala’s cause is gutted, not helped

Indian Express has a three-column front page story today: “Only 44% of Kerala’s population is infected, 79% in MP: Serosurvey”. My first reaction was...

What Indian employers don’t see in their people: An issue which is bigger than labour laws

It is not labour laws in India that are the issue. It is employer attitudes. And history teaches us that post-pandemic presents an opportunity to improve matters for...