Mihir Srivastava
Posts by: Mihir Srivastava
Youthful reformers
History gives a clear message: Students are the harbinger of positive change. They will prevail sooner or later The student stir against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is the most recent example of students being the harbinger of positive change in the polity and society in favour of a liberal and democratic ethos. And in […]
Dhoti diplomacy
When Abhijit Banerjee wore a dhoti to receive a Nobel Prize in Economics, it was a cultural assertion of his motherland, where ethnic diversity is celebrated Abhijit Banerjee along with his wife French-American Esther Duflo received Nobel Prize in Economics for their ‘experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’ adorning a dhoti and kurta with a […]
How Noida was built
Jagdish Khattar, ex-CMD of Maruti Udyog, narrates how Noida was bulldozed into existence by Sanjay Gandhi in December 1975, during the Emergency Who says that the Emergency was an evil and Sanjay Gandhi a villain? Yes, there was forced sterilisation, jailing of political leaders and press censorship. But trains ran on time and New Okhla […]
Try tribal cuisine this winter
If you are passionate about your food and love to feed people, you don’t need a restaurant or a hotel. People like Sneha Lata Saikia invite people home to sample tribal food and imbibe a culture If you’re passionate about food — to cook and feed — there’s no stopping you. Your passion and talent […]
The curious explorer
Elena Tommaseo, a trained designer from Venice, wears many hats. She has made Delhi her home and found her own unique ways to discover India. A glimpse into her life in Delhi She hails from Venice and worked for 22 years in Milan as a graphic designer before she settling in India some 10 years […]
‘Silence is no solution’
Psychologist Rajat Mitra’s radical book about transgenerational trauma, based on the lives of Kashmir Pandits, attracted the wrath of both Left and Right Psychologist Rajat Mitra, who has worked in India and abroad, was specially deputed by the then chairman of National Human Rights Commission and former chief justice of India, J S Verma, to […]
Sticklers for honesty
Some government functionaries are driven by their unflinching loyalty to the Constitution and the rule of the land. They are good examples to emulate Former election commissioner TN Seshan, who died last week, epitomised how an officer should conduct and be guided by the constitution and rule of the land. The former election commissioner enforced […]
Cottages of contentment
A house in the hills is not just a getaway destination, it has given Delhiites a new direction and purpose, a respite from mundane urban existence Delhi is happening, the hub of opportunities. But excess of anything is bad. The pollution and the population have made life difficult in one of the biggest metropolises in […]