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What the media missed
India is facing an environmental crisis. But you wouldn’t know from reading papers and watching TV. Here’s why LET ME begin by stating the obvious: India is not New Delhi. Yet, for the moment, at least for the media, it is. Not so for people in the rest of this vast and diverse country. So, […]
7 ways to revive the economy
Here are the seven things the government can do in Saturday’s Budget to get the Indian economy out of trouble HERE WE look at seven things the government can do through Budget 2020 to get the Indian economy back on track. REVIVE CONSUMPTION India’s private consumption expenditure growth slowed dramatically in 2019-20. It is thus […]
“Music will never take second place in my life”
With the launch of his new single ‘Tootey Khaab’, singer Armaan Malik talks about his journey as a singer, his evolution from a child artist and his upcoming projects SINGER ARMAAN Malik, who is the grandson of the veteran music director and composer Sardar Malik, made his debut as a child singer with the song […]
Can the Indian government spend its way out of the slowdown?
DURING AN ECONOMIC slowdown, a recession, or a depression for that matter, economists become one trick ponies. Most of them go back to John Maynard Keynes, an economist who lived during the first half of the 20th century. Keynes’s major contribution to economics was explaining the Great Depression of 1929. He explained the situation prevailing […]
Criminal tendencies
They are innocent until proven guilty. But the nominees of the three main parties in Delhi have grave charges of crimes against women Delhi Assembly elections 2020 are just weeks away. With the closing of nominations and candidates out, it is — as tradition calls it —important to look at the criminals in the fray. […]
From meme wars to Twitter battles
Delhi BJP’s IT cell is trying its best to take on AAP. Is it working? In a corner of the BJP’s Delhi office, Punit Agarwal takes charge. He has headed the Delhi BJP’s IT cell since 2017. “Since the day I started understanding politics, I’ve been a hardcore BJP supporter. That’s 20 years of my […]
Meat as metaphor
The films ‘Jallikattu’ and ‘Aamis’ deploy the desire for meat to explore the concepts of love, altruism, greed, aggression Given a choice between the predictable and the prohibited, what would you go for? How far would you go to gratify your greed for the forbidden? Have you ever considered exhibiting your deepest desires uninhibitedly? Have […]
The Making of Deepika Padukone: Actor, producer, and activist
In these troubled times, a brave woman has chosen to fight for the greater good, even though she has the most to lose IN 2005, fifteen-year-old teenager, Laxmi Agarwal was assaulted. Acid was thrown on her face and body by a close family friend, Naeem Khan. In an all too familiar saga, the attacker, a […]