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SAARC: A regional dream needing renewal

India, Dec. 13 -- Forty years ago, South Asia envisioned a regional alliance that would serve the collective interests of a region home to one-fifth of humanity. Inspired by successful models like ASE... Read More


Should India ban social media for kids?

India, Dec. 12 -- Once it was alcohol, then it was drugs; now addiction has a new name-social media. Its addicts are everywhere-across age groups, classes, and cities. It is an epidemic that spread be... Read More


India's fire safety complacency

India, Dec. 11 -- A devastating fire at a popular Arpora nightclub claimed at least 25 lives in Goa. Yet another fire incident has been added to the already long list of such disasters in the country.... Read More


The politics of heritage and beyond

India, Dec. 10 -- Vande Mataram. Sujalam suphalam malayaja-sitalam, sasya-syamalam mataram! The first stanza of the national song translates to: "I bow to thee, Mother-rich with waters, rich with frui... Read More


Why India needs a legal right to disconnect

India, Dec. 9 -- Stress has become endemic in the corporate world, and "burnout" is now the widely accepted term for it. Burnout is a state of intense physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused... Read More


India's moment in an uncertain world

India, Dec. 8 -- When Prime Minister Modi asserted on Sunday that India is shining in a world of uncertainties, he was largely on the mark. The phrase neatly captures India's current growth trajectory... Read More


Airborne crisis unfolds at Indian airports

India, Dec. 6 -- This was the week of meltdown at Indian airports. Chaos ruled as passengers flying IndiGo did not know when their flight would take off, with no one to tell them the truth that the fl... Read More


Putin visit: Reaffirming Indo-Russian solidarity

India, Dec. 5 -- India and Russia have been friends since the cold war days when India refused to join the western bloc and charted its Non-aligned course. It came at its own peril as the US sided wit... Read More


Defining fake news: What is it, after all?

India, Dec. 4 -- Winston Churchill once famously said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." Today, in the age of social media, that lie may well tra... Read More


Revenue over health: The gutka cess debate

India, Dec. 3 -- Pan masala and gutka are words familiar to every Indian, even to those who never touch the products. In North India, government buildings and staircases stained with their tell-tale m... Read More