Responsibility must accompany ‘free speech’

September 10, 2020

The Prashant Bhushan case has rekindled the debate between freedom of speech & expression and contempt of court. This debate, however, doesn’t stop here. It also puts focus on issues like individual conscience, collective conscience, individual integrity, institutional integrity and public interest. The lawyer-activist is held guilty of contempt for...

Elderly people need special care in Covid times

July 27, 2020

As the storm strikes, if you look at branches, the tree appears to be falling. But if you look at the trunk, you realise its stability! Over the years, the same tree that gave us shelter, fruits and clean air, grows old. The trunk become weaker, the roots have shaken...

IQ may be important but EQ is necessary

July 10, 2020

Dear parents, all of us are in the same boat when it comes to our kids’ future. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has brought a lot of uncertainties for the both of us. From reduction in school curriculum, scheduling of online classes and loss of a ‘regular and normal way’ of...

Let’s humanise our products

June 29, 2020

Our ‘purse power’ will help overcome Chinese ‘ bullet power’! We should use our personal economic sanctions against the Chinese products to remove their stockpile from the market,” Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk appealed to Indians through one of his recent videos. There have been several instances in the past,...

Time to be cautious but not fearful of Covid-19

June 20, 2020

Fear of the unknown is more dangerous than the unknown itself! The fear of Covid-19 is taking a bigger toll than the virus itself. It seems people have died of fear more than the actual illness. Though there is no statistical data to prove this, few real-life instances that took...

Curious case of one nation and multiple border rules

June 10, 2020

Repetition leads to habit, which leads to repetition again. Later, repetition is often without thinking and logic. Something similar has happened in India during the multiple lockdowns. The Prime Minister gave a lockdown call to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, as one of the measures, the country saw its...

Constructive criticism must be appreciated

June 4, 2020

“One must understand the nature of all three actions: Akarma (unselfish actions), karma (selfish actions) and Vikarma (wrong actions). The truth about these is profound and difficult to understand.” — Bhagavad Gita Every action has an equal and opposite reaction! Newton’s third law of motion, learnt during childhood, still reverberates...

Aatmanirbhar Bharat is a tribute to Gandhi’s idea of swadeshi

May 26, 2020

Keep it short and simple; it is often a mantra for successful communication strategy. This is even applicable to other areas of life. A simple “charkha” symbolised “self-reliance” and “swadeshi” during the Independence movement, whereas, in the present context, a small rounded spectacle symbolises the government’s vision of Swachh Bharat....