Image: Shutterstock Every year, for about 3 days, the local media writes about think tanks and their role in society. This is, thanks to the University of Pennsylvania’s annual ranking of…
Image: Shutterstock Every year, for about 3 days, the local media writes about think tanks and their role in society. This is, thanks to the University of Pennsylvania’s annual ranking of…
Many years ago I was introduced to Russell Peters, the stand-up comedian, by our son, Khashiff. In one episode he talked about why Chinese can’t do business with Indians. And…
A couple of days back I read a newspaper article with the headline “Airbags will hike cost, hit sales; Cos”. India recorded the highest number of road accidents in the…
At a meeting prior to the Maharashtra assembly polls, I heard Piyush Goyal, minister of state for power, coal and new & renewable energy, say that his government will ensure…
Philanthropist Rohini Nilekani believes mainstream media is weighed down by many handicaps and, therefore, wants to co-create an entirely new media platform primarily funded by donor money. While it’s too…
A year back I only vaguely knew of Kailash Satyarthi and the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA). Last year the doorbell rang at the home of Sapna Bajaj Sawant, my wife’s…
I have been experiencing something very interesting over the past couple of months: I have been involved in various discussions about the virtues of economic freedom and capitalism! And I…
Image: Shutterstock I was in New York recently and met the United Nations’ special representative for the naming dispute between Greece and Macedonia. This row began in 1991 when Yugoslavia was…
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Chembur, at one of the first slum rehabilitation buildings, sitting with some members of CORO, an NGO which works on developing grassroots…