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Tired of Trumpism? Brazenness as behaviour benchmark
6 January 2021 The idiom ‘ brazen it out’ acquired a whole new meaning since 2016 with the advent of Trumpism, which has had its epoch from the Inauguration Day 2017 when the famous ‘crowds for the swearing in’ came into fray, signalling a beginning of a Presidential term that was going to be based Read more
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#Covid19: Vaccine Vexation Over Covid19
4 January 2021 Now that India the world’s largest democracy has started vaccination for Covid19 by first allowing Covishield by AstraZeneca OXford for emergency use and as a standby for reasons best known to the mysterious corridors of power and wisdom in Lutyens Delhi the Covaxin by Bharat Biotech as a ‘reserve’ vaccine in the Read more
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A Reclaiming Turn- Nationhood in 21st Century Humanity
02 January 2021 After centuries, the voice of a people long suppressed found mention. A people who had been wished away by the White Man were restored to the anthem of a continental nationhood that was constructed by this Western Compact, one that surprisingly evolved far differently than the smaller island colonies further south and Read more
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2021 India’s Destination 3
30 December 2020 ‘Divorce or Discovery?’ So where are we headed now? We are now in a ‘each person to themselves’ situation, one made politically palatable by our Prime Minister using the Atmanirbhar slogan! Folks more astutely observing the political scenario are warning that we are heading toward some kind of bottomless abyss, which is Read more
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2021 India’s Destination-2
29 December 2020 So will we ever see a Stacey Abrams? Will we hear an Indian version of Mayor Pete? Two key voices that mobilised American voters in this election of 3 November 2020 that saw the highest turnout in recorded American election history, at the height of this pandemic! We know Trump almost toppled Read more
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2021 India’s Destination
28 December 2020 There is nothing like destiny said an elder. We have chosen this arc of our times in ways we have yet to understand, but for which we have sufficient pointers. I am sure that if we looked at 2020, we started as a country may be a bit nervous, but no one Read more