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For those targeted by these goons there is no business case to learn Marathi incrementally. They have been able to manage their work and lives with a few sentences here and a few there in Marathi. Can their sub-colloquial knowledge ever disrespect a rich

Right from the day of Pahalgam massacre, Indians knew that political slug-fest would start even before the mourning period is over. Why did he delay the retaliation. Why didn’t he inflict more serious damage. Why did he stop mid-way despite a distinct advantage.

The ripples in the otherwise silent judicial-waters notwithstanding, India has faith in its judiciary, especially the higher judiciary. To straitjacket the legislature and the executive to fit the constitution, judicial-activism is necessary. But only as long as there is equity in activism. The

India has ambitions. India has capabilities. India seeks its rightful place in the world. But India cannot afford unproductive engagement of its bandwidth by individuals, groups and states which have an agenda that contrasts the country’s. Without getting sentimental about it, let’s

There are some who want to stand out. Just for the heck of it. The woke would shout from the rooftop that it’s their right to name their children any which way they want. No gainsaying the fact. But deliberately choosing the names that hurt or pinprick, directly or indirectly, genuine

One must admire the magnanimity of Bangladesh for forgiving and shaking hands with killers and rapists of its own citizens. The people helming the affairs in Bangladesh (i.e., the Nondo Ghosh-es from within) don’t appear to have heard of Paulo Coelho’s (the Brazilian writer)

As the list of products and services offered through these Apps is getting longer and innovative every day, I would not be surprised if a service to scratch one’s scrotum actually sneaks into their offerings one day. As I am not very confident about my aging hands, I may

Welcomed first at the Bombay Port on arrival, a few days later he was feted at a big reception in the palatial house of Jehangir Petit (a Bombay businessman) which was attended mostly by Indian businessmen and Europeans. The number of Indian independence-activists

But how do you deal with a megalomaniac who messes with the ideological aspirations a country, damages its people emotionally and destroys the possibilities of good people coming together for an honest cause. Well, you make them irrelevant. Kejriwals

Left to the Woke, the prides-of-our-nation should have been brought back Business Class on Emirates savouring gourmet meals of champagne, caviar, prawn cocktails, pate’ & crackers, medium-rare steak, pineapple souffle and, not to forget, espresso during the

Circumstances create alternatives, not choices. Our history has examples galore where dark-horses or those not even in the reckoning have turned up as alternatives. Comforted, I (and other commoners like me) am not over-worried about finding an alternative to Prime

I never had any issue with the content of our history textbooks as I had no knowledge that our history had a much larger canvas painted upon by many individuals and institutions. Naïve it may sound, I always thought I am indebted only to those who find mention in my