In this month of March that belongs to women the world over it is good to look at the versatile art practice of Maya Burman whose show concluded in Mumbai at Art Musings last month. In her work she is known to embrace diverse media and projects, which also has painting and drawing, and mural commissions,…
US and Israel jointly attack Iran, but one of them is confused Donald Trump in a phone conversation with Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu. Trump: Hi Nate, how’re they hangin’ now that we’ve slammed Iraq and whacked that Saddam fella? Bibi: Hello Donnie (off-phone aside): If he’s going to call me Nate, I’ll damn well call him…
Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz famously said, “War is merely the continuation of politics by other means.” It is in just this vein that we are witnessing a hegemon, US, incoherently wage war. The policy that the Iran war is supposed to support and execute, its rationale, changes with each interview and speech Trump…
Nearly everyone expected this to be a short war. Not just those who started it, but also commodity markets. Oil prices jumped around 10% when the conflict started, much less than the reaction when Russia attacked Ukraine. This is understandable: Iran exports only 1.5-1.8 of the 3.2mn barrels per day (mbpd) it produces, of which…
By BK Sister Shivani Right now, as you read this, you are playing Holi. Not with gulaal or water, but with something far more powerful. Our emotional vibrations are like colours. Every thought we create carries a shade. Every word we speak carries a colour. Every feeling quietly paints someone’s inner world. Just as powdered…
India can’t protect itself better from a future oil shock unless commercial vehicle fleet is electrified Yet another Gulf war should electrify the speed and scale at which India cuts back on its dependence on imported oil and gas, supply of which, in this new world order of uncertainty and turbulence, is subject to far…
If there is another war in the Gulf region, it can make oil prices shoot up. India buys a lot of its oil from other countries. So when oil becomes expensive or hard to get, it affects everything — petrol, diesel, transport, and even the prices of goods in shops. That’s why India needs to…
India should try to keep petrol and diesel prices steady even if oil prices rise because of the Iran crisis. If fuel becomes expensive, many other things also become costly, and that can create bigger problems for the economy In 2008, when Iran tested a powerful missile, oil prices quickly shot up to $147 per…
Even if a long war pushes crude uncomfortably high, GOI must hold retail fuel prices steady to curb inflation Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself. In July 2008, Iran tested Shahab-3, a missile with a 2,000km range that could hit Israel. Within days, oil touched $147 a barrel, a level it has never seen since….
India gave the world yoga. And yet, in many workplaces today, yoga has been reduced to a calendar activity — a session squeezed between meetings, a short-term wellness initiative, or something introduced only when burnout becomes impossible to ignore. Corporate wellness is expanding. The intent is positive. But most efforts are still occasional. A workshop…