The Presidential Palace in Taipei looked so majestic; people gathered that day were beaming with hope. I watched then President Tsai Ing-wen come over, looked at the gathering, and said boldly –We are launching a key foreign policy. I was seated next to her, felt like a historic moment. She looked at me and said…
For decades, the labour and employment laws have been treated as a policy promise, something that the government kept announcing, something that companies filed away under “monitor and review,” something that would require action eventually. That “eventually” arrived in November 2025, when the Central Government notified the reformed labour codes. These codes replaced 29 central…
Political party named after cockroach makes sense. Roaches have all the qualities netas need There can be no quarrel with the new political kid on the block: Cockroach Janta Party. The very name courts attention. Think – roaches have attributes and qualities that are tailormade for politics. Long antennae, scanning and sweeping to sense their…
On a recent flight, a co-passenger was a stowaway seeking illegal entry into Italy I’d never been on a flight on which one of my fellow passengers was a stowaway, a ticketless traveller. The flight was to Milan, and Bunny and I were on it. The airline has as its mascot a chubby Maharaja with…
Rising temperatures are hurting people’s health, learning and productivity. This is a drag on the economy, but there’s no easy fix. We’ll need different strategies for each micro-region India continues to face conventional national security threats from across its borders and within. But an equally serious, and far less visible, threat is intensifying in the…
India has made major strides towards expanding financial inclusion through robust digital public infrastructure, rapid innovation in the payments ecosystem, rising digitization and smartphone penetration, and transformative government initiatives such as the Jan Dhan–Aadhaar–Mobile (JAM) trinity. Yet, despite these advances, India continues to face a substantial gap in insurance penetration, one that is not merely…
A noted Supreme Court advocate argues that Bhagwant Mann’s proposed culling operations may rest on a dangerous misreading of the recent apex court judgment that never authorised mass euthanasia of street dogs in violation of Constitution & existing animal protection laws Triggered by the SC judgment on stray dogs passed two days back, the CM…
Can a former chief minister simply wear an advocate’s gown? The answer matters, otherwise, tomorrow, retired actors may claim surgical privileges because they played doctors Indian politics has produced many transformations. Revolutionaries becomeadministrators, agitators become constitutionalists, and occasionally politicians rediscover forgotten professions at strategically dramatic moments. But Mamata Banerjee’s recent appearance before the Calcutta high…
By Vir Singh Our contemporary world is torn by wars fought over territories, borders, resources, economic hegemony, and political ego. There is no ideology behind a war that could address human miseries, cultivate hope, and bring happiness to those who claim to be triumphant. In fact, no one wins a war. Wars feed onthe young…
A new political party called the Cockroach Janta Party sounds funny, but maybe it actually makes sense! Cockroaches have many “skills” that politicians might admire. They have long feelers to sense danger, quick legs to escape trouble, and they are super hard to get rid of. Even when people try really hard, cockroaches keep coming…