Akshat SrivastavaFirst Year B Tech Student, Plaksha UniversityThere has been a strange change in peoples behaviour recently: People are now talking to software in complete sentences. The previous rigid way of c
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Dipankar JakhariaGuwahatiThirteen years ago, when I started writing on personal finance, the subjects were very different. Eight times out of ten, I was introducing a new concept, explaining it, and learning al
The other day a close friend wrote to me."Bob, if you don't like India, why do you stay here?"A fair question.My answer was simple."I stay because I love my country. I complain because I love my country."If you
In a room somewhere in the capital, a group of leaders sat around a large table and sincerely believed they had discovered a fuel they could export to the world. The chairman tapped the table. "Gentlemen," he s
Two trees stand outside my window.One is a peepul tree. The other, according to my gardener, is a junglee neem.This summer has been brutal. The sun has been behaving as if it has been personally offended by all
The NEET examination scandal has now reached a stage where reports suggest the Indian Air Force may be used to transport examination papers.Read that again. The Indian Air Force. Not to defend our skies. Not to
Now that the monsoons are fast approaching, our authorities have suddenly discovered trees.All year they pass them without emotion. The trees stand there quietly, giving shade, oxygen and free beauty to people
The government has now announced a high-level committee to scientifically examine demographic changes in the country. The committee is headed by a retired judge, which means somewhere in Delhi, a gentleman who
Fuel prices are rising so often nowadays that I no longer look at the petrol pump display. I turn my face away respectfully, the way middle class Indians avoid eye contact with hospital bills, school fees, or w
I nearly laughed out loud, when I saw headlines screaming that the American Secretary of State had warmly invited our Prime Minister to the US, for another meeting in the near future. The way some television an
One of the strangest things about human beings is that we can detect the smell of burnt toast from three rooms away, but cannot detect an obvious lie sitting right in front of us wearing a suit and tie.Use disc
There is something about prayer we do not fully understand when we begin praying seriously. We imagine prayer is placing an order before God, and then waiting for delivery. Preferably same day delivery. With tr
There was a time when the ruling politicians frightened people with enemies across the border. Then they frightened us with enemies next door. Then with enemies from another religion. Then with enemies from ano
Very often people come to me and say, Bob, I can write very well! I nod respectfully, because one must encourage confidence in people. Then I ask to see what they have written. Most times, what I see is not wri
Renthunglo Shitiri HOD, English; Delhi Public School DimapurThe Implementation of the language policy under National Education Policy 2020 has brought significant structural changes to language learning in
There was a time when leaders loved press conferences. They stood proudly behind microphones, smiled confidently at reporters and answered questions with the enthusiasm of students who had actually studied for
I have noticed something very strange about senior level leaders.The higher they rise in office, the lower their willingness to learn becomes.A young trainee attends every seminar eagerly with notebook in hand.
Quite often at parties, just when people are balancing plates of kebabs, laughing loudly, and trying not to spill soft drinks on expensive sarees, somebody suddenly shouts across the room, Bob, will you say a p
How we love excluding people.Everywhere I go I see signs that politely, firmly, and sometimes proudly keep people out.For Members Only.Residents Only.Parking for Office Bearers.Private Function.And the more exc
This evening I went to watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with two younger friends. Three men walking into a theatre as though we ourselves had just ridden in from the Wild West.I looked carefully at my compa
