Connecting The Dots… Dear Readers, We’ve ‘March’ed into the month which marks a year since India declared her first lockdown (25 March, 2020), in our arduous battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. But this month also marks two other special occasions – while one is celebrated worldwide as International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8th March;…
A Time To Think… Dear Readers, One of the virtues we pride ourselves in, as a community, is our progressive outlook. We inherit this quality from our visionary predecessors who were true thought leaders, and who elevated the standard of living and life – for not just their fellow community members, but also for their…
‘Smart Community’ – The Need Of The Hour! Dear Readers, We live in a world inundated with smartness! We have Smart-Phones, Smart-TVs, Smart-Cars, Smart Watches…. Heck! We even have entire Smart-Homes! What we don’t have, ironically, is a corresponding level of Smart People! Allow me to explain my smarting observation… a Smart device is a…
Happy Valentine’s Day! Stay Connected! Dear Readers, In a few weeks, we would all have survived a year of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been a year filled with myriad experiences for us all… a year of fear and apprehensions, empowerment and empathy, loss and gratitude, introspection and epiphanies, new normals and renewed relationships. But…
The Fiefdom Of Speech? Dear Readers, Touching upon the beliefs of renowned historian, writer and philosopher – Voltaire, in her magnum opus titled, ‘The Friends of Voltaire’, author Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote the famous lines, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This phrase…
To Jab Or Not To Jab… That Is The Question! Dear Readers, Over the past week, it’s not just the cold winds blowing in from North India that have brought chills to the city. It’s also the uncertainty surrounding the ‘Big Jab’ – the Covid vaccination which will protect us against the deadly coronavirus……
Dear Readers, If we should step back and glance, from the bird’s eye-view, at the current ongoings in the world, it would be impossible to miss the striking similarities echoed by various nations, with regard to leadership and leaders. The greater part of the past decade has been dominated with global news about growing unrest…
It’s Finally Here!! Dear Readers, 12th January, 2021 marked a day of great pride and glory for our community and the nation, as Serum Institute India (SII), the world’s largest producer of vaccines (in terms of volume) marked India’s highly anticipated entry into taking on the pandemic, as three truckloads, filled with the much awaited…
The Need For Unity Amidst Crumbling Democracies Dear Readers, It is said, nothing so sharpens one’s appreciation for democracy as bearing witness to its demolition. Recent events across the world have triggered ‘the future of democracy’ as the primary topic for discussion, globally. The past fifteen years have rendered most of us as mute spectators,…
7 Community Vaccines For 2021! Even before the pandemic hit us, we’ve been living unknowingly, through a number of somewhat equally distressing and harmful plagues… only, these are mental, emotional and behavioural in nature, as opposed to the deadly pathogenic invasion, that is the novel coronavirus. We inadvertently house these hidden contagions, which, like the…
Happy New Year 2021!!! Dear Readers, If there’s one lesson that the wise would have learnt through the rigours of 2020, it’s about how to make the best of a less than ideal situation. And that’s the exact same learning that we need to put into practice, as we bid adieu to 2020 and usher…