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…
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…
Celebrating The True Essence Of Christmas 2020 Dear Readers, There’s precious little that hasn’t been redefined to fall in line with the new normal, as we live through the globally disruptive novel coronavirus pandemic. The world’s most celebrated festival – Christmas – is no exception. But while the superfluous symbolism of Christmas will be greatly…
The Best Way Forward… Dear Readers, Wow! And just like that we’re in December – the end of the year. Undoubtedly, 2020 will go down in history as the ‘Year of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic’. Even as people across the world hope with all their hearts that the end of the year will mark, at…
The Show Must Go On Dear Readers, We’ve come a long, long way since the start of the year. 2020 has been one long ride for everyone across the world. More than a ride, it’s been a spring cleaning of sorts – we’ve had to unceremoniously dust off a lot of our old or ‘usual’…
May Democracy Reign Supreme! Dear Readers, Most people across the world would be closely following the very entertaining yet highly consequential US Presidential elections over the past week, to see if it will be the blue flag or the red one that will flutter supreme over the White House for the next four years. Even…
Dear Readers, It may be Halloween today, but 2020 has unceremoniously robbed it of its spook entirely! After the whole world living the COVID-19 horror-story in real time, I’m sure this Celtic festival must feel robbed of all potency to scare! It’s a little late in the day to respond to the ‘Trick or…