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A health crisis is not the time for capitalism to call the shots. | Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay
COVID vaccine-hoarding | Whither helping hands when needed the most?

COVID vaccine-hoarding | Whither helping hands when needed the most?

  • S. Sreesh
    January 13, 2021, 22:02IST
 
Nothing like the jazz of a mind obsessing over its own blankness

Nothing like the jazz of a mind obsessing over its own blankness

  • Shilpa Krishnan
    January 11, 2021, 21:58IST
 
Nothing like the jazz of a mind obsessing over its own blankness

Nothing like the jazz of a mind obsessing over its own blankness

  • Shilpa Krishnan
    January 11, 2021, 21:58IST
The devoted care and concern that a mother figure offers a person through their life can be reciprocated only by a grateful and graceful acknowledgement of her selfless love.
A filial tribute to a stepmother

A filial tribute to a stepmother

  • George Netto
    January 10, 2021, 17:29IST
Anything and everything is easier to undergo when you have a partner suffering similarly. Pixabay / Bany MM
“Coronated!” by my very own COVID dance

“Coronated!” by my very own COVID dance

  • Mallika Menon
    December 25, 2020, 00:22IST
Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Wheatfield with Crows’ (July 1890) seems like just another landscape with daubs and dashes. But it is conjectured to be one his last paintings, and while the artist projected idyllic peace and tranquility in wheatfields, this one is peppered with the ill-omened denizens of the sky. | Wikipedia
Caption the creativity for a fresh art experience

Caption the creativity for a fresh art experience

  • Gunjan Gupta
    December 9, 2020, 19:24IST
Can you spot the camouflaged Chevrotain?
Is the mouse deer just timid, or just shy of going extinct?

Is the mouse deer just timid, or just shy of going extinct?

  • George Netto
    December 4, 2020, 18:59IST
The best way to defeat the coronavirus is with a united front. But till we do, laughter is our best medicine, and we should let Mr. Netto leave us in splits!
Unmasking COVID-19’s lighter side

Unmasking COVID-19’s lighter side

  • George Netto
    November 2, 2020, 18:43IST
How did Bhutan become the pioneer of the Gross National Happiness Index? Perhaps life in the hills teaches you about ups and downs early enough to instil the value of sustainability and balance.
The pandemic urges us to rethink GDP as a benchmark

The pandemic urges us to rethink GDP as a benchmark

  • Saamdu Chetri
    October 30, 2020, 10:12IST

  • Jagdish Rattanani
    October 30, 2020, 10:12IST
We can’t all expect to be like Rafa. But we should all be giving it our best shot anyway.
The lesson we should take from Nadal for our own lives

The lesson we should take from Nadal for our own lives

  • Suhrith Parthasarathy
    October 21, 2020, 21:08IST
Kamala Harris and her Chennai connection
A chance encounter with a ‘budding’ politician

A chance encounter with a ‘budding’ politician

  • Krishna Prasad
    October 8, 2020, 11:31IST
How to be positive even when you are COVID-positive...
Celebrating COVID-19 positivity

Celebrating COVID-19 positivity

  • Ishwar Gilada
    September 10, 2020, 23:58IST
Preferring to favour those whose interests are tied in with ours has always been the basis of most investment decisions — commercial or sentimental. How can we we avoid nepotism while keeping love?
'The Eternity of Nepotism'

'The Eternity of Nepotism'

  • Abhik Choudhury
    September 7, 2020, 23:53IST
The forest is a sacred space, a nook in our hyper-urbanised world where Nature can still abound in its least artificial state. | G. Karthikeyan
The extinction of āraṇyasanskriti?

The extinction of āraṇyasanskriti?

  • Aseem Shrivastava
    September 5, 2020, 21:47IST

  • Ishan Chauhan
    September 5, 2020, 21:47IST
Imagine learning of Alexander Hamilton, federalist and treasurer, during the same year that the Central government was to renege on its monetary promise to its federal members?
Federalism — from Hamilton to Sitharaman

Federalism — from Hamilton to Sitharaman

  • P. Thiaga Rajan
    September 5, 2020, 00:21IST
If you don’t have a Hindi background, you may need to be brought back down to the ground?
‘‘Are you Indian?’’

‘‘Are you Indian?’’

  • A. Gopinathan
    August 31, 2020, 18:43IST
“So well has All the Year Round gone that it was yesterday able to repay me, with five per cent interest, all the money I advanced for its establishment (paper, print etc. all paid, down to the last number), and yet to leave a good £500 balance at the banker's!”
#Publishing paid Dickens

#Publishing paid Dickens

  • Karthik Venkatesh
    August 29, 2020, 18:27IST
Somewhere along the line, doctors began to believe that their job involved prolonging life at all costs, even at the cost of inhumane suffering.
On pain, dying and suffering

On pain, dying and suffering

  • M.R. Rajagopal
    August 24, 2020, 16:17IST

  • Jagdish Rattanani
    August 24, 2020, 16:17IST
Nothing like a jig to free yourself from your woes.
Relieving the Coronavirus bogey with some Lockdown boogie

Relieving the Coronavirus bogey with some Lockdown boogie

  • Reem Khokhar
    August 20, 2020, 14:47IST
Journalism is an essential service that is indispensable to democracy. Without paying customers, it withers and dies.
Investing in democracy — how can we fund journalism in order to save it?

Investing in democracy — how can we fund journalism in order to save it?

  • Shravan Bhat
    August 18, 2020, 14:08IST
Even before the coronavirus showed us that a handshake could lead to a knotty health situation, the greeting has been a naughty slap on many an unsuspecting victim’s face.
Bye handshake, Hi ‘namaste’!

Bye handshake, Hi ‘namaste’!

  • George Netto
    July 31, 2020, 23:43IST
“It is somewhat epiphanic that the quadragennial month of Uttam’s death falls bang in the middle of a globe-rummaging pandemic. As he rose in public reckoning in the mid-1950s, Uttam’s stardom emerged as the key figure around which the architectonics of Bengali popular cinema announced its re-organisation.”
Uttam Kumar and intimations of immortality

Uttam Kumar and intimations of immortality

  • Sayandeb Chowdhury
    July 24, 2020, 19:50IST
To pay China back in its own coin, India should work on making money moves like China.
Why businesses invest in China

Why businesses invest in China

  • R. Gopalakrishnan
    July 18, 2020, 13:58IST
The screens were distracting the kids. Now, the screens are saving lives. Eternal balance means good and bad are always swimming together.
The digital Yin to the COVID Yang

The digital Yin to the COVID Yang

  • Clyde Crasto
    July 13, 2020, 22:09IST
What does all work and no workplace make Jack?
Work-from-home — India Inc’s ‘new normal’?

Work-from-home — India Inc’s ‘new normal’?

  • Abhinav Chakraborty
    June 27, 2020, 11:55IST

  • Aditya Saroha
    June 27, 2020, 11:55IST
Quarantine can verge on a form of isolation that teeters on a slippery slope towards alienation.
The ailment that is the human condition

The ailment that is the human condition

  • Errol D’Souza
    June 24, 2020, 21:41IST
The whole point of human society is to ensure that none of its members go hungry or suffer inordinately. | PTI
The last train home

The last train home

  • Zia Hajeebhoy
    June 18, 2020, 17:24IST
Inherent infectiousness varies based on population density, population structure, differences in contact rates across demographic groups, and intervention measures such as vaccination, social distancing, lockdowns, and quarantines.
Is herd immunity even a viable strategy for COVID-19?

Is herd immunity even a viable strategy for COVID-19?

  • Raksha Ramaswamy
    June 11, 2020, 22:01IST
Nestled in the pristine lap of Nature. | Getty Images
Nature takes a deep breath, guarded by the coronavirus

Nature takes a deep breath, guarded by the coronavirus

  • Muddam Vijay Dixit Reddy
    June 8, 2020, 11:19IST

  • Aseem Shrivastava
    June 8, 2020, 11:19IST
The irony of our relationship with Nature is that we begin to appreciate it only when it puts a life threatening pandemic in front of us to distract us from our virtual reality.
The irony of the Corona moment

The irony of the Corona moment

  • Carla Ramos Cortés
    June 4, 2020, 22:52IST
Not every crying baby is a crybaby. Not every tear-jerker is a jerk who brings you to tears. Only some.
A sobering take on sobbing

A sobering take on sobbing

  • George Netto
    June 2, 2020, 16:30IST
Face of a tragedy: The photo of Rampukar Pandit weeping by a road in Delhi was widely shared across all media. | PTI
Lack of humanity will pull humanity apart

Lack of humanity will pull humanity apart

  • Nistula Hebbar
    May 25, 2020, 20:54IST
Heavy and continuous downpour in Kolkata after cyclone Amphan struck the city, Kolkata, 20/05/2020
Landless Labourers

Landless Labourers

  • Jayshree Misra Tripathi
    May 21, 2020, 01:01IST
Theatre thrives on the live energy conjured up at the performance venue. A theatre without an audience is like a theatre without an audience.
As theatres go dark, will the show go on?

As theatres go dark, will the show go on?

  • Akriti Sharma
    May 20, 2020, 00:41IST

  • Jahnavi Nidumolu
    May 20, 2020, 00:41IST
Nothing like a life-changing lockdown to make us understand the importance of cherishing and nurturing our loved ones.
Lifelessness in lockdown

Lifelessness in lockdown

  • Sanjeev Shukla
    May 18, 2020, 22:16IST
Are you still in lockdown? How still?
Revelling in isolation — lessons from Mars and India

Revelling in isolation — lessons from Mars and India

  • Dennis Freischlad
    May 13, 2020, 23:35IST
In the age of limbo, societies seem to suffer a deepening of existing fissures.
Big city life in COVID-19 times

Big city life in COVID-19 times

  • Ravi Anand Loknath
    May 9, 2020, 21:56IST
More important than migrant workers reaching their homes is for the Indian healthcare system to spread its reach. | K. Murali Kumar
COVID-19 exposing urban-rural healthcare disparities in India

COVID-19 exposing urban-rural healthcare disparities in India

  • Raksha Ramaswamy
    May 5, 2020, 20:22IST
The Indian grey mongoose is the most common species of mongoose found in our forests, open fields and around human settlements and, contrary to popular belief, is not a rodent.
Let’s not exterminate the exterminator

Let’s not exterminate the exterminator

  • George Netto
    April 29, 2020, 22:52IST
Scrounging may be pathetic but it teaches such a valuable lesson about economy, frugality, and optimisation of resources.
Rethinking your waste generation during a pandemic

Rethinking your waste generation during a pandemic

  • Archita Suryanarayanan
    April 27, 2020, 20:10IST
Indian cultures have used masks as symbols as well as totems for ages. | Pixabay
India, land of many masks

India, land of many masks

  • Nachiket Chanchani
    April 25, 2020, 17:24IST
Our parents have fed us, along with mouthfuls of food, dollops of old-world wisdom that gains stark relevance in these times.
Raised for success in the COVID-19 world

Raised for success in the COVID-19 world

  • Nistula Hebbar
    April 21, 2020, 21:32IST
 
The Communist and the Cowboy

The Communist and the Cowboy

  • Rahul Karmakar
    April 20, 2020, 20:28IST
An empty Madrid road is a rare sight. | Angel Navarrete
Europe needs hope and generosity to battle COVID-19

Europe needs hope and generosity to battle COVID-19

  • Rajiv Narayan
    April 17, 2020, 18:50IST
A crossroads is a great place for a rendezvous with a moral dilemma.
Moral dilemmas during a pandemic

Moral dilemmas during a pandemic

  • Mohamed Nazeer
    April 16, 2020, 17:56IST
To be stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown is one thing. To be stuck in a place you consider home and be treated like a carrier of the virus is another awful thing. | S.S. Kumar
Locked down in a place of lessons

Locked down in a place of lessons

  • Dennis Freischlad
    April 13, 2020, 19:20IST
If we showed a smidgen of the same urgency we have shown in our response to COVID-19 towards carbon emissions and habitat destruction, just imagine how much future danger we might skirt.
What the exponential growth of COVID-19 helps us learn about another blind spot or two

What the exponential growth of COVID-19 helps us learn about another blind spot or two

  • Chirag Dhara
    April 9, 2020, 18:51IST
Sneaking some well-earned email-responding action in under screenglow is the dream of every working mother. | Pixabay
Travails of a working (from home) woman

Travails of a working (from home) woman

  • Geetha Venkataramanan
    April 7, 2020, 20:39IST
Would it help people stay indoors if they realised that stepping out means drowning?
My home is my yellow submarine

My home is my yellow submarine

  • T.K. Rohit
    April 1, 2020, 15:40IST
With great ignorance comes great prejudice.
What a viral blogpost tells us about China and India

What a viral blogpost tells us about China and India

  • Ananth Krishnan
    March 30, 2020, 21:03IST
Who wouldn’t want to be stuck at home with their pets for company during quarantine?
Doggy Prattle | No time to be a social bug

Doggy Prattle | No time to be a social bug

  • Reem Khokhar
    March 29, 2020, 22:59IST
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