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What The State Can Practically Do To Protect Children From Porn
Have you YouTube-d Barbie of late? Chances are you will find some very "exciting" content past the first page. If you're an adult, that is. However, that excitement might turn to dismay if your...
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Exclusive Interview With Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, Norway's New Ambassador To India
Norway's new ambassador to India, Nils Ragnar Kamsvåg, 61, found time on his first day in office, 1 September 2015, to discuss plans to further strengthen "commercial, political and scientific ties"...
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How A 'Lowly' Chef Made It To Rashtrapati Bhavan
This happened way back in 1986, when I was around 22-23 years old, with stars in my eyes and fire in my belly, with ideas in my head of wanting to change the way people looked at food. I was working at...
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One Rank One Pension: A Battle For Survival
India has fought some tough battles in the relatively recent past: The Indo-Pak War of 1948, the Sino-Indian War of 1962; the Indo-Pak Wars of 1965 and 1971, the Kargil- War of 1999. Yet, those who...
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How Iran Made Me An Indian
Perhaps you could say it was the Islamic Republic of Iran that made me an Indian. If it wasn't for the Islamic Revolution in that country I would probably have grown up in Tehran rather than Hyderabad....
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Parenting And The Myth Of Anger Management
When I was growing up, I vividly remember my mom once saying, "I thought I'd never get angry at my child, but look at what you just made me do?" So right then I knew that the...
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A Fight To The Finish: The Case Against Animals For Entertainment
"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" Jeremy Bentham posed this question regarding animal suffering in the 18th century. In 2014, when India's Supreme Court...
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How TVF's 'Pitchers' Resonates With My Own Experiences As An Entrepreneur
Watching the end-credits of the TVF Pitchers finale, I was hit by a mild bout of self-loathing. It seemed that the only hipster thing I ever did was to become an entrepreneur before it was cool. Back...
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The Many Crimes Of Professor Harish Trivedi
The title has plenty of gravitas: India and the World: Postcolonialism, Translation and Indian Literature -- Essays in Honour of Professor Harish Trivedi. The cover, though, is a cutesy pink with a...
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India's High Beef Exports Are Linked To Its Milk Consumption
Milk-drinkers beware: India is the world's largest producer of milk, which also explains why it's the world's largest beef exporter and has a substantial veal-calf industry. India has reportedly...
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The Teachers All Around Us
Teachers play a pivotal role in the life of every child. Their presence and guidance lays a strong foundation for the child's personality to blossom. When we think of our teachers we are reminded of...
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Of The Media, By The Media And For The Media: India's Misplaced Controversy
Despite promising to return to writing my book this weekend and not writing another piece until Monday, I feel compelled to do so. I was asked in an interview recently about the sensational 'Murder of...
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Sanskrit: A Classical Scene
This article is from Open Magazine. By Sneha Bhura When Arshia Sattar, noted for her English translations of Valmiki's Ramayana and the Kathasaritsagara, was studying Sanskrit in the US, she remembers...
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What I Learnt from My Internet Holiday
This article is from Open Magazine. By Tishani Doshi You know that famous koan: If a tree falls in a forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? I've never fully grasped the...
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The Right To Die
This article is from Open Magazine. By Tishani Doshi Marte hain aarzoo mein marne ki, Maut aati hai par nahin aati (One dies longing for death but death, despite being around, is elusive) --Mirza...
View ArticleWhat Is Your 'Cool' Quotient?
Being as cool as I am, I'm going to go out and risk sharing my hypothesis of what defines ultimate coolness. Then you can go right ahead to judge your own cool quotient. Let me reiterate again, though,...
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
Don't be too concerned about money, because all it will do is distract you from achieving happiness. And the irony of ironies is that people think they will be happy when they have money. Money has...
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Why Technology Needs To Embrace Senior Citizens As Well
At 90, Barbara Beskind is the oldest member of the human-centred design team, IDEO, in Silicon Valley. She is a firm believer of the power of technology in improving lives and is surprised that so few...
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Climate Change Lobbying Cannot Win Without The Money Talk
Thanks to NASA's ominous new warning on the perils of climate change, the world is gung-ho for "going green" again. The UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) slated for December will, presumably, be...
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Lions, Liars And Masters Of The Universe
Last month's killing of Cecil, a 13-year-old black-maned lion, by American dentist Walter Palmer, was met with global outrage and condemnation. However, this incident cannot just be treated as another...
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