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'Facebook Took Away My Right To Free Speech By Deleting Afzal Guru Cartoon'
By Abhimanyu Singh Mir Suhail Qadiri, a 26-year-old cartoonist with the Srinagar-based publication Rising Kashmir is disturbed over Facebook's removal of his cartoon on the hanging of alleged militant...
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Two Rotis And A Penis: The Poisonous Truth About Kitchen Sexism
A few days ago I came across a picture on Facebook that compared rotis made by wives who had an arranged marriage versus those who had a love marriage. The arranged marriage wife's roti had the...
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It's Sonam Season In Bollywood, And It Started Before 'Neerja'
The winds have been changing for a while now, but with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Neerja it's safe to say that it's finally Sonam season in Bollywood. With this film about...
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The Problem With Being A 'Nice' Guy
At a recent congregation of fellow bloggers, writers and normal people I happened to overhear a conversation. I tend to not be very interactive at social events, and usually either hang out with the...
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India Is Being Shamed. Why Are We Allowing It?
I have watched the JNU drama play out for days. I have heard the students being called anti-national, seditious traitors and terrorists. I have seen the idiot BJP politicians parade their ignorance and...
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Photo Essay: The Silent, Shadowy Women At Nizamuddin Dargah
As part of my continuing efforts to travel around India to explore questions of gender and space (including gender segregation of public spaces), and document my experience through photographs, I went...
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Me? Single. You? Double? Okay!
The guard outside the Gordon House Hotel in Colaba hated my face. I don't think he'd even seen it. The way most of us casually blank out eyes of a beggar knocking on our tinted car-windows, this guard...
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Ethical Hackers Are In Demand, And Here's How You Can Become One
The threat hackers pose to businesses is finally being taken seriously as more e-commerce and mobile app-based service providers are taking concrete steps to address the loopholes in their networks. A...
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'No Girlfriend, No Tension': Horse Sense (And Humour) On The Highway
Ours is one hell of an interesting country. It seems like the entire breed of Indians are oozing witticisms. The proof of this can be seen on the back of cars, bikes and autorickshaws on roads. The...
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Declaring War On India Is Not Political Dissent
The polemical tsunami unleashed by the arrest on sedition charges of Kanhaiya Kumar, a leader of the All India Students Federation (AISF), the student wing of Communist Party of India (CPI) and...
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Which Political Parties Are Associated With The Most Violence? Here's What I...
The recent fracas at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), followed by a pitched battle on the judicial premises, is being seen by some as part of the rising intolerance pattern. Critics attribute it to...
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Accounting For The Rain Gods: How Index-Based Crop Insurance Can Help Farmers
There is a cruel joke about the Indian economy that goes around every year during budget season. "It is not the Finance Minister, but the rain gods that write India's Budget." This would be funny only...
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Why Breaking The Glass Ceiling Makes Business Sense
Pitchfork Partners, which I'm part of, recently partnered with "Break The Ceiling Touch The Sky", a success and leadership summit for women in corporations. While the day-long event touched upon...
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Modi Has Kept Promise To Farmers; Now It Is Up To The Monsoons
Do you know how much an Indian farmer earns? In 17 states, he earns less than ₹20,000 annually, according to National Sample Survey (NSS) data. This is the challenge of survival faced by the 42% of...
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A Budget For The Vikas Of Bharat, With An Agri Sweetener
Recovery in rural demand is a sine qua non for reviving growth. Recognizing this, the Budget has announced crucial measures to restore the health of the rural economy. Rural development Reviving the...
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India's Youth--A Blessing Or A Curse
An incendiary and violent jobs reservation protest by young people from the Jat community in Haryana got very close to bringing the capital of India to a standstill. Is this an ominous sign of social...
View ArticleNPA Crisis: A Classic Case Of Crony Capitalism
Recently, The Indian Express, on the basis of a response to its RTI application, reported that 29 state-owned banks have written off a total of ₹1.14 lakh crore of bad debts (technically called...
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No Hassle, No Queues: How The Internet of Things Can Transform The Way You Shop
The Internet of Things (IoT) is well on its way to becoming a household name. A global network that connects all things: smart phones, smart devices, sensors, appliances, vehicles, wearable devices and...
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Decongesting Delhi: Why The Odd-Even Scheme Doesn't Add Up
Delhi's odd-even scheme to reduce congestion and pollution in the city has caught the public's attention. Though the scheme may be effective in controlling traffic in the city, many other problems that...
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JNU Row For Dummies: A Rational Dissection Of 6 'Nationalist' Arguments
The discourse on recent events at JNU now resembles a spent cow at death's door. Over the last few days, it has been milked by every commentator with an internet connection and a social media account,...
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