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If New York can halt it, why not Vizag?
By Ajith Pillai. Data Centres: The citizens of Visakhapatnam deserve to be in the driver’s seat.
So where do I truly belong?
By Dr Aditi Parimoo. So where are you from?
The Magic of Wullar
By Shakeel ur Rasool in Bandipura.
In winter, Wullar Lake becomes magical with a kaleidoscope of magnificent colours stretched across a white blanket of snow.
The ‘Good Bahu’ Checklist vs The LinkedIn Bio
The Generation in the Middle: The pressure arrives in waves. First, it is the well-meaning aunt at a wedding. Then it is a forwarded article in the family WhatsApp group. Then it is a reel on Instagram, featuring a 29-year-old woman tearfully describing how she "waited too long". Independent Ink Feature Service There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation, though millennial women are certainly familiar with that too. It is the exhaust
From Shakira's Waka Waka to Dai Dai... LET'S GO!
The Gobal Village: Pictures of the week.
NOW DON'T ASK US WHY...?
The non-violent young uprising spreads.
Editor's Pick
Predators, Perverts, Paedophiles: And all that Sleaze on Social Media
By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. Targeting children. Two recent verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles exposes the sleazy side of social media:
Why not BLAME IT on the students? And kick the damn can down the road!
By NR Mohanty. So why are students up in arms across India?
A Disaster in the Making: Red Carpet for Hyper-scale Data Centres
By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. So why are global tech billionaires zeroing in on Visakhapatnam?
Politics
Versailles once again?
By NR Mohanty. Iran-US deal. Our leaders should hang their heads in shame for being bystanders in the entire process!
If New York can halt it, why not Vizag?
By Ajith Pillai. Data Centres: The citizens of Visakhapatnam deserve to be in the driver’s seat.
A $15 billion data centre in Vizag: So WHY this SECRECY ?
By Ajith Pillai. When a government or corporate entity opts for opacity and secrecy rather than transparency, it often indicates that it has much to conceal.
The $15 billion Adani-Google hyper-scale project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies this.
From the beginning, there has been a noticeable reluctance to share information with the citizens of this Tier 2 port city, who will be the most affected by the mega project.
By all accounts, it was a covertly concei
History
Give One Hundred Flowers to the Cockroach Who Rebels!
By Amit Sengupta and Suresh Nautiyal. Give flowers to our brave young cockroaches.
“Are you taking us to the police station?” Phooleshwari asked, jokingly
By Amit Sengupta /Bom/Sonebhadra. A revolution has already unfolded here. A peaceful, protracted, non-violent revolution. With fearless, resilient women as vanguard.
Live. Observe. Experience. Don’t dramatise. Draw.
By Suresh Nautiyal. To see the Himalaya today is not just to admire it. It is to recognise its fragility, its complexity, and our connection to it.
Society
The ‘Good Bahu’ Checklist vs The LinkedIn Bio
The Generation in the Middle: The pressure arrives in waves. First, it is the well-meaning aunt at a wedding. Then it is a forwarded article in the family WhatsApp group. Then it is a reel on Instagram, featuring a 29-year-old woman tearfully describing how she "waited too long". Independent Ink Feature Service There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation, though millennial women are certainly familiar with that too. It is the exhaust
From Shakira's Waka Waka to Dai Dai... LET'S GO!
The Gobal Village: Pictures of the week.
The Leaks. The Scandal. The Botch-up. The students' protests. Every image tells a story...
Images of the week: NEET leaks. CBSE scandal. CUET botch-up. The massive protests. Etc.
Ground Report
To Rebel is To Be!
By Amit Sengupta. The sudden, radical rupture inflames the rain-soaked afternoon. The fire spreads in the eyes, and inside clenched fists. A mother holds her little child close to her heart, eyes blazing. A thin, wiry young woman in a red sari, becomes a fiery symbol of shakti – women’s power. A grandmother is so intense, that her entire history of angst and anger explodes.
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Versailles once again?
By NR Mohanty. Iran-US deal. Our leaders should hang their heads in shame for being bystanders in the entire process!
If New York can halt it, why not Vizag?
By Ajith Pillai. Data Centres: The citizens of Visakhapatnam deserve to be in the driver’s seat.
So where do I truly belong?
By Dr Aditi Parimoo. So where are you from?
The Magic of Wullar
By Shakeel ur Rasool in Bandipura.
In winter, Wullar Lake becomes magical with a kaleidoscope of magnificent colours stretched across a white blanket of snow.
The ‘Good Bahu’ Checklist vs The LinkedIn Bio
The Generation in the Middle: The pressure arrives in waves. First, it is the well-meaning aunt at a wedding. Then it is a forwarded article in the family WhatsApp group. Then it is a reel on Instagram, featuring a 29-year-old woman tearfully describing how she "waited too long". Independent Ink Feature Service There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has nothing to do with sleep deprivation, though millennial women are certainly familiar with that too. It is the exhaust
From Shakira's Waka Waka to Dai Dai... LET'S GO!
The Gobal Village: Pictures of the week.
NOW DON'T ASK US WHY...?
The non-violent young uprising spreads.
Why are they hell-bent on destroying Vizag and its ecological lifeline?
Vizag simply cannot withstand further assaults on its fragile ecological systems.
Predators, Perverts, Paedophiles: And all that Sleaze on Social Media
By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. Targeting children. Two recent verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles exposes the sleazy side of social media:
The Leaks. The Scandal. The Botch-up. The students' protests. Every image tells a story...
Images of the week: NEET leaks. CBSE scandal. CUET botch-up. The massive protests. Etc.
Welcome to the 'Heat Islands'
By Dr Shiwani Pandey. Expand disaster management to include heatwaves as a primary hazard.
'We forget things if we have no one to tell them to'
By Abha Soni. The acclaimed film, with Irfan, great actor, now a magical musical at Berkeley.
Shuttle cock democracy?
The English Badminton Club in London etcetera. Cockroach Commentary.
Oh! he, a fifty times cool. And me, fifty times a fool...
BySreela Dasgupta in Santiniketan. He was a man's man.
A $15 billion data centre in Vizag: So WHY this SECRECY ?
By Ajith Pillai. When a government or corporate entity opts for opacity and secrecy rather than transparency, it often indicates that it has much to conceal.
The $15 billion Adani-Google hyper-scale project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies this.
From the beginning, there has been a noticeable reluctance to share information with the citizens of this Tier 2 port city, who will be the most affected by the mega project.
By all accounts, it was a covertly concei
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