Working With Hands

Many people think that jobs using your brain (like office work) are better than jobs using your hands (like fixing machines, building things, or cooking). But that idea isn’t really…

From nature to human nature

One trait I deeply admire in many animals, birds, and reptiles is their remarkable ability to camouflage—hiding in plain sight. The onset of the mango season inevitably brings with it…

Appraisal season for democracy, war, Hollywood, and Bollywood

  Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. ‘Tis the month we say: Beware the Ides (pronounced eye-dz) of March, a reference to Julius Caesar being stabbed in the back,…

India’s 300‑MT steel ambition needs R&D enabled green spine –Here’s the playbook

India is currently the world’s second-largest steel producer and has articulated a long-term vision of achieving 300 MTPA crude steel capacity by 2030. With strong infrastructure push, urbanisation, manufacturing expansion,…

Exploring alternative energy partnerships

Shalini Saxena Dr. Shalini Saxena is currently working as a Professor in Political Science and International Relations in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Royal School of Humanities…

Consultation with chief minister and governor appointment

The president has recently made transfers/appointments of governors of some states (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, etc.). In West Bengal, CV Ananda Bose resigned, citing personal reasons, and RN Ravi…

The human being – The least valued element in world enterprise and activity

One of the worrisome and rather tasteless human behaviours is to devalue the human being as having the least value in all human enterprise and activity. The few examples below…

An opportunity to harmonise your birth Nakshatra and planetary energies

The Chaitra Navratri heralding the new year on Gudi Padwa around the vernal equinox is one of the most auspicious time of the year . Whatever you seek, prosperity, success,…

Hubris, Then Nemesis

Being blind to the limits of power, seems to come with the territory of having a lot of it. Look at geopolitics   As it went with tariffs, so it’s going…

No Sides? No Problem

Paltrow, at the Oscars, showed, in her silhouette, what it takes to hold it together Who won the Oscars is for movie nerds. For the rest, Academy Awards is a…