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Kochi fire: Fumes of centralised waste and decentralised trauma
What needs to be understood is the difference between adopting decentralised waste-management system and leaving decision-making to a decentralised local entity.
Iran-Saudi Arabia Deal: China is here for self-interest, propaganda
Iran and Saudi Arabia have just announced the restoration of diplomatic ties — suspended since 2016 — with China playing the mediator. The development is being widely interpreted as a sign of China’s increasing role in West Asia and ability to match ...
War in Ukraine and India’s liberals
Gandhi’s predicament is comparable to the deer in the highway intersecting a wooded forest, transfixed by the automobile’s illuminated headlights, and staring with its sad watery eyes at something so sudden, which it is able to see clearly, even at night, with eyes that take time to adjust to heightened level of brightness. Both Tharoor and Gandhi are smart learners, and have since identified with India’s Ukraine policy. Tharoor claims that the Narendra Modi government’s views have shifted towards his held position, while humility comes naturally to Gandhi, and he sees no reason to proffer explanation. To err is human, after all. If these Congress stalwarts went horribly wrong in their initial assessment, that is attributable to their continuing perception of the Western ‘liberal democracies’ as India’s ‘natural ally’.
Fake news and CBI signal it's election time
What links the fake news about Bihari migrants being ‘hanged’ for speaking Hindi in Tamil Nadu and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioning former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, mother of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav? The onset of the 2024 general election.
Let’s talk about intimate partner violence
In recent months, several murders have made headlines across India. Megha Torvi's body was found in a bed box in Maharashtra. Nikki Yadav was reported murdered a few days prior. A 28-year-old woman died in a fire in Rohini. In November, television was consumed with news of Shraddha Walkar's murder. These incidents are not isolated acts of violence, but are linked by a common factor: the prime suspect in each case is the live-in partner of the victim