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Concealed In Mystery: Unsigned Words With Lasting Impact
How would you feel if people you know wrote nice things about you but you couldn’t identify who wrote what?
This is precisely how I felt 12 years ago and again last week.
Before moving to…
Din, Chaos, & Shrinking Civility In Parliament: Why Lawmakers Must Find A Way…
Young minds keen on deeper knowledge on the functioning and processes of Indian democracy would have imbibed wrong lessons watching Parliament at work this monsoon session. Venerable…
The Battlefield Of Women’s Bodies
Some of the most dangerous, depraved and damaging battles are fought not on the battlefields, but on women’s bodies. It doesn’t take much during conflicts and wars to turn women’s bodies…
Let’s Not ‘Weed Out’ The Weed From Our Lives: Unlike Us, It’s…
Hold your horses. I am not going to discuss the kind of plant whose parts make some people get high and happy. The title is a bit misleading. This piece is about any plant growing where it…
Odia Wikipedia Touches Record Heights; How It Helped People During COVID-19
Wikipedia is one of the top websites globally in terms of visitor numbers. The online encyclopedia, written and maintained by a community of volunteers, has become popular due to the…
Youth Bulge And New India – Key To Sustainable Development
Youth are the most important and dynamic segment of the population in any country. It is believed that developing countries with large youth population could see tremendous growth, provided…
Decision Makers Must Stop Playing With The Geography Of Bhubaneswar City
Across the globe, urban planners are considered to be in the best public service profession. Just like medical science is there to take care of human beings' good health, urban planners find…
Are Days Of Liberal Democracy Over?
Democratic processes and the institutions that make liberal democracy sustainable have alienated people they are supposed to serve. They face, as this series of articles has pointed out, a…
Delhi Food Brands: Some Dead, Some Dying & Some Popping Up
I had a list of food outlets which I intended to visit during my trip to Delhi. These were some of the iconic ones in the national Capital, especially for me.
Nirula’s was always close to…
Best-In-Class HR Practices Without An HR Department (No Kidding!)
Believe-it-or-not, my previous workplace had no Human Resources Division for 17 years. I joined the company eight years after it was founded when it had less than a thousand employees.…