Is Brand Tata Losing its Way?
“When people think of brand qualities such as value for money, reliability and so on, they are thinking with their minds. But when they think about what Tata does for India, they are thinking with their hearts.” More...
An Open Letter to Gulzar
Dear Gulzar Sir, (Actually I wanted to address you as“Ji” or “Saab,” but you might have construed it as religious intolerance) When I read your recent statement that “We have never witnessed this kind More...
Acche Din for Economic and Political Weekly
From now onwards, a large section of the media in India could well be perceived to be a little less independent or, for that matter trustworthy. Pranjoy Guha Thakurta, 14 June 2014, EPW As far as advertising More...
Is India Becoming a Nation of Porn and Prostitutes?
Teacher: Girl, who is your role model’? Girl: Ma’am, Indrani Mukharjee! Teacher: (Shocked) ! Why? Girl: See Ma’am, Abdul Kalam passed away, no debate. Sania won Wimbledon, 10 minutes coverage. More...
Ramazan taking a Corporate Route to Ramadan
Recent radio and TV commercials of Western Union in India Wishing Happy Eid, talks of “Ramadan” and not “Ramzan.” Here is the the TV commercial and the radio jingle of Western Union. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ankEEiWxE Interestingly, More...
Oafish Opposition
Consider the following : When the whole world was celebrating 21 June being declared as World Yoga Day by United Nations, with a record breaking support of 177 Nations, the entire opposition in both Lok Sabha More...
Secularisation of Indian Sports
After Secularization of the Constitution, of Politics, the Judiciary, Education, Art, Literature, Media, Film, etc, India is witnessing the secularisation of Indian Sports. It is difficult to exactly pinpoint when More...
Sardar Patel, emotional intelligence and integration of Indian states
Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – this is not easy. -Aristotle, The Nicomachean More...
A Lullaby to Managalyan
After a 10-month-long journey and covering 680 million kilometers, India’s first interplanetary spacecraft created history by entering the Martian orbit. Much has been made of the cost-effective nature of Mangalyan, More...
The Plight of Hindu Women
In the evening of 24 February 2012, Rinkle Kumari, a 16 year old student of Mirpur Mathelo, in a small village in the province of Sindh, was kidnapped to satisfy the lust of a Muslim scholar. The Muslim scholar More...