Online Shopping Portals and the Growth of MSME sector
January 27, 2022MSME’s have come to their own during the lockdown, piggy backing on the infra of big e-retail to survive and grown
Month: January 2022
Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry
January 8, 2022I first read Animal Farm when i was in the 7th or 8th standard. It was an era before 24 hour TV channels. The internet was an American Defence Department pilot. And, without the distractions of TV or web, I fell in…
Column: The Radicalised Hindu – and why we need to worry
January 2, 2022Haridwar is one of the holiest cities for Hindus. At the foothills of the Shivalik Ranges, the city is by the banks of the Ganga, as it moves form its source in the mountains, to the plains. bIn Both in the Shaivite…
Column : Legal age of marriage matters little, empowerment does
January 2, 2022This appeared in the FPJ on the 20th of December 2021 My paternal grandmother was married when she was 11. She was a mother at 13. Her own mother, my great grandmother, was 28 when she became a grandmother. My grandmother bore…
Column: The Tale of Two Journalisms – driven by the Journalist and the Jester.
January 1, 2022this appeared in the FPJ on the 13th of December Last week, Maria Ressa, from Phillipines, and Dmitry Muratov, from Russia, accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Nobel committee said “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a…
Column: No UPA sets the Congress Free
January 1, 2022this appeared in the FPJ on the 6th of December Recently, the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, set the assembled gaggle of journalists aflutter. In response to a question post her meeting with the NCP supremo, Sharad Pawar, on the UPA, her…
Column: The Farm Laws – The Media’s Echo Chamber Deafens those in power to reality
January 1, 2022This was in the aftermath of the repeal of the farm laws, on the 22nd of November 2022 The farm laws are officially dead. On the 19th of November, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra mod addressed the nation, and informed us…
Column: The Radicalised Troll
January 1, 2022this appeared in the FPJ on the 14th of November, after rape threats to Kohli and Sharma’s 7-month child. What would you call a person who suggests raping a 7 month old, because her father stood up for a team-mate facing communal…
Column: COP26 -The Urgency needed to combat climate change is lacking
January 1, 2022This was around the COP26 negotiations on Climate Change – on the 7th of November The city of Glasgow, in Scotland, is currently hosting the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. For many political leaders, bureaucrats, diplomats, experts, activists and others…
Column: ‘Hindu khatre mein hai’ is similar to the narrative that fostered Partition
January 1, 2022this appeared in the FPJ on the 1st of November When we look at the history of the Indian independence movement, one thing is very clear. And that was the role played by communal parties In creating psychosis of fear and otherization…