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By Vidyadhar Date |

A premier library  is being eyed  by some  as a real estate  bonanza.  The Mumbai Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya near…

By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Indian economy looks to be in better shape now compared to the conditions that prevailed in the initial phase of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic. Inflation at 4.35 per cent…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The overriding of legitimate claims and demands in the name of a great nation waiting to happen signals not progress but regress. We are headed down and the hunger index…
By Vidyadhar Date |

Was surprised to see Tata employees residential building in an abandoned state with broken windows at Bandra Kurla complex this morning.  After inquiries, I…

By Vidyadhar Date |

The only thing appropriate about this public art installation seems to be its location.

By Vidyadhar Date |

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

By Vidyadhar Date |

Swachh Bharat mission is a good idea.

By Ajit Ranade |
The Pandora Papers raise a lot of issues that need serious introspection. However, one hopes that like the Panama and Paradise Papers, they don’t become forgotten…
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No one can allege that India’s health care system is all bad. It has worked some wonders. Two generations ago children grew up with worm infestations and scabies.
By John Chelladurai |
The prophet of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi, demonstrated nonviolence as an efficient method of fighting political and social evils, in a manner that no world leader…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Punjab has been a fiasco for the Congress. But it comes alongside one of the better things that has happened in recent years – the induction of Kanhaiya Kumar and…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
As widely expected, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo in the policy rates as also in the policy stance in its fourth bi-…
By Errol D'Souza |
A recent judgement by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), penalising Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Maruti) for indulging in what is considered anticompetitive…
By Ajit Ranade |
It was one year ago that the three farm laws were passed rather hastily in Parliament. The laws were issued as ordinances in June, and then converted into bills for…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
To an angry questioner on social media, who asked why has this celebrated Hindi film star endorsed as undesirable a product as paan masala, Bachchan said he was paid to…