Securing frontlines

On April 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the country’s health authorities to ensure availability of essential medical equipment such as...

Lockdown trade-offs

Advice around dealing with a virus outbreak is not very different between the “jaan hai to jahaan hai” from Indian poetry (if there is life, there...

Bad old ways

The acquittal by the Sindh High Court in Pakistan of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in the case of the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl was foretold —...

In Good Faith: Virus And I

The coronavirus has forced us to fall back on ourselves. It will, for the duration of the lockdown, put the cart of civilisation back by decades....

Pandemic and prejudice

“China ka maal”, “half Chinese” and “chinki”, of course. I get a lot of this on Twitter when I disagree with a majority view on something....

India’s Covid-19 toll hits 100; Delhi tally 503

The number of deaths from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) topped 100 on Sunday as the total infections crossed 4,000 – 503 of them in Delhi –...

Covid-19: What you need to know today

Let’s look at some numbers. The number of Covid-19 cases in the world was 1.25 million on Sunday night, and the number of deaths stood at 68,000....

How to connect despite physical distancing

By Kamlesh Patel How each of us copes with lockdowns, social distancing and work-from-home routine – to prevent further spread of the Covid-19...

Corona-netas: Life in lockdown for top politicians. A list that isn’t

PM Narendra Modi: Fellow Indians, I’ve done a sound show (thali banging), light show (lighting diyas), and now I’m planning a mega dhamaka on...

How to restart the economy after the lockdown: Here’s how India can meet perhaps the greatest challenge of our times

Tackling corona vital, must deal with privacy issues too

At a time when so many people are breaking their quarantine, and when the spread of the corona virus is suddenly picking up very fast—it took 31...

New headache for banks: Let the lenders decide on loan moratorium

While there is no denying that the next several months are going to be nightmarish for businesses given they are going to face severe cash-flow...

Climate Contagion: Once corona-crisis passes, economies could undo the meagre progress on climate action

Corona-responses like that of the US’s Trump regime will surely birth another crisis, that of a derailing of the meagre progress made on climate...

ഭഗവതിക്ക്‌ കോഴിവെട്ടു മതി; പനി പോകും! , അന്ന്‌ വസൂരിക്കാലം, ഇന്ന്‌ കോവിഡ്‌ കാലം

പ്രഭാതം. പടിപ്പുരവാതില്‍ തുറക്കുന്ന ശബ്‌ദം കേട്ടു....

രാഷ്‌ട്രത്തിനപ്പുറമൊരു സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യമില്ല

ലോകം മുഴുവന്‍ കോവിഡ്‌ -19 വൈറസിനു മുന്നില്‍...

മരണമുനമ്പായി ന്യൂയോര്‍ക്ക്‌, ഹൃദയവ്യഥയോടെ മലയാളികള്‍

കോവിഡ്‌ മഹാമാരിയില്‍മൂലം രണ്ടുപേര്‍ കൂടി...

April 6, 1980, Forty Years Ago: AFSPA In Assam

The whole of Assam, except the North Cachar Hills District, has been declared a “disturbed” area and brought under the Armed Forces Special Powers...

ഭിന്നശേഷിയുള്ള കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങള്‍ക്ക്‌ വേണം കൂടുതല്‍ കരുതല്‍

പഠനത്തിന്റെ തിരക്കില്‍ മാറ്റിവച്ച ഇഷ്‌ടങ്ങളൊക്കെ...

Let no one go hungry

Nearly one-fifth of India’s labour force consists of internal migrants. As per the 2011 census, a quarter of the urban population consists of...

‘அகிம்சை’ - வாழ்வியலின் அச்சாணி!

  உலகில் உயா்ந்த பண்பாடு மிக்க நம் நாட்டில் வரலாற்றுக்...

Beating around bush

Respected Madam/ Sir, First of all whether everybody is ok in the office or no? Please convey all the sentiments from Mathrubootham family to all...

Shooting the messenger

While the economic cost of the pandemic has been discussed widely, not as much attention has been paid to the lurking danger of the shrinking of...

Risking the sacred covenant

Even if the initial downplaying and non-evacuation of the Coronavirus-ridden USS Theodore Roosevelt was a practical necessity, the US naval...

Jobs drying up

The Class of 2020 from premier institutes is going to suffer as much as the rest of the graduates As news begins to filter in that companies are...

The Dharavi project

If the BMC does contain the virus spread in Asia’s largest slum cluster, then it would be a rescue template like no other Dharavi, Asia’s largest...

Oil in a post-Covid world

Things fall apart; the Centre cannot hold/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world — W B Yeats In the midst of a global pandemic of epic dimensions,...

Lessons from COVID pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic has engulfed many countries. The ravaging microscopic body – the coronavirus behind this disease -- has posed an extreme threat...

Virtual education, and the challenges thereof

As we enter into a different kind of a world order after the outbreak of Covid-19, health, economy and every sector including education need to...

Covid-19: Crises & Concerns

Time again the ugly tentacles of lockdown are hovering upon us. We are used to the stale routine since last 3 decades. I bet, no one can adapt to...

Covid 19 and our social living

Aristotle says man is a social animal who loves to live in the fellowship of others. It is in fact the social behavior and social affluence that...

Three major shocks to Indian economy

Every economy, developed or developing, has its shock bearing capacities. Beyond that it gets affected adversely. Nonetheless, every economy goes...

Editorial | Take care of the needy

The spirit of fellow feeling and the passion to rescue others, who are in trouble, is the hallmark of a human society.  We are networked, by virtue...

Scholarships Alert

Trending News 700 lecturers engaged on academic arrangement without salary for 9 months Panic grips Kupwara after 6 COVID-19 cases After first...

Academic Planner 2020 and the Challenges Thereof

The school education department in March this year released a new academic planner for educational institutions for current year. The 12 page...

Can technology replace the role of a teacher?

During the last few decades there has been a tremendous increase in the inventions which have transfigured human life. Being a student or a teacher...