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November 24, 2019
Why is the Indian economy in free fall?
November 10, 2019
Students’ viewpoints
November 06, 2019
The great offers in my inbox
A salesman in a garments shop in a shopping mall in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia asked me, “You are from India. Do you know Mr. Amitabh Bachchan?” “How do you know Mr. Bachchan,” I queried back. “Oh! We see all his pictures. He is a great actor.” Another time, at Lagos airport in Nigeria, after seeing my Indian passport, the Immigration officer announced to me, “You are from the land of Amitabh Bachchan!”Later, I was working the grocery retail outlets in Dakar in Senegal. I noticed an African shopkeeper watching the movie “Deewar” with French subtitles. I could not help asking him how and why he was watching an Indian movie made thousands of miles away. “I love Amitabh Bachchan, I watch all his movies,” he told me. I was amazed at the fan following of Amitabh Bachchan...
October 15, 2019
A Man and a Star
May 28, 2019
Woman on the road
Food is history. Food is culture. But food is also political, sociological, psychological, philosophical and probably many other things as well. And with the Ramadan season upon us, it seems like now is a good time to revisit our relationship with food, which is one of the oldest relationships in the history of humankind.There is no doubt that food brings people together and facilitates conversation. After all, its value is not only nutritious but extents to building a community, or any bond for that matter, because it is what people have in common. To eat is to be open to the other person and the blessings of the world. That is why food constitutes an important element in any travel experience because to experience a culture, it is important that one experiences its food as well, to be...
May 15, 2019
Food for thought
May 01, 2019
Nature’s demise
THE world’s largest democracy India, with a population of 1.3 billion people, is voting in these few weeks to elect a new government. A general election in India is always a milestone, due to the sheer number of people voting, around 900 million. The electoral expenditure is estimated at US$ 4 billion. India is also a functioning democracy where the verdict of the ballot-box rules. Hence it is an important landmark, in a world where strongmen in many countries perpetuate their own rule by fiddling with the constitutions of their countries.The Indian elections are daunting in sheer numbers, as well. Over 8,200 candidates from about 450 political parties, compete for 543 seats in Parliament. There are around 927,000 polling stations across the country, with about 20,000 in forests and...
April 25, 2019
India’s general election: A country at the crossroads
April 18, 2019
You can be the employer of choice
April 04, 2019
Yemdini: The root cause of road accidents in Saudi Arabia
