A small business is anything but small. What it lacks in size, it makes up in impact. If you think of it, prior to the Industrial Revolution, a majority of the businesses, if not all, were small businesses. Traders, livestock, armorers, home smiths, potters…that sort of thing. Guilds were the next stage of evolution, where …
Tomorrow is the day that will determine India’s future for the next thirty years. Good, bad or ugly – all depends on tomorrow’s result. Twenty-four hours later, the people have spoken. Today, the 10th of March, will have ramifications for not just India, but for the whole world, beyond this decade, and the next, and …
You know that your food kills you. Some slower than the others. The very process of eating and digestion takes us closer to the end, one meal at a time. But eating is inevitable, because the only other option is bringing that eventuality very close, very fast. And while “heaven” is a great place from …
What is free speech? Is speech free, as long as you say what I think is right? Should the “bad” be allowed to speak at all, or is free speech only for the “good”? Who decides who is bad, and who is good? Does the coin not have two faces? Is it right to take …
चलने ही चलने में कितना जीवन, हाय, बिता डाला!‘दूर अभी है’, पर, कहता है हर पथ बतलानेवाला,हिम्मत है न बढूँ आगे को साहस है न फिरुँ पीछे,किंकर्तव्यविमूढ़ मुझे कर दूर खड़ी है मधुशाला।।७। Chalne hi chalne me kitna jeevan, haaye, bita dala‘Door abhi hai’, par, kehta hai har path batlanewalaHimmat hai na badhu aage ko …
Ok. My apologies. No Bachchan today. Try Venjaramoodu instead. For those unfamiliar with this tongue-twister of a name, you should see more Malayalam cinema. Suraj is his first name, and much like the rising sun, Venjaramoodu shines throughout all the movies that he stars in – subtle, understated, yet an essential ingredient without which the …
भावुकता अंगूर लता से खींच कल्पना की हाला,कवि साकी बनकर आया है भरकर कविता का प्याला,कभी न कण-भर खाली होगा लाख पिएँ, दो लाख पिएँ!पाठकगण हैं पीनेवाले, पुस्तक मेरी मधुशाला।।४। Bhavukta angoor lata se kheench kalpana ki halaKavi saaki bankar aaya hai bharkar kavita ka pyalaKabhi na kan-bhar khali hoga, lakh piye do lakh piyePathak …
If there was one bowler who I found enigmatic, it was Shane Warne. That first ball of the Ashes…he changed the way the world looked as spin. Outside the subcontinent, he was by far the best, but let’s not measure him by mere records. His battles with Sachin were legendary – every Indian hated him …
How does one remain sane nowadays? With a war raging on one side and Shanaya Kapoor’s imminent launch in a Karan Johar wrapper? I wonder what would happen if an alien visit earth today, possibly for a reconnaissance before an invasion sometime in the near future. Let’s assume he is on a fact-finding mission, and …
Today’s war is not fought in the battlefield. It is fought in people’s minds. The downside of easy access to information is the promulgation of wrong information – so it is difficult to know truth from fiction. But a larger question looms – why do we all fight armchair wars? People take sides, even if …
