Innovation is the most powerful force behind material progress; it increases productivity of people and resources, and introduces new products and techniques. Advanced countries have relied greatly on it for growth; both their firms and...
Savarna can mean an astrologer, or a son of a Brahmin man and a Kshatriya mother, or of the same colour, appearance, caste or tribe. That was in ancient Sanskrit; more recently it has come...
What a beautiful sight! Look around at world’s leaders such as Donald Trump or Xi Jin Ping; would you be sorry if you did not get another look at them? And then look at Justin...
Blindheim – blind home – is a strange name; but that is the name of a village in Bavaria. Presumably it had a home for the blind some time in its history. But what made...
There is no correlation between countries and patriotism. Of the 60-odd countries I have visited, citizens of most – for instance, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Canada or Singapore – would hardly ever give a thought to patriotism....
Aristotle is a famous philosopher. He had an even better known pupil – Alexander. But Alexander did not get much time to study, for his father Philip was assassinated when he was 16 in 340...
Securities and Exchange Board of India is at a loss: it does not know how to rate shares. It would like the risk of investing in a share to be summed up in a single...
Though extremely unstable, agricultural growth has far outpaced population growth in recent years; the supply of agricultural goods per head has risen. The proportion of population dependent on agriculture has been falling; so goods produced...
Global warming is now contested by few; it is part of our personal experience. It has intensified over the past two decades, and will get worse before long. Remedial action against it is urgent. Such...
Harsh Vardhan, minister of science and technology, has approved a proposal that the National Research and Development Corporation should develop an Intellectual Property Exchange. The idea is appealing. The patent office receives thousands of applications...
Some achievement at last Journalism has its occasions for consternation. I have been sued for defamation. The publisher washed his hands off, and asked me to face the case on my own. Luckily, there are...
Flyers have been in the news. First there was an unshaven legislator from a western state. He got into a flight to the seat of power, and ensconced himself in a snug front seat in...
