Opinion

Melvin Durai I’ve often wondered which dish I would eat if I were having a last meal. I hope I never have to make such a choice, because it would probably mean that I’m on death row somewhere, and it’s hard to enjoy a last...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra Addressing students of the Ahmedabad University recently, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee said, “People in India are in extreme pain and the economy is still below the 2019 levels, with small aspirations of people becoming even smaller now.” In July 2018, Nobel laureate...

Bhalachandra Shadangi The massacre of 14 civilians, including six coal mine workers, in Nagaland’s Mon district by the Indian Army has shaken the conscience of the nation. The workers were murdered on the evening of December 4 while travelling from their place of work in...

Madhumati Agrawal If politics is about decision making, then affirmative action in politics is about equitable representation of the diverse population. The foundations of a democratic society dictate that the voices of the oppressed must be taken into account so as to prevent majoritarian rule....

Melvin Durai Before you turn up the volume of your music, you need to be aware that it might disturb your neighbours. And it might terrify your neighbours’ pets. Pets have sensitive ears. If you have a dog, you probably already know this. Any type...

Prof SN Misra The government has promulgated two Ordinances by amending the CVC Act, 2003 and the SPE Act, 1946 which allows the Centre to extend the tenure of Enforcement Director and Director CBI from two years up to five years. The Opposition has termed...

Dhanada K Mishra “If you are not interested in Artificial Intelligence, then you are not interested in interesting things,” says Prof Patrick Winston of MIT, a researcher of AI. If you used your smartphone to type a message and found the autocorrect feature altering your...

Avilash Roul Mo Cycle as a public bike sharing system (PBS) was introduced in Bhubaneswar November 26, 2018. The objective of Mo Cycle was to offer a sustainable and affordable alternative for short trips or ‘first and last mile’ connectivity. Unfortunately, neither it has emerged...

Melvin Durai Newspapers provide an invaluable service to their readers. If you don’t believe me, just consider this question that was recently sent to a wellness column in the New York Times: “I keep finding myself biting into an apple or a peach, only to...

Melvin Durai Given a classroom assignment of putting various household objects into categories, many students around the world would have no trouble putting the common slipper or chappal into a single category: footwear. But others, including those in Asia, Africa and South America, would earn...