Parallel Flashback
Poet pens a heartfelt poem connecting the partition, the memories of the past and lives lost to the present.
pandemic
Why evidence-based decision making is the need of the hour in India
Evidence-based decisions and policy are, without doubt, the need of the hour, and denying it is pushing India to its doom.
Trolley Problem and the war for the control of the economic narrative
The decisions being made about when and how to relax the lockdown can be discussed as a kind of trolley problem. We have diverted from the track of “normal life” as we make desperate attempts to save lives from the virus.
Is remote-working here to stay?
Big software and IT outsourcing companies in India and worldwide, who had earlier refrained from allowing work from home, have been forced to consider this as the only option.
The poor, the gloom, and the failing of a society
Rich get cake, poor get cane. Many are dying daily on the roads, in trains in their attempt to reach home, to their families. Rich got flight-down home; poor got flies on their dead bodies. One wonders if the constitutional provisions like human dignity, equality, fraternity include the poor.
What Camus taught us about “The Plague”
At the heart of the novel lies the idea that in a war with the plague, we all have to come together if we hope to defeat it. Camus’ work has proved to be timeless.
Jeff Bezos- A Utilitarian profiteering during crisis?
Profit maximizing sounds like a utilitarian idea that Bezos has been following despite the pandemic to increase his profits. However, how correct is it to call him a utilitarian in Bentham’s world?
Kindness in these uncertain times
While competition is a virtue, it has overstayed its welcome. We have tried competition and aggression all these years and lost more than we’ve gained.
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