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Blog postGuest Post by Subrat Mishra, a recently superannuated civil servant and friend writing his first ever blog...
It all begins on the auspicious day of Devasnana Purnima when the divine Trinity, Shri Jagannath, brother Shri Balabhadra, and sister Devi Subhadra, in order to get a little respite from the scorching heat of the summer, decide to indulge in a bit of water sport. They take a luxurious bath with one hundred and eight kalashas (pots) of holy, consecrated, perfumed, cold water an -
Blog postIn the first week of June two important and linked International days are observed. On the third of June falls the World Bicycle Day, and it is followed by the World Environment Day on the fifth of June. It was in April 2018 that the UN designated June 3 as the World Bicycle Day mainly due to the untiring efforts of Leszek Sibilisky, a Polish American sociologist and track cyclist.
Photo courtesy: https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/06/world-bicycle-day-2021-theme-significance-and-histor -
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In the times of COVID, health and healthcare have become the primary focus of both individuals and governments. Slowly but surely, the pandemic has pushed us all into the arena of digital healthcare.
When I had COVID last year I never met the doctor who treated me even once. I consulted with him virtually – at times on video or otherwise on audio. All the prescriptions came online and I sent him all test reports online too -
Blog postThe terrible relentless march of the COVID pandemic in the country is marked by the countless deeds of help and support offered by people to each other. Whether it is through the social media or through organizations or individual offers of help, the second surge in our country has brought out the hidden hero in the common person. This is the silver lining that we will all remember when the clouds disappear.
The terrible relentless march of the COVID pandemic in the country is marked -
Blog postAs the International Women’s day comes again in 2021, there is much to feel happy about. Parts of the world being governed by women are increasing steadily. Estonia is the latest country to join this club, with both the President and Prime Minister being women. The US elected its first ever female vice president, and Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman to head the WTO. Rashmi Samant, became the first female president of the Oxford University Students Union. The Time magazine’
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Blog postThe drive towards the Gir forest area slowly turned into a road lined with mango groves. Although, it was the middle of February and the plains of North India were still shivering, the mango trees in that part of western India were laden with flowers and a heady fragrance was hanging in the air. Delhi’s polluted air seemed like a bad dream! The bright orange ‘kesar’ mangos of the region are famous. But not as famous as the lions of Gir!
The last bastion of the Asiatic lion is th -
Blog postIn 1602, in an alley in Amsterdam, a merchant began selling shares of the Dutch East India Company, bringing into existence the joint stock company- the bedrock of the capitalist economy. Today, to cope with the effects of COVID 19, the city of Amsterdam is trying to experiment with an idea and concept in economics that challenges the capitalist idea.
Photo by Liam Gant on Pexels.com In a 2017 book, “Doughnut Economics” the British economist Kate Raworth brought forth a different way -
Blog postThese days the havoc being caused by loan app sharks in India is in the limelight. In these trying COVID times, desperate people fell prey to the easy loans being disbursed by these apps at exorbitant interest rates. The apps used the data gathered to intimidate and harass users for recovery. Outside the regulated financial sector, these apps are now being shut down. Post-covid is not just a difficult time for the recovering patient; it is also a difficult time for law enforcement dealing wit
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Blog postMy book Ascendance was reviewed in the premier journal ‘Indian Literature” of the Indian Academy of Letters, Sahitya Academy.
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Blog postAt last, it is time to bid 2020 adieu. What can one say about this year that has scampered by under the shadow of the Corona virus? For most of us it has passed in a blur of coping with lockdowns, masks, sanitizers, social distancing and immunity boosters. For many is has been about hospitals and ventilators, and for still others about impersonal funerals. It’s a slice of time we would never want repeated.
Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com The dreaded COVID virus paid me a visit betw
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