Corona Diaries

The pandemic has spurred new thoughts on the future of school education. Online is the way to go, many experts suggest. It would eliminate the need for elaborate physical infrastructure,...

In the beginning, there was the disease. Anyone who bothered to follow its progress knew it was going to be big, of global proportion, in terms of spread, lives claimed...

"Certain species of animals eat their young. Some abandon them as soon as they are born," the friend said with a sardonic smile, "Now I understand why." Known for his...

Money moves our world. It may or may not buy us happiness, but for all other things of import in our lives it is critical. The earlier column mentioned in...

  The chief enemy of creativity is good sense, said Pablo Picasso, the Spanish painter and pioneer of cubism. It is heartening to note that most friends have abandoned good...

India is unlocking. This is when COVID-19 cases are on the threshold of two lakh, the seventh maximum in the world. And experts say we are still nowhere near the...

What should social media platforms be -- passive bulletin boards or arbiters of truth? Mired in unresolved debates on ethicality and public morality for long, the question gets a fresh...

It's summer. The sun is in a pernicious mood. Hot air hits your face in rude blasts. When it stops, searing heat takes over, trying to bake you alive. The...

It's getting worse. Consecutive lockdowns now look no better than crumbling clay dams before a tsunami. As this piece is being written, COVID-19 cases in India have surpassed the 1.5...

It's been a while we spoke about the sexes during the lockdown and had a light-hearted look into their predicament. In confinement together for such a long time, tied to...