A hundred years ago today, American women finally got a Constitutionally guaranteed right to vote, when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. I confess, when 2020 began, I assumed this centenary was going […]
Voting Women, 100
Ongoing Challenges of China-India Relations
By Brigadier Vinod Dutta The foreign policy of the Chinese is like their noodles: sticky, entangled and flavorful. We in India love the noodles, but the foreign policy can get sticky and […]
Understand, Don’t Stoke, The Rage
The world is in turmoil right now. In poltics, the media, even civil society, there are calls for people to “take sides” and “take action.” But what action? And which “side”? I […]
Petals and Potshots in the “Pandemic Peace”
Anuj Sood was a bright student. He was brought home wrapped in the Indian national flag, a fallen soldier. He was cremated on Tuesday. His soldier-father, a retired Brigadier General of the […]
Unlikely Escape
The word “escape” makes me think of an exit. Usually an exit from a small enclosure onto a wide open environment. But I wonder if the more common practice isn’t to enter […]
Excavation Site, Ancient Rome, View from Palatine Hill
Two views of an ancient street, with storefronts (and maybe homes?) stunningly well preserved. A place where regular people lived and worked long ago.
The Goddess of Arts and Sciences
We often think of faith and rationality — or art and science — as dichotomous and mutually exclusive. But human cognitive powers are way richer than that…. This last weekend, it was […]
Editorial Independence vs. Financial Realism: When the hand that feeds extracts a pound of flesh …
In this era of free content, subscription fees can’t keep publications afloat. So, advertisement, more than ever, is the lifeblood of professional journalism. But, in order to survive, is journalism becoming nothing […]
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