Indian Periodical

by the editor: Siddharth Sehgal Transparency and Trust are important in matters of state, heart, and faith. And yet we see that the trust factor comes into scrutiny from time to time. We expect that those who run public institutions in our country would uphold the two driving principles so […]

by the editor: Siddharth Sehgal Now that we have got some respite from the second wave, there are many uncomfortable questions that our government needs to answer so that we are better prepared for the third and subsequent waves but the government is more worried about its image rather than […]

By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Sometimes I wonder which is the easier part, shedding tears or shedding moral responsibility. Does public outpouring of grief free a government of accountability?  As a gesture of owning up to mistakes and doing a course correction for the future, ministers in the central government […]

By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal The Covid nightmare continues for India, the dead bodies floating in our rivers are revealing the grim reality of the crisis that is unfolding in the countryside and also that how underprepared our system was for this pandemic. Things were not in control earlier too […]

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal It is difficult to watch the news these days, death and despair have become a daily routine. Thousands die every day as the infections increase at alarming rates. The problem is that with rising infections, which are grossly underreported, we cannot increase hospital beds or […]

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal There are no words to describe the pain and anguish the country is going through, constantly burning funeral pyres clouding the sky day and night and patients running from pillar to post to get an oxygen cylinder, a bed in a hospital, or a lifesaving […]

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal There could be two possibilities, either all the scientists, research institutes, data, and reports did not give an accurate assessment to the central government about the pandemic or the central government didn’t pay heed to the warnings, given the current scenario where PM with all […]

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Accountability is something that only exists for ordinary people in India, the higher you go up the political chain, the more responsibility becomes non-existent. Just look at Covid rules, ordinary citizens are fined when the mask is not worn in the proper way or if […]

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Imagine a cricket match where the umpire is biased, he purposefully favors one team and makes life hell for the other team during the match. He declares the other team’s batsmen out when they aren’t and when the team he favors comes to bat, he […]

by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal We Indians believe a lot in savings, we store gold in bank lockers, invest in Fixed Deposits from our hard-earned money for the rainy day in the future. Relations, be it at an individual or a larger level, are built with similar objectives in mind. […]