By The Editor The attack on Charlie Hebdo clearly showed us the price of freedom and sometime that price have to paid in blood. Charlie Hebdo had a history of pushing the envelop on freedom of speech but is that the reason to shoot someone in the cold blood, how […]
Editorial
Editorial
TCS Layoff: The Human Cost of Corporate Profits
By The Editor I always use to wonder why IT employees in general are called “Resources”, not employees, not personnel but resources. Only later when sacked from a project I realized why it was so, we are all expendables. Billing and revenue is all that matters in this industry and […]
Letter From the Editor: Our Aim, Our Ambition for 2015
Dear Reader, We have come far from our starting point in early 2014, we are entering this New Year with a renewed confidence and we owe this to your interest and support to our efforts. During this time we published poems, articles, pictures and cartoons sent by people from different […]
No Good Deeds Go Unpunished
By The Editor No good deeds go unpunished and no where it’s more evident than the recent set of events that played out in the bail of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, though the Pakistani government had tried to do the damage repair but a big question arises is that can we really […]
The Uber Problem
By The Editor It’s quiet surprising to think if Uber had no clue about the legal ramifications of their product, I mean what possibly can go wrong with taking a lift from a stranger and as it turned out in Delhi, everything. Initially the company did seem to be the […]
Reflection On Kashmir
By The Editor There is one thing very puzzling about Pakistan and psyche of its leadership. Right from the beginning in 1947, they wanted their own country. Wanted to create their own Utopia but that dream failed miserably. They are unable to provide their people with even basic facilities of […]
Indian Arrival on World Stage
By The Editor Being powerful is one thing but asserting that power is another. India has only recently rediscovered its assertive status after a long time and long awaited leadership. There are some in political and journalism circles that object to PM Modi’s frequent visit abroad but it’s a positive […]
Stark Reminder of Chhattisgarh
By The Editor The sterilization incident in Chhattisgarh is a stark reminder of our ailing public medical system. The negligence for which we are so well known throughout the world has again cost us dearly in both lives and embarrassment. Government medical hospitals and colleges in urban areas are riddled […]
Election Bugle: Battle for New Delhi
By The Editor Now that there is official green light for elections in Delhi, things are in motion towards a decisive showdown between BJP and Aam Admi Party. As elections will come closer, old political melodrama on TV will appear again, campaign trumpets will resound with processions, where politicians from […]
Lagarde List: India’s Quest For Black Money
By The Editor Hervé Falciani might or might not have anticipated the ripple effects of his decision to walk out with the list of some 130,000 names of who hold their money away from the prying eyes in the safe hands of his Swiss employer, HSBC. Leaked in 2008, this […]