Kunal

“From electrical to electronics, come ‘Make in India’. From chemicals to pharma, come make in India, from auto to value-addition, come make in India. Paper or plastic, come make in India. Satellites or submarines, come make in India.” With these stirring words, spoken in his inaugural Independence Day Address in 2014, Prime Minster Narendra Modi had heralded the launch of...

A country of the size and diversity of India is perhaps destined to exist in a permanent state of managed chaos when it comes to society as a whole. But on the economic front as well, India has come a long way from the (admittedly unsuccessful) attempts of Nehruvian socialists to manage the economy. After the liberalisation of 1991,...

Virat Kohli, the captain of India’s Test side, has expressed displeasure at how critics (including former cricketers) have reacted to India’s series win over South Africa in the recently-concluded tour. Perhaps he expected more showering of praise, more appreciation for the achievement of defeating the world’s top-ranked Test team. Instead, there has been more talk about spinning tracks than...

Life has a tendency not to give you quite what you want, quite when you want it. But while that is not so difficult to live with, it is also life’s tendency to give you exactly what you don’t want, exactly when you don’t want it – and that teds to hurt. A job being lost, a car accident,...

The old 15th century idiom may have said that ‘Children should be seen and not heard’, but in the 21st century, children are pretty much at the forefront of our lives. They are the most important members of a family, and sometimes even the decision makers! As parents, we try to teach them good morals, healthy habits and the...