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Why do big projects get stalled in the city? Simple - a lot of people have a vested interest in getting projects STARTED, but there's not enough money to accommodate

For social distancing, the govt tells airlines to run at 40% capacity. They run 40% of the flights at 100% capacity !! But on paper, the rule has been met.

WHO SHOULD TEACH? (From my column in Deccan Herald).----For decades, we've known that the education system in the country is badly broken. Fewer than half the children complete school, and

Ayush Secretary suggests that those who don't speak Hindi could leave a meeting he is addressing, because he doesn't speak English well. Some have picked up on this as another

CBSE reduces syllabus by 30% due to Covid. Actually, they could reduce it by any amount, even 90%, and in two important ways, it won't matter at all. The first

A COVID TEACHING MOMENT My column in the Deccan Herald today.===Classes, black-boards and chalk, white-boards and pens, examinations ... a lot of familiar things in the world of learning have

We have many 'poverty' parties, and not enough 'development' parties. The poverty parties are good at ensuring that poverty continues - they've done it for decades. There is some improvement

Germany is doing much better at responding to Covid than its EU peers. Its health minister explained it simply, "other countries had to build the lab networks, we already had

Is the lock down an over-reaction? It's important to ask this question, but it's also important to ask it in an objective way, without making it an accusation about the

A good exit strategy from the lock down requires the identification of safe zones that can be expanded gradually. We've been focusing so far on minimising the unsafe zones, but