Chintu has become a household name ever since a start-up backed by major angel investors began flooding Indian digital media with advertisements promoting coding for kids. I was astonished to see these kid-focused coding start-ups become overnight success stories, which inspired me to write about this alarming trend. The overwhelming…
१८०० रुपयांची आकडेमोड कि जगण्याची धडपड?
सध्या एका कामवाल्या काकूंचा १८०० रुपये हिशोबाचा व्हिडिओ सोशल मीडियावर चांगलाच फिरतोय. बऱ्याच लोकांना हा व्हिडिओ मजेशीर वाटला. काहीजणांनी तर कामवाल्या काकूंच्या समर्थनार्थ सरकारने १८०० रुपयांची नोट बाजारात आणावी म्हणून प्रतिक्रियात्मक व्हिडिओ सुद्धा बनवले. खरतर माझ्याकडून तो व्हिडिओ संपूर्ण बघवला नाही. त्या काकू ज्या तळमळतेने त्यांची बाजू मांडत होत्या…
COVID-19: An Incentive for Power-Hungry Leaders?
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus first identified in China, has thrust public health to the forefront of national agendas worldwide. Lockdowns and social distancing have become universal tools to combat the spread of the virus. In exercising emergency powers, governments have revealed not just their…