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Why Kohli will survive, even without his crown: Indian Express
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Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s 8 cues for Budget 2022: The Economic Times
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Why do Indians do so well abroad?- The Indian Express
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Oxfam report says over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in two years of pandemic: The Hindu
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World’s 10 richest men see their wealth double during Covid pandemic: The Guardian
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Why India’s fossil wealth has remained hidden: BBC
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Why Kohli will survive, even without his crown: Indian Express
(The column first appeared on the Indian Express on January 21, 2022)
- So used to being the larger than life totemic King Kohli, can Virat adjust to the life of a commoner? Will he be able to smother the urge to shout out instructions or rush to the umpires with an angry representation of the team’s angst? No longer the voice of the team, will Kohli silently fade into the background? There are those who say that the demons in the head will mess up his muscle memory, impact his form and maybe even shorten his glorious career. It’s a worrying eventuality, a potential body-blow to Indian cricket that could dent the game’s global popularity. In these unsettling times, revisiting a popular Kohli story, a bedtime fable for many budding cricketers, can give a fresh perspective and timely reassurance. It is a reminder to his doubters that Kohli is no lily-livered cricketer. What fate awaits the former captain in this game of glorious uncertainties can’t be predicted but the smart money will always be on the hardened survivor weathering one more storm...
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Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s 8 cues for Budget 2022: The Economic Times
(The column first appeared in The Economic Times on January 21, 2022)
- India urgently needs to move away from incremental budgetary policy moves and stop thinking only about areas like manufacturing or agriculture, according to former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan...
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Why do Indians do so well abroad?- The Indian Express
(The column first appeared in The Indian Express on January 19, 2022)
- In these times of hyper-nationalism, inevitably fuelled by the 75th anniversary of independence, I have been flooded with messages, forwarded by patriotic relatives, friends and random persons, extolling India’s greatness. One such message was provocatively titled “Who’s running the World?” (with no apologies to Noam Chomsky)...
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Oxfam report says over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in two years of pandemic: The Hindu
(The column first appeared in The Hindu on January 17, 2022)
- The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw incomes of 99% of humanity fall and over 16 crore people were forced into poverty even as the world's ten richest men saw their fortune more than double to $1.5 trillion (over ₹111 lakh crore) at a rate of $1.3 billion (₹9,000 crore) a day, a new study showed on Monday...
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World’s 10 richest men see their wealth double during Covid pandemic: The Guardian
(The column first appeared in The Guardian on January 17, 2022) The 10 richest men in the world have seen their global wealth double to $1.5tn (£1.01tn) since the start of the global pandemic following a surge in share and property prices that has widened the gap between rich and poor, according to a report from Oxfam...
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She mastered artisanal Norwegian cheese and how! The Mumbai-based Mausam Narang entered an elite club of cheese connoisseurs when she recently became the first Indian to win a silver in the brown cheese category at the prestigious World Cheese Awards 2021.
Parag Agrawal’s appointment as new Twitter CEO has sent waves across the globe. The IIT-B alumni has taken over the reins of the popular social media giant and the news sent cheer across the subcontinent as one more US major appointed a person of Indian origin into a leadership role. The Stanford graduate, who joined Twitter in 2011 as a software engineer, rose up the ranks of CTO in 2017.
His passion for wildlife made Suyash Keshari quit his cushy political advocacy job in the US and follow his dream of being a wildlife presenter. In 2019, he moved to Bandhavgarh National Park to start his journey as a wildlife conservationist. And in three years, he has become a name to reckon with, all thanks to his web series Safari with Suyash.
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Who could have thought that one could experience the raw beauty of nature and wildlife through the comfort of their homes? But wildlife photographer and presenter Suyash Keshari has made it possible with virtual safaris. The 25-year-old has carved a niche by by creating India’s first virtual safari experience with – Safari with Suyash TV.
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It’s time to introduce you to Thaley, a startup that’s converting waste plastic bags and bottles into daily wear sneakers, and the man behind this is Ashay Bhave. The 23-year-old entrepreneur is a champion of sustainability, and his brand is proof of it.
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Alag Natarajan chose to drop out of his engineering course back in the 1970s but his passion for innovation is evident in his specially modified vehicles. Each day he drives his maxi-truck that’s fitted with two 1,000 litre water tanks to fill in the 70-80 matkas across South Delhi.
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