Category: Sajikumar Nair

Our media has not given up on Covid. It continues to be a news beat, even though the terrific experience of the pandemic-induced lockdown has faded from the public's attention. For two years, Covid sent shivers down the spine. Still, the media and m...

Humans and animals: Laws are equal Some ray of hope emerges when all hopes are lost... this is the verdict of nature. We have become arch enemies of elephants. Instead of finding real reasons or developing better solutions, we have killed or t...

How the poor become poorer while the government builds castles in the air. Lending money to businesses will not create retail demands. The absence of retail demands can only create a nightmare for debt-funded factories. Failed economies and failed U...

Indian democracy goes the way of the Lincoln principle of "of the people, by the people, and for the people."  But do you think this is how you see or experience democracy? We may be the people who do not know the value of democracy, or we may...

Pakistan has begun to experience what persisted over many years owing to its political miscalculations and economic mismanagement. Recently it crossed all thresholds. Recently the world witnessed the Sri Lankan economic crisis. Pakistan is facing a ...

A few days ago, I was reading an article in The Times of India about H.S. Pabla, the former principal chief conservator of forests (and wildlife) in Madhya Pradesh. When I started reading the article, I presumed there would be some interes...

A few days ago, I was reading an article in The Times of India about H.S. Pabla, the former principal chief conservator of forests (and wildlife) in Madhya Pradesh. When I started reading the article, I presumed there would be some interes...

Dear Sir  What prompted me to write this letter to you was your interview with the Federal News last week. I was shocked to read your comment: “India, however, is the only country which has this irrational system of putting a blanket ban on ...

Contradictions within I fear, one day, the globe will have a concrete cover leaving no space for anything else. I have been a highway traveller, by hobby, for some time now.  Yet, I haven't travelled by road to such places as Mumbai to Ah...

Who owns the planet earth? None!  Humans have themselves decided that they are the owners of the land on earth. They can invade any part without any permission from other living beings on earth. They are storming into their space and forcing them...