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 trapped them to satisfy our pleasure. Today, laws are more stringent, making it […]

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 US and European banks remain fine lessons.   When the government builds wider bridges, longer highways, posh […]

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 be the people who choose to live […]

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 significant rise in inflation amidst the tumbling foreign reserve and moving to the brink of debt default.  Pakistan has […]

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 interesting news about saving the earth and our living ecosystem. But, when I completed the article, […]