The Truth can never be hidden
India spends more to put a kilogram of payload into orbit than any other major spacefaring nation, marring its public image as a cost-effective launcher, according to a new peer-reviewed analysis of…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Today’s children are more sensitive than children of previous generations. So much so that a stern word from a teacher seems like a major setback. But if we rewind the clock by…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Appa, you have any trauma from childhood? The 150 kmph bouncer from my nine-year-old knocked me down. It took me some time to respond. Leave childhood, do I have any trauma? Nah!…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Sometimes, it is the smallest gestures that leave the biggest impact. A few days ago, I bought a birthday card for a friend. Just a simple card with a handwritten note inside.…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Change is normally greeted with inertia. But the 1990s children barely had that luxury. They have seen it all and more than that, they have chewed and savoured the saying, “Change is…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
A friend recently remarked that my current work as a Life Coach was “just for pocket money”. The comment lingered, not just because it stung, but because it revealed something larger about…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Three developments in Punjab this week have brought the politics of religion, militancy-era legacies and the Sikh prisoner issue back into the political conversation. First, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Governor Gulab…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
By Mayank Makhija and Naman Sharma In the legal drama 12 Angry Men, about the deliberations of a jury during a murder trial, one juror insists that before sending a young man…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
The office romance is having a strange little moment. We have spent the last decade making workplaces safer, more professional and increasingly conscious of boundaries, and yet we still cannot stop fancying…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
On many occasions since Independence, India has witnessed student disenchantment and turmoil. No two periods of history are the same. Each such moment is rooted in the issues of concern and contemporary…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug