[1] Background On May 01, 2021, daily Covid-19 cases in India crossed 400,000 for the first time, with 3523 new deaths being reported. These, however, are just the official numbers. According to Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, the actual number of deaths is closer to two to five…

Book review: Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi — An old and neglected café in Tokyo is home to a magical seat where customers can sit and travel back in time to any point in time, usually to have one last conversation with someone they loved. …

The land cursed with too much — Introduction The Middle East is one of the most unstable regions in the world. Plagued with civil wars, terrorist organisations, and brutal authoritarian leaders — much of the region (barring a select few countries) has failed to mordernise, make peace, and prosper like many would have expected it to. After all…

The price of victory — As the world watches Ukranians’ homeland being destroyed with every passing second of the Russian advance, there is this growing sense of anger. Of resentment, against Russia. Why did you have to do this, Russia? What did Ukraine ever do to warrant an invasion? …

A story of deception, lies and excuses — I. “Masterstroke” On 5 June 2006, the Congress Government raised petrol prices by 4 Rupees to 47.49 rupees a litre and diesel prices by 2 rupees to 32.45 rupees a litre, owing to rising crude oil prices. In response, opposition parties like the CPI (Communist Party of India) & the BJP (Bharatiya…

The good, bad and the ugly. — Part 1 — Does the LOA exist? A. What is the LOA? “Through the Law of Attraction like attracts like. What you think about, you bring about.” (Source: The Secret) The theory behind this is that your thoughts essentially have frequencies, which attract similar stuff from the real world. For example, if I were to think about getting a PlayStation for long…

Malaria is a parasitic disease responsible for over 400,000 deaths every year, most of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa. On the 6th October, the WHO gave a nod of approval to Mosquirix, which is a vaccine against malaria developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). …

TL;DR (Summary) TLDR: Many Hindus, probably a vast majority, think of themselves as somehow second-class citizens in their own land, somehow shunted aside as the Muslims are granted special privileges. It is a sentiment that is sometimes viscerally held, a sentiment that has become the fuel for a new type of Indian…

How should crime be punished? To what degree should it be punished? Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the highest level of punishment that one can receive. Capital punishment primarily serves two roles — as a form of retributive justice and as a deterrent for crime. The former (as…