Here's some timeless advice. The trouble is that one can hardly know a kissing fool and a fooling kiss before being kissed or/and fooled.

Who wouldn't love this burglar? #books #reading

The US, China fracking boom is reshaping global energy sector but at what cost? In my oped for the SCMP, I argue that despite the publicised economic benefits of fracking, we can’t ignore the harm it does to the environment and public health. Do read! scmp.com/opinion/world-…

This is possibly the funniest indictment I've ever read. Serious props to the writers, they clearly have a sense for comedic timing.

On #TeachersDay, as I look back, JK Sinha stands out very tall—a retired IPS officer whose efforts to educate kids from #Bihar’s dirt-poor Dalit community of #Musahars found big success. I'd visited his school in #Patna in 2013. He got Padma Shri in 2019. pressreader.com/india/the-asia…

I have been told to stop stealing muffins from the bakery. Unfortunately, it’s the only way to keep my lucrative muffin stand in business. Everyone is fine with this.

A good day to remember those who had no one to teach them. Stories of some of the most memorable autodidacts from the colonies, excerpted from The Amateur Bloomsbury Literary Studies & Creative Writing, in the magazine Literary Activism, edited by Amit Chaudhuri: literaryactivism.com/the-accident-o…

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. --- Voltaire

Napoleon once said that the surprising thing was not that every man has his price, but how low it is

The future of music. nytimes.com/2024/09/05/nyr…

Be careful. Behind the hatred they’re going to find your murderous desire for love.

"The Murdoch family is secretly battling over succession. News outlets are asking a court to make it public" Hadas Gold cnn.com/2024/09/04/med…

The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to look into allegations against Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chief Madhabi Puri Buch and may summon her later this month, said people with knowledge of the matter. Economic Times #SEBIChief

This Videshi Gent has really cracked Bollywood. Take a listen. 😳😅

Everyone will forget you. Your parents. Your children. Your siblings. Your partner. Your friends. Your workplace. Everyone. Do you know who won't forget you? Bajaj Finance. Even if you say “not interested”, they will still call you daily, sometimes twice a day. That is love.

Does a crowd have a heart or a mind, or both? "Rape on busy Ujjain footpath as crowd watches." What has gone wrong — or right? Please, please, let us find light. #Ujjain

The renowned "coaching hub" of Kota in #Rajasthan saw 26 coaching students committing suicide in 2023. The figure so far this year reached 14 when a NEET-UG aspirant killed himself in Kota on Sept 4. School education minister Madan Dilawar says these numbers are "not unusual".

Without Obama, Thoreau, Whitman and Emerson, America is a gun; With Gandhi, Tagore, Ramanujan and Periyar, India is the sun.

A PIL filed at #Rajasthan HC about a decade ago seeking solutions to #Jodhpur’s chronic waterlogging crises during monsoon has resulted in the HC issuing contempt notices to babus of 3 civic bodies.The HC said their compliance report “seems to be paperwork, can't be relied upon."

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi from the media fraternity.🙏 I hope the Original Scribe being so smartly dressed in a legal eagle’s attire is no violation of the laws, either temporal or eternal. 😊🎊🤝 #GaneshChaurthi #GaneshUtsav2024 #journalism