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HomeGENRE: Voices

GENRE: Voices

Personal essays, commentary, opinion, interviews

schools reopen in Chennai
Education

Opinion: Some dos and don’ts for parents as schools reopen

September 14, 2021 Goldy Malhotra

As schools reopen, parents have to be very patient and help their children through what could be a phase of challenging adjustments.

Students face grave learning gap and catch up appears daunting with continuing school closures
Education

School closure: The mountain of myths standing between our kids and education

September 8, 2021 Bhaskaran Raman

Are vaccines a must before kids can go to school? Can schools be super spreaders? Such perceptions are delaying reopening, but do they have a basis at all?

Image data analytics
Economy

Future of Jobs: Welcome to the world of algorithm makers, big-data analytics

September 7, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

It’s the age of Big Data. The field of data science is brimming with opportunities, in sub-segments like data visualization and data communication.

Teacher training
Education

Opinion: What teacher training in a post-COVID world must include

August 23, 2021 Goldy Malhotra

There has to be a paradigm shift in teacher training, with compulsory computer education for all and emphasis on behavioural preparation.

Word cloud of marketing terms and business jargon
Economy

Future of jobs: Marketing needs to regain its C-suite appeal

August 3, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

As the pandemic retreats, marketing professionals must unearth new insights that can power brands ahead and win back the positions of power they enjoyed.

Smart city projects coordination centre dehradun
Governance

Opinion: Nothing smart about Centre’s Smart Cities Mission

July 15, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Urban governance frameworks are being upended by projects under the Smart Cities Mission, further widening inequity and hampering sustainable development.

Trans people in India need an identity, basic rights and a sensitised, understanding society.
Society

What my conversations with trans people in Delhi taught me

July 3, 2021 Tanya Rana

Trans people in the country urgently need identity and social security. But most importantly, they need an aware, sensitised society, writes this citizen journalist.

Second COVID wave in India badly hit daily wage urban workers
Economy

Guest column: A councillor-driven urban jobs initiative could save the day

June 26, 2021 Ankur Sarin

DUET, A councillor-driven urban employment initiative, and decentralisation

Kerala's Ayyankali Urban Employmen Scheme
Economy

Empower and fund local bodies to make urban employment guarantee work: Experts

June 25, 2021 Navya P K

We spoke to two eminent economists on issues concerning creation of urban employment guarantee schemes; both stressed on decentralisation and involvement of local governments.

cooperation and solidarity during COVID
Society

From ‘social’ to ‘physical’ distancing: Why language matters when we discuss COVID

June 16, 2021 Pinky Chandran

Person/People-centered language emphasizes the person first and is more respectful. More so in the case of COVID and discussions around it.

Governance

Sustainable Development: Strategies for the long road ahead in Indian cities

June 10, 2021 Tikender Panwar

Even a cursory review of plans reveal that instead of emphasising sustainable development, most fall back on capital intensive technologies for finding solutions.

Environment

Central Vista redevelopment: What we lose along with the trees around the National Archive

June 7, 2021 Jasmine Singh

1,838 trees in Delhi are slated for transplantation to make way for the Central Vista plans, despite the survival record of transplanted trees being very poor.

Economy

Over 60 lakh pensioners fast to protest delay in increasing dues

June 5, 2021 M S Natarajan

Around 65 lakh pensioners went on a one day fast, demanding implementation of a Supreme Court order to the EPFO to increase their dues.

Governance

Opinion: How ‘privatisation’ and ‘PPP models’ have left Indians to die

May 25, 2021 Tikender Panwar and Anjali Ojha

The ideological mooring of the union government has led to the systematic dismantling of the public health sector and made way for commoditisation of healthcare.

A professional attending an online training session
Economy

Future of jobs: Internships, the new final job interview

May 20, 2021 Ambi Parameswaran

The author’s first word of advice in this oped: Don’t get obsessed with a ‘dream company’. Have a ‘dream industry’ orientation instead.

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