कुछ लोग होते हैं मौसमी शाकाहारी. यानी खास मियाद के लिए वो विशुद्ध शाकाहारी बन जायेंगे. जैसे ही यह खास मियाद पूरी होगी तब शाक‘आहार’ के प्रवर्तक का चोला उतार कर टूट पड़ेंगे मांस–मछली पर. इन मौसमी शाकाहारियों को लगता है कि जिस मियाद के लिए वो मांस नहीं खा रहें हैं तब कोई और शख्स भी नहीं खाएगा. इसी पूर्वाग्रह को लेकर हाल ही में नवरात्रि पर कई जगह, स्वघोषित धर्म...

The collapse of the Dubai dream is not without any implications; it may be an indication that the travails of finance capitalism are not over. GLOBAL capitalism is in a phase in which it must deal with the fruits of the overextension during the previous boom, and there is no doubt that this is going to be painful. The financial crisis in the United States and some other developed countries...

In a year of sparse rains and spiralling food prices, with hundreds of districts being officially declared as drought-hit, a rally by activists in the capital demands a Food Entitlements Act.  Perhaps the most vocal demands at the rally were those aimed at a complete revamp of the Public Distribution System (PDS), starting with universal — instead of targeted — coverage. Over 5,000 grassroots activists, agricultural workers, farmers, lawyers, doctors and...

There is much about Dubai that is artificial and based on illusion: the man-made islands designed to represent a map of the globe; the indoor ski slope in the midst of desert; the incredible hotel with glass walls looking onto a sea aquarium mimicking the surrounding ocean. Dubai had also become synonymous with excess: building the tallest tower in the world and the biggest and most expensive luxury hotels, residences,...