India's mountain of e-waste

It's a problem that has long term implications for India. E-waste is now the fastest growing component of the municipal solid waste stream in the country, since people are upgrading their mobile phones, computers, televisions etc more frequently than ever before. These discarded electronic products, if not recycled properly, pose a serious threat to human health and environment.

Click here to read about the e-trash menace.

Can men digest their wives' success?

“For a long and happy married life, the husband should be successful and the wife beautiful,” goes an ancient Chinese proverb. But, what happens when the wife is the more successful one?

Click here to read a piece that I wrote recently on whether husbands can handle their wives' success.

Raj, the tiger slayer

The Maharashtra elections recently got over. The surprise result was that Raj Thackeray, chief of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and nephew of Bal Thackeray, wrested quite a few seats from his uncle's strongholds. Many wags had a field day claiming that Raj the tiger cub had delivered a KO blow to the original tiger, Balasaheb himself.


Click here for my tongue-in-cheek look at how Raj caught the tiger by the tail.