Sandhya Ramesh
Sandhya Ramesh is the Senior Assistant Editor of Science at ThePrint India. She writes about science and technology, with a focus on research, lifestyle, and society in India. Her areas of interest include astronomy, earth sciences, the ongoing climate crisis, and all paleo sciences. She has written regularly for the TheWire, Hindustan Times, Mint, and The Planetary Society. She lives in Bangalore with her dog and two cats. She can be reached at sandhya.ramesh@theprint.in Find her on Twitter at @sandygrains
Congress loses big when a Pilot or Scindia rebels but the ‘privileged’ are ultimate losers
Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia became ministers in Congress at an age when others like them were trying to make a name for themselves in student and youth organisations.
Credibility of India’s statistics back in question over official inflation data
Economists aren’t buying the Statistics Department’s methodology for calculating India’s consumer price inflation numbers for April and May.
Defence
Indian Army will need another division in Ladakh to keep China out, says retd Lt Gen Panag
Former Northern Army commander Lt Gen Panag also said the strategic Darbuk-Shyokh-Daulat Beg Oldie would be rendered non-operational in case of a war with China.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
Uttar Pradesh, our largest state by population and most powerful, is also the worst governed. A state with 1-in-6 Indians has no hope because of its size.