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Talk Point: Scientifically, exemptions defeat the purpose of odd-even

The reason why exemptions are given is because our public transport is unable to handle the demand, and is considered unsafe.

Talk Point: Being an emergency measure, odd-even cannot have exemptions

The total number of cars moved off the roads during previous odd-evens was so small that pollution came down only by 7%.

Talk Point: Odd-even without exemptions is a stay-at-home scheme for the disabled

The disabled were not originally exempt from odd-even. I was forced to file a PIL in the Delhi HC that granted us an exemption

Talk Point: A car is empowering to a woman, and no one should take that away

Harassment on public transport made me buy a car, because it meant independence and safety. Can govt guarantee it?

Talk Point: There is a lot of anxiety over the Naliya taluka rape case in Gujarat

The Gujarat model is a fairy tale that Modi sold to the nation in the 2014 general elections. 

Talk Point: Gujarat model is led by big corporates, benefits the wealthy at the cost of the poor

The Gujarat model is nothing but a harsher version of the development path that ruling classes of India chose for itself in the early 1990s.

Talk Point: The Gujarat model is a myth, particularly on the human development aspect

A sociological analysis of parameters like literacy and sex ratio reveals that Gujarat model is a myth.

Talk Point: You cannot miss the growth in Gujarat, unless blinded by voting preferences

You may attack Modi in Gujarat on a dozen things but not on economic, industrial, and infrastructural development and growth.

Talk Point: Rural Gujarat in 2002 was backward, bleak, and lacking in reliable electricity and water

The Gujarat model cannot be a model for the whole of India, but it can work at the state government level.

Talk Point: Gujarat’s growth rate of income stayed the same before and after Modi

Gujarat is a classic case of a corporate-led development model which involves increasing prosperity for the rich, but very little benefit of growth trickles down to the poor.

On Camera

Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?