Punishing a child for a temper tantrum or for ‘misbehaving’ by grabbing a toy from a classmate makes no more sense than lecturing a man in cardiac arrest about eating less sugar.
A friend or relative having a baby is an exciting moment. But it can be difficult to know what to do or what is expected if you have not spent much time with babies.
The fight that started with de-criminalising Section 377 must not end there – it is a battle half won. Many queer couples in India want to raise children but can’t.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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