India is witnessing an unprecedented rise in fuel prices since June 2021. This has brought the matter of energy security back on the discussion table. The discussion’s central theme has been ever-increasing fuel demand and dependency on imported crude oil for domestic needs. India’s annual energy import cost is…
Book Review: ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding
Title: Lord of the Flies Author: William Golding Genre: Fiction Novel Main Characters: Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, Roger, Samneric Publisher: A&A Publisher (India) First Publication: 1954 (Worldwide); 2013 (India) Language: English Lord of the Flies is a classic piece of literature by British novelist William Golding who received the Nobel…
Life Without WhatsApp
In May-2021, while India was recovering from the second wave of Chinese Coronavirus, social media had started discussing the legal battle between the Government of India and tech companies like WhatsApp and Twitter. Similar debates happened at the beginning of the year. The role of big tech companies in…
Coding for Kids: A new craze among Indian parents after ‘English-medium schooling’
Chintu has become a household name since a start-up funded by large angel investors started bombarding coding for kid’s advertisement in Indian digital and online media. I was surprised to see these kid-coding start-ups becoming success stories and hence decided to write about it. The tremendous response to these…
१८०० रुपयांची आकडेमोड कि जगण्याची धडपड?
सध्या एका कामवाल्या काकूंचा १८०० रुपये हिशोबाचा व्हिडिओ सोशल मीडियावर चांगलाच फिरतोय. बऱ्याच लोकांना हा व्हिडिओ मजेशीर वाटला. काहीजणांनी तर कामवाल्या काकूंच्या समर्थनार्थ सरकारने १८०० रुपयांची नोट बाजारात आणावी म्हणून प्रतिक्रियात्मक व्हिडिओ सुद्धा बनवले. खरतर माझ्याकडून तो व्हिडिओ संपूर्ण बघवला नाही. त्या काकू ज्या तळमळतेने त्यांची बाजू मांडत होत्या…
Understanding Post-Covid Electricity Bills in Maharashtra
Note: This blog is based on my personal experience with electricity billing and consumption during nationwide-lockdown due to Chinese Coronavirus pandemic. Thoughts expressed in it are contextual and represented in the individual capacity. I thank all those who submitted their data and opinion for this post. 🙂 As if…
COVID-19: An incentive for Power-hungry leaders?
As the world is witnessing a global pandemic caused by the Chinese Corona virus (widely known as COVID-19), ‘public health’ has topped on the agenda of all national governments throughout the world. Lockdown and social distancing have become common words all over the world. Various governments have used their…
Floatovoltaics in India: Shaping Future of PV Industry
India has seen massive growth in solar PV installations since it launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2010 and revised its target in 2015. Since its inception, the mission has succeeded in creating the domestic market for Multi-MW PV power plant developers through an e-reverse auction mechanism. In…
Explained: Electric Grid Security during Sunday Night Blackout
It all started when Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi shared a short video message with the country on Friday, 3rd April at 9 AM and urged citizens to switch off all lights in the house on 5th April at 9 PM for 9 minutes and light a…
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell: Explore 20th-century in stories
I came across ‘Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking’ from my Ph.D. supervisor. He suggested a few books to read in my leisure time. The reason I picked Blink over other books is because of its title! I was curious to know what does the author means by…