The World Through My Pen

I had long thought that I will abstain myself from scribbling my thoughts on this topic but a deep-rooted hatred urged me to finally voice my concerns. I have always had more number of female friends than male ones and probably for this reason I am closer, than many of my friends, to the problems that a woman faces. A girlfriend or two of mine keep telling me that I am their girlfriend with whom they can share anything. And this is wherefrom my source of agony often arises. Often my female friends confide in me things which ultimately have to be kept hushed up for no reason. Many of you know that I have joined a job just a year ago. So have my friends in different companies. Of late, a few of my female friends are complaining of workplace harassment. And this is irking me no ends with the only way for me to vent out being writing. Decent, indecent, direct, indirect, verbal, physical, mental etc are a few of the many ways my friends are facing problems. And I believe m...

By Ankit Berry New Delhi:   India is trying hard to move towards being a greener country and has been bringing in a slew of measures to curb the menace of pollution. In one such step towards a better India, the Government of India decided to move from BS-IV standards to BS-VI norms. Audi India head Joe King welcomed this, however,  apprehensively. Joe feels that the move from BS-IV norms to BS-VI norms directly is a good move and it would be beneficial for manufacturers as it reduces complexit ies and therefore, the cost substantially. But he is scared that the adequate fuel quality to implement this may be hard to achieve. This shift from BS-IV – VI has a target of 2020. This has most car makers in a fix as a slew of regulations are about to hit them. On top of that, new vehicles with a diesel engine capacity of above 2000 cc are not allowed to be registered in Delhi. According to Joe, these rules have confused car makers i n terms of the diesel issue...