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Monday Musings: Decline in active Covid-19 cases in Pune is heartening
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune, Pune
UPDATED ON JUN 09, 2020 03:57 PM IST
Even as the number of positive cases are expected to rise in the coming days, the decline in active cases and fatality rate, and the rise in the recovery of Covid-19 patients are heartening
Monday Musings: Thankfully, there’s no grand memorial for him
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 28, 2019 02:39 PM IST
Constructing tall statues and grand memorials seems rather outdated in this era of information technology and artificial intelligence
Monday Musings: Marathi literary body must become fiercely independent
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 14, 2019 03:17 PM IST
Literary bodies must not conduct themselves in a cowardly manner
Monday Musings: Why is BJP opposing road safety in Pune?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON JAN 07, 2019 03:43 PM IST
At one end is union minister Nitin Gadkari who is campaigning for road safety and at the other is the Pune BJP opposing safety helmets
Monday Musings: Why is good governance elusive in India?
By Abhay Vaidya | HindustanTimes, Pune
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2018 02:22 PM IST
Bad governance and the inefficiency accompanying it bleeds the country in various ways, day in and day out.
Monday Musings: Mass transport for Pune, BJP must now deliver
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON DEC 24, 2018 02:39 PM IST
It is after many decades that the crying needs of Pune are being addressed. Sound delivery of projects is now important
Monday Musings: Ayodhya dispute needs a creative, inclusive solution
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON DEC 03, 2018 02:54 PM IST
Construct a university at Ayodhya with the consent of Hindus and Muslims, said Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in a TV show recently
Monday Musings: Has Marathi manoos gained from defunct 100-bed hospital?
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2018 02:35 PM IST
A classic case of public healthcare at the mercy of political goondaism in Pune is on display in Bopodi
#MondayMusings: How tall should a statue be?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON NOV 12, 2018 02:42 PM IST
Tall statues no longer mean much in this day and age. What we need are tall achievements
Monday Musings: Why can’t Govt tame pvt. bus operators?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON NOV 05, 2018 02:48 PM IST
The government has failed to take firm steps to prevent private bus operators from inflating ticket prices during the holiday season.
Monday Musings: Civic spending needs forensic accounting
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2018 02:21 PM IST
At least one citizen’s group must take the help of forensic accountants to closely monitor civic spending
Monday Musings: Let Cantts be, but open arterial roads to public
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2018 02:41 PM IST
Cities that have Cantonments are blessed with considerable greenery and encroachment free roads. However, Cantonments should be open to change
Monday Musings: Citizens’ white paper on Pune’s water mafia is the need of the hour
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2018 04:38 PM IST
Pune’s water mafia includes builders who submitted ‘water affidavits’ and defaulted on their pledge to supply water to housing societies at their cost, exploitative water tanker operators, mute politicians and a corrupt Pune Municipal Corporation.
Monday Musings: There’s Aamir’s Paani Foundation and there’s Pune’s Paani Mafia
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2018 02:31 PM IST
All the good work being done by Aamir Khan’s Paani Foundation and other Good Samaritans is being washed away by Pune’s Paani Mafia.
Monday Musings: Is Dr Salim Ali Bird Park headed for a slow, painful death?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON MAY 14, 2018 02:55 PM IST
Had Pune been a city in Europe, USA or Japan, everyone would have joined hands to cherish this bird park
Monday Musings: BJP on test: How will it deal with corruption in PMC?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON MAY 07, 2018 03:36 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi’s promise to the nation that he will root out corruption from the country comes to mind.
Monday Musings: What are we doing to our children?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2018 03:00 PM IST
Children from well-off families have been found to be ‘malnourished’ because of bad dietary habits and increasingly sedentary behaviour.
Monday Musings: Aamir Khan silences critics with Paani Foundation
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 23, 2018 03:09 PM IST
Where are the people who had asked this great son of India to leave the country two years ago?
Monday Musings: Is Pune waiting for a fire tragedy at pubs, eateries?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2018 04:33 PM IST
The Pune Municipal Corporation needs to take immediate action on fire department’s warning rather than wait for a tragedy to break out.
Monday Musings: Pubs in residential areas the new normal for Pune?
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2018 04:24 PM IST
Government must enforce stiff norms to prevent pubs from causing nuisance to residential neighbourhoods in the vicinity.
Monday Musings: Five golden rules for safety on Indian roads
By Abhay Vaidya | Hindustan Times, Pune, Pune
UPDATED ON APR 02, 2018 03:05 PM IST
The three most important causes of accidents are improper lane changing/lane usage (30%), speeding (29%) and driver fatigue/sleep/drowsiness (11%).