Resurgence

From our Correspondent In what is being described as the most heinous assault on our existence in last 5 years a Homo sapiens is accused of slaughtering 30 of our comrades in the Indian city of Noida. While the details of the incident is still unavailable, our sources report that the Homo sapiens who goes by the name of Rahul Shanu used savage force to decimate one of our food gathering troops. This unprovoked act of terror on a peace group has outraged the administration and has given impetus to the demands of a strategy relook at our co-existence formula with the humans. ‘Dui’, the spokesperson of the Protection and Upliftment of the Mosquito Rights, says – ‘While the official figure to the death is 30, we have evidence that it is much more than that. We have been advocating the relook in our policies for quite some time now. These individual acts of terror against us are becoming more frequent and we need to evolve new mechanism to protect our race.’ A government official on

I firmly believe that in days to come the cities would compete fiercely to attract and retain talents. Cities are increasingly becoming the axis of growth for any economy and it is but natural that they would compete with each other to attract business investments which will enable them to create employment and improve overall standard of life. While business and regulatory environment would be important to I think the kind of human capital which a city attracts would be the ultimate differentiating factor. A city which offers quality intellectual and cultural engagement to its residents along with good infrastructure would then be the frontrunner to attract and retain good talents. This is also precisely the reason why I believe that cities like Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna etc. have the potential to lead the next phase of our growth. I know many of you would have smirk on your faces as most of these cities (especially Patna) do not even offer basic necessities to its residents as of