May the ray of light expand within
For centuries, the human mind has been mystified by the question – what is the worth of man’s existence? According to scriptures, this question existed even before man was created. The Holy Qur’an...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 25: Tata Trudeau, Musk vs UK, and more…
Hello and welcome to 25th edition of the Weekly Vine (barring special editions). In this week’s rant, we take a pause to celebrate the liberal defender of the world, pore over Musk’s war with the UK,...
View ArticleDiaspora: India’s invisible hand in the quest for 2047
The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, a flagship event celebrating the contributions of the Indian diaspora, is set to take place in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from January 8th to 10th, 2025....
View ArticleIndian diaspora @ Viksit Bharat by 2047
Around 30 million people across the world are Indian diaspora. Many Indian-origin individuals hold significant positions in global governance institutions, and their advocacy has positively shaped...
View ArticleBloodsucker City Book Review
For my first book review on the site, it was only fitting that it ended up being a horror novella with clear influences by my favorite author: Stephen King. Remarked as a “Shawshank Redemption with...
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Novel Review
A monster in the garb of holiday merriment, Billy Chapman (Robert Brian Wilson) slashes his way through 1984’s Silent Night, Deadly Night. This cult classic among horror fans was as controversial as...
View ArticleNotes and votes
Delhi is getting ready to vote on February 5 to pick 70 leaders for its government. Two big parties, AAP and BJP, are fighting hard to win. Congress is also there but not as strong...
View ArticleEnlarging America
By wanting to buy Greenland, Trump hopes to revive a time-honoured US real estate tradition Donald Trump seems ready to modify his MAGA mantra, Make America Great Again, to Make America Greater Again....
View ArticleCapital conundrum
With the Election Commission firing the starter’s gun on Tuesday for Delhi assembly elections — polling on Feb 5, results on Feb 8 — it would be almost banal to note that this is another...
View ArticleWhy HMPV is not a scary virus
If a child sneezes in China, will the whole world catch a cold? Worse still, will a new pandemic sweep across all countries to unleash deaths and devastation yet again? The fear psychosis created by...
View ArticleMahakumbh exemplifies unity in diversity
The Great Kumbh Mela, Mahakumbh 2025, to be held from Jan 13 to Feb 26, will carry an aura of blissfulness. Its celebration will create a force field of spiritual energy that can alter the...
View ArticlePresidential Medal of Freedom to Clinton and Soros sullies Biden’s legacy
President Joe Biden’s awarding of the former First Lady and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and billionaire political activist and philanthropist George Soros with the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
View ArticleMay the ray of light expand within
For centuries, the human mind has been mystified by the question – what is the worth of man’s existence? According to scriptures, this question existed even before man was created. The Holy Qur’an...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 25: Tata Trudeau, Musk vs UK, and more…
Hello and welcome to 25th edition of the Weekly Vine (barring special editions). In this week’s rant, we take a pause to celebrate the liberal defender of the world, pore over Musk’s war with the UK,...
View ArticleDiaspora: India’s invisible hand in the quest for 2047
The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, a flagship event celebrating the contributions of the Indian diaspora, is set to take place in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from January 8th to 10th, 2025....
View ArticleIndian diaspora @ Viksit Bharat by 2047
Around 30 million people across the world are Indian diaspora. Many Indian-origin individuals hold significant positions in global governance institutions, and their advocacy has positively shaped...
View ArticleWhat The Zuck
Meta dropping fact-checks is reminder why established news media is vital for information dissemination Zuckerberg said doing away with fact-checks from Meta/Facebook in US is a ‘free speech issue’....
View ArticleBlack Holes
Death toll of illegal mines, which are also environmental hazards, keeps rising as govts look the other way One miner had died and at least eight others were feared trapped in a ‘rat-hole’ coal mine...
View ArticleMark Ontony’s speech
At funeral of Kolkata’s yellow Ambassador cabs Friends, bhodrolog, commuters, lend me your fears; I come to bury our Peeli cabs, not to praise them. The evil that taxis do lives after them; The good...
View ArticleBlack Holes: The dangerous world of illegal mines
Imagine digging deep into the ground, in narrow, dark tunnels that could collapse at any moment. That’s the reality for many people working in illegal mines, known as “rat-hole” mines. These mines are...
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