Why talented Indians and MIT sloan are heading to Malaysia
The Indian diaspora reaches far and wide, with many young people choosing to explore the world and build successful careers away from home. The US boasts one of the largest Indian populations, with...
View ArticleAcademia & religions must unite to help us inculcate & imbibe practical...
In this modern world of AI & Google, knowledge of all Religions of the world is available to all of us on our fingertips! We can no longer allow Preachers to divide and spread hatred...
View ArticleVote on the basis of consciousness, not conditioning
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev What makes this country unique is that it has never seen God or heaven as the highest aspiration. Instead, it holds mukti or freedom as the supreme goal. To be sitting...
View ArticleThe right book
The Constitution is the nicer of poll issues. Dalit fears reflect the worse of social stagnancy Many Indians hold the Constitution to be a ‘holy book’. And this idea is getting a further layering these...
View ArticlePM Modi’s ‘potion’ in the interest of the Muslims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently gave an advice to the Muslim community and asked them to ‘introspect’ during his interview to a television channel. Never before in the post-independence history...
View ArticleOn to round four: The second largest polling phase will decide a new govt in...
Ninety-six LS seats spread across 10 states will witness polling today, in the fourth phase. It makes this phase the second largest of the seven phases in terms of seats. Among the highlights in this...
View Article‘Heat wave is linked to record global temperatures and waning El Nino’s...
Govindasamy Bala, professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru, spoke to Bappa Majumdar on India’s scorching summer and the fallout of climate change. ● India is facing...
View ArticleIndia’s undereducated young
Millions of students, who have been to good schools and are going to good universities, are growing up on videos not books. There is no big purpose, no real interest in the world or in...
View ArticleThe hungry men at the roadside
Shahar mein mazdoor jaisa dar-ba-dar koi nahin/Jis ne sab ke Ghar banae us ka Ghar koi nahin (There is no one as homeless as a labourer in a city/He who has made everyone ‘s homes, has...
View ArticleCelebration of motherhood: Recommended classics for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate the special bond shared by mothers and their children. Watching movies that explore the various aspects of motherhood is an excellent way to spend the day. We have...
View ArticleIndia’s progress on the Solar Power deployment front
Introduction As per a Report by the Global Energy Think Tank Ember Climate, in 2015 India ranked 9th in Solar Energy Deployment. Rapid Solar Energy Deployment since then has pushed the country past...
View Article‘Quantum Physics and Vedas illuminate reality’
By Vishal Rao Quantum physics has long been a source of fascination and wonder, given its profound insights into the fundamental nature of reality. Spirituality, on the other hand, elaborated by...
View ArticleTrinidad diary
Trinidad and Tobago – a nation of two islands in the Caribbean – is far, far away if you live in India, the journey so long you feel you were born and brought up in...
View ArticleSubsidy with benefits?
Women increasingly constitute an important vote bloc for many political parties. Carefully tailored subsidies are integral to political strategies to appeal to women voters. Of interest here is the...
View ArticleModi vs Patnaik-Pandian & the quiet Odia
Voting for 21 Lok Sabha seats and 147-member Vidhan Sabha elections got underway yesterday – over four phases – on the backdrop of a failed coalition attempt between incumbent BJD and principal...
View ArticleDalit search for new political home
The Dalit identity politics that reigned supreme in UP in the 1990s was built around a Dalit-led political party. It is now giving way to broader demands for social justice and economic advancement,...
View ArticleAnyone can be a journalist, everything isn’t journalism
‘Savukku’ Shankar was arrested on May 4th on charges of denigrating women police personnel in an interview he gave to a YouTube channel. Going by the rate at which old complaints against him are being...
View ArticleTaking health in our own hands
According to a recent study published in Lancet (March 2024), 70% of India’s urban population is classified as obese or overweight, placing the country amid an obesity crisis. The report, conducted by...
View ArticleHoarding’s tale: Wind one day, rain another, who should help Mumbaikars best...
The ‘high’ winds that created chaos in Mumbai on Monday were actually just 50-60 kmph strong. The most notable wreckage was a massive hoarding in Ghatkopar that brought down several lives with it. Its...
View ArticleBihar voters in search of samman & hissedari
Dignity is a freighted word & a key concept in the state’s caste politics. ‘Fair share’ in resources is the other slogan. JDU & RJD are being judged on both Political discourse in Bihar is...
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