From present to past: The philosophy of Hindu rituals for ancestors (Pitṛ...
Our cultural practices, festivals, and symbols have deep significance, with layers of our traditions, history, and philosophy embedded in them. Recently, I asked my students, “What would be your first...
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The American presidency is often described as the most powerful office in the world. That is indisputably true. The US president is often called the leader of the free world. By free world is meant...
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When we discuss the future, it seems obvious that what we are talking about is technology, so intertwined have the two ideas become. But at a basic conceptual level, one question that has always been...
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Bihar’s Alcohol Ban and Prashant Kishor’s Bold Idea In Bihar, the government banned all kinds of alcohol, but it hasn’t gone as planned. Even though the ban was meant to stop people from drinking, it...
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No major party has dared call out Nitish’s prohibition policy. Will Prashant Kishor’s critique matter? Pundits are debating whether Prashant Kishor’s claim that his party will lift the ban on alcohol...
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Success in anti-Maoist ops must be backed by local development for a lasting victory It was a big win for security forces: 31 Maoists were eliminated in a fierce gunbattle in Bastar’s Abujhmad...
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Flood of confusion after EU’s new rule on water bottles Germany checking the Schengen visas of all those travelling to that country even from within Europe is not the alarming thing to happen on the...
View ArticleFading red
The Fight Against Maoists and Why Development is Key for Lasting Success The Indian government had a big win recently. In a forest called Abujhmad in Bastar, security forces defeated 31 Maoists in a...
View ArticleWhy is MVA afraid to speak about development?
Assembly elections are likely to be announced anytime. Bharatiya Janata Party- Shiv Sena – NCP Mahayuti has decided that it will ask for voter’s mandate on the basis of development works. The Modi...
View ArticleDevi Is The Primal Force Underlining All Existence
Devi is the supreme Shakti of the Supreme Being. When Vishnu and Mahadev destroyed various asuras, the power of Devi was behind them…Devi is the creatrix of the universe. She is the universal Mother....
View ArticleValley Diary: Kashmiris Are Like Us, With A Twist
To the many bonds – emotional, cultural, geographical and historical – that link Kashmir with the mainland, add a new existential one: joblessness/economic downturn. Bread ’n butter issues, just as in...
View ArticleThe Moon hanging by the Karvachauth thread!
How do we perceive Moon here? An impressionistic patriarch laden with ego-centric blotches volleying the sky, a woman can hardly resist or, A lampent illuminating conceited immortality passing on a...
View ArticleThree cheers to Thirumavalavan, one for the road to reality
I loved VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan’s Gandhi Jayanthi day speech against liquor, more for his intellectual honesty than political conviction. “I’ve used a pipette to suck liquor for testing the...
View ArticleCryptids uncovered: When Cryptids become real!
Cryptozoology—the study of hidden or unknown animals—has fascinated people for centuries. Unlike mainstream zoology, cryptozoology ventures into the fringes of the natural world, exploring creatures...
View ArticleChennai’s plane truth
TN govt, police should have anticipated crowd size at airshow. Five died thanks to basic rules not being followed Chennai recently held a big airshow, and sadly, five people died because of poor...
View ArticleGhare Baire Mars
When Hanumankind spins the atlas Being Indian is one of those rare things we do exceptionally well, almost as if born to it. NRIs may compose odes to Mother India and be the real custodians...
View ArticleMale non-chauvinism
Despite occasional differences, India and the Maldives need each other. Muizzu’s visit brings ties back on an even keel India and the Maldives are neighbours who depend on each other, even though they...
View ArticleMale non-chauvinism
Despite occasional differences, India and Maldives need each other. Muizzu’s visit brings ties back on an even keel With Maldivian prez Muizzu making his first state visit to India, New Delhi-Male...
View ArticleChennai’s plane truth
TN govt, police should have anticipated crowd size at airshow. 5 died thanks to basic rules not being followed When events are pushed as aggressively as IAF’s Chennai airshow was, surely the event...
View ArticleDoes God depend on us for existence?
This is the unasked question underlying the theme of the 2023 film, Freud’s Last Session, which recounts a fictional meeting between Freud and the Oxbridge scholar and author, CS Lewis, which takes...
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