Groups, in the human as well as the animal world, start with the family and the family continues to be the core sustaining any group. That was true at least till the Vietnam War. It is recognised that ...
Read moreIt is increasingly clear that Pakistan cannot handle the turbulence in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. And it cannot, because it is a war of liberation against Pakistan’s army-dominated establi ...
Read moreThe art of wanting wiselyModern life sends us a confusing message: if we become content, we will stop growing. Ambition is celebrated, striving is admired, and busyness is often mistaken for importanc ...
Read moreAs India celebrates twelve years under the leadership Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, it is impossible not to marvel at the sheer scale of transformation India has gone through in these twelve years. T ...
Read moreThis article is not about the political realm; we may talk about it at some other time. This is about the even more explosive subject of religion and religious ideology. First, a word of caution about ...
Read moreThere was a time in the Indian middle class when marriage was less a celebration of romance and more a refuge against life’s uncertainties. Happiness was desirable, but stability was essential. Love ...
Read moreOne of the quiet ironies of modern life is that happiness has become something we work very hard at. We read about it, plan for it, optimise routines around it, and measure ourselves against ideals of ...
Read moreSchools in India may teach computer science but they do not teach a few things, the absence of which leads to racism against Indians abroad. Unless schools pull up their socks and start teaching this ...
Read moreVed Darshan- 107This epiphany continues with a description of the ascetics’ attire or its lack as if of wind and dust beyond the mundane time-space matrix.munayo vātaraśanāḥ piśaṅgā vasate ...
Read more"India keeps reading its governance failures as a problem of bad people. The real driver is a structural condition that makes good officials afraid to decide — and it can be fixed."A protest that be ...
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