Choosing Divine Shelter: Trap of Self-Dependence
Lord Krishna repeatedly emphasises in the Bhagavad Gita that we must take His shelter, yet most of us prefer to take our own shelter. What I mean is simple: we mostly depend on ourselves and limit our lives to what our own minds can think of. We trust our own...
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IFFI: Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost!
01 December 2025 | Editor’s Take -
Bhartiya Sanskriti and Sanskrit
29 November 2025 | Raghvendra Singh -
When Education Kills Curiosity
29 November 2025 | Anamika Dasgupta -
Reclaiming soft power for a new global era
28 November 2025 | Bhopinder Singh -
Can we teach our children to stand strong?
28 November 2025 | Asha Iyer Kumar -
Indo-China: The faultlines that refuse to blur
28 November 2025 | Editor’s Take -
To S.I.R. with love
27 November 2025 | Balraj Mehta
A New Path For A New World
Currently, a large number of people across the world identify themselves as SBNR, i.e., spiritual but not religious. The term may be new to Indians, but recent research shows that perhaps one in every five persons living in the USA describes themselves as spiritual but not religious. This phrase means different...
India’s fight against crime against women
With Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley filing a case against her Austrian husband Hogg, it has once again become evident that domestic violence can occur across class and nationality, and that the rot runs deeper than imagined. She claimed she has suffered severe emotional, physical, sexual, and verbal abuse by her...
The return of homegrown terror
Much has been written about the Red Fort blast. More dots in the terror trail will unearth additional evidence. The terrorist plot must have been incubating for two years, according to reports, for three tonnes of explosives to be collected. The revocation of Article 370, the unprecedented demotion of the...
Teachers carry the weight of constant decisions
In a world obsessed with productivity, efficiency and optimisation, one profession has been quietly doing superhuman work long before corporate boardrooms invented terms like “decision fatigue.” That profession is teaching. The humble teacher, often mocked, often blamed and occasionally praised, is expected to make thousands of decisions every day with...
Adieu Dharam Paaji: The ever-graceful hero
He made you laugh, he made you cry, he made you think - that was the grace and greatness of the ever-smiling face that ruled six decades of Hindi cinema. Lovingly called Dharam Paaji, the simpleton from Punjab who made it big — in fact, larger than life — in...
Hasina extradition: A tough call for India
India’s cup of woes with Bangladesh is brimming over. The latest development in its ongoing Bangladesh nightmare is Dhaka renewing its demand for the extradition of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after she was awarded the death sentence by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on November 17, for crimes against...
What we lose when technology takes over fully
In a world accelerating on the axis of artificial intelligence, automation, and algorithmic precision, a quiet erosion is underway-an erosion not of infrastructure or industry, but of human skills once central to intellect, culture, and identity. Handwriting, once a reflection of personality and a rhythm shaped by muscle memory, has...
