Our heritage: Stories behind our temples
Temples have also been centres of commerce, art, culture, education and pivot of social life. Everything in the community revolved around the local temple India is a land of temples. Every village, every town, every habitation has a temple dedicated to one deity or the other. Going to a temple is...
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Military secular tradition is the true beacon for harmony
03 May 2022 | Ramesh Davesar -
Ring In the Easy, Ring Out the Difficult
03 May 2022 | Ram Krishna Sinha -
Noida Land Scam, a throwback - Part V
03 May 2022 | R B Sinha -
PK’s political gambit
03 May 2022 | Pioneer -
Beat the heat
03 May 2022 | Pioneer -
Keep politics away in VCs appointment
03 May 2022 | Brijender Singh Panwar -
Futuristic forest management strategies
02 May 2022 | VK Bahuguna
SILENCE OF THE STRESSED CITIZEN
When freedom is the exercise of voice - one’s own or the collective’s Day before yesterday, I heard a mynah on the kitchen window sill - its tone rang clear. There was conviction, energy and a deep declaration in the chirp. It struck me that fewer people speak like that, and...
Noida Land Scam, a throwback - Part IV
RERA failed to detect limitations on 70 per cent of the Sports City plot, endangering the interests of home-buyers Though the Noida Authority had committed to monitor the progress of project in the brochure, none of the envisaged sport infrastructure projects has been completed as yet. Neither has the Authority encashedon...
Make police accountable
If the police cannot nab criminals, at least they should not make scapegoats of e innocent citizens The shocking report of a Police inspector getting a body massage from the mother of a rape accused in a police outpost in Saharasa district has once again underlined the grim reality that the...
Language of justice
It is a long-standing tussle between link language and common language Language is an emotive issue in India. It was the basis of the reorganisation of the Indian states. The logic was that people who spoke the same language are better off living in the same State. However, there are places...
Hurdle in excellence in higher education
We all understand why Vice-chancellors in some states work under tremendous political pressure Great institutions the world over owe their credibility and acceptability to academic leaders, who get respect and admiration for generations. Recall the creation of Banaras Hindu University (BHU} by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. He could persuade Dr. S....
Right to cool
Laws that discriminate against women on the basis of their anatomy are regressive Liberal attitudes take a while coming. They have to first swim against the tide of tradition and dogma. One such attitude is the male, ‘friendly paternal’ instinct to decree thatwomen remain chaste and modest. What is worse is...
Cyber freedom
Cyberspace must be protected from authoritarian rulers The joint declaration issued by a group of 60 western countries to protect the internet from the restriction of any authoritarian regime is a welcome step at a time when cyberspace remains the only platform for dissemination of news in case of a crackdown...
