Indigenous edifice for new education
As we pass through an era that is witnessing weakening of sincere, committed and selfless pursuit of new knowledge, a course correction is needed. Who else can guide us better in this endeavour than Swami Vivekananda? The current state of Indian education system is a cause of concern on various fronts....
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River of pain
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Flying unsafe
15 October 2018 | Pioneer -
Rafale deal: Smoothen ruffled feathers
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Calling Modi ‘chor’ Cong bid to shore up prospects
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Te amo The power of love
14 October 2018 | Pramod Pathak -
2019 Lok Sabha polls: From where will PM Modi contest?
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Cure worse than the disease
13 October 2018 | Uttam Gupta
The evolution of Sassi
The Sassi-Punnu Sindhi folktale about a 12th century girl is one that has been evoked frequently. Its been through sociopolitical changes in Pakistan Some five years ago, a middle-aged Sindhi man, Dadu Baksh, who was employed by me as a driver, returned from his village in central Sindh, looking disturbed. I...
Illiberality grips ‘American Dream’
The optics, sound-bites and sense emanating from Capitol Hill has confused, dumbfounded and horrified the world at large. It is true that the only hope resides in a befitting message via the results of the US mid-term polls America’s walk towards liberalism has been uniquely evolutionary, gradualist and consistent, as opposed...
Biased indicator
Fixed within templates, the World Bank’s human capital index has yielded an incomplete and pre-determined picture The World Bank and IMF have been known to be biased against developing countries, India included, to justify the West’s agenda of ensuring superiority in the area that’s a tougher challenge for us vis-a-vis them....
Timely intervention
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi initiates measures to fight pendency, prevent delays in justice delivery Tareekh per tareekh may soon be a thing of the past given the priority Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has given to the issue of tackling pendency of court cases in India. The trial and appellate...
Chronicle of a death foretold
The UN’s report on climate change makes for a chilling read. The threat of global warming is very real and requires a mass movement else it may lead to the end of life on earth The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
Shark Tales
The new Mahindra Marazzo is a pretty impressive vehicle and one that genuinely surprises you The process of launching a new vehicle has changed a bit over the years. Once upon a time, it was a press conference followed by drinks. Then the drinks disappeared and you got a sound and...
Parenting our future generations
It’s about time we encouraged our children to dream big and aspire. Only then can we hear more stories like those of Swapna Burman and Hima Das Thanks to social media, we have increasingly begun to learn and applaud success stories. Not too long ago, we came across the great story...
