When land is seen merely as a commodity to be mined, owned or fought over, it becomes spiritless
When land is seen merely as a commodity to be mined, owned or fought over, it becomes spiritless
It was in April 2000 that the world was made aware of the deep-rooted bookie-player nexus in cricket
Ashok Khemka served for 34 years and was transferred 57 times
Etymology can be a tool to unite people, but politicians also find ways to use it for division
Dr Saroj Ghose is known as the ‘Father of Indian Science Museums’
As a translator, I rejoice that we are finally getting to hear voices that never reach our ears
Babi Yar in Kiev and Holocaust, Mirpur and Partition — times change, but cruelty and savagery continue their march
The Gurus transformed the practice of feeding the poor into a powerful demonstration of equality and selfless service that has survived, indeed thrived, for over five centuries
Pulitzer for Palestinian writer-poet Mosab Abu Toha comes at a time when voices on Palestine are facing a clampdown
All saints engage themselves in service to others, constant prayer, reading from scriptures, preaching sermons, alms-giving and ascetic practices, compassionate acts, self-denial, and generosity
Like homicide or genocide, ecocide too involves killing, but on a planetary scale
Virat has achieved it all, the status of a legend, Test cricket’s mascot, a batting genius and a skipper par excellence
The story exists in layers, capturing key transformations of Hindu society
Why Piprahwa case is a spiritual reckoning for Tibetan Buddhists
The people of Pakistan have been herded and reduced to become that ‘second nation’
We have to trust the wisdom of our own historical thinking
We can’t get rid of all our problems, but we can understand them and accordingly deal with it
Hope is an amusing child too. She knows that humour and a smile are the leaven of existence and a means of facing difficulties, even major worries, with fortitude. The writer Romain Gary’s perceptive definition of humour fits well:...
We have to contend with new rules every second day... These rules are made without any consultation with the stakeholders and usually lack any sense or logic
The return of colourful birds each year in summer is a reminder of how intricately life is woven across seasons
Pope Francis worried more about the poor and the exploited and placed less emphasis on Church doctrines
It is laughable that the language fundamentalists are trying to project Urdu as an Islamic (or Pakistani) tongue
Krishna, endorsing Arjuna’s view, says: ‘The mind is very difficult to restrain. But by practice & detachment, it can be controlled.’
The greatest danger in time of turbulence is to act with yesterday’s logic, Drucker, the management guru, said. The template can be applied here
A natural environment is musically generative, it is alive with musical expression
William McKay (Bill) Aitken, the renowned author of Scottish origin who made India home in 1959, passed away in Dehradun on April 16
The judicial courts function like the temples of the one true God. We assume that the judges sitting in the courts will be fair. We all know that is not true
Danseuse Kumudini Lakhia died a month short of turning 95, in a year she won the Padma Vibhushan
The harvest festival is of great significance for many states in India. For Punjab, it has spiritual significance
There should be no shortage of applicants from India. Reason? There would be no ED, CBI, FCRA, Interpol or extradition rules on Mars, the only rule being ‘what you grab is what you get’