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The complex, and often conflicting, relationship between humans and owls ranges from reverence to superstition

Kumbh is a symbol of integration, a vessel or pot, in which quintessential wisdom, spiritual thoughts and human philosophy, as contemplated by saints and seers, are accumulated

Reach out with love to those who have to start over, whether an immigrant from a village to your city or a lost soul

The conundrum of whether to feed or not to feed birds has bothered ornithologists as, for them, supplementary feeding could change the wild bird’s natural behaviour

A commitment to justice, an abiding belief in the oneness of mankind —these were the ideals that Guru Gobind Singh lived by

‘Simla Past and Present’ remains a standard and valued text

Punjab woke up late to the idea of heritage tourism because of a lack of sense of pride... it has remained a dream more than reality

I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion

Shikras are found everywhere — from gardens in urban centres like Delhi and Bengaluru to rural countryside, and even open forests.

Setting aside the 30 per cent cap on interest rates has severely hurt the interests of millions of credit card users in the country

I look back to reflect on the basic decency that is receding rapidly from our people

The bird is capable of reaching speeds of over 300 km per hour, with the highest recorded speed of 389 km per hour.

All religions aim to make us better human beings: to teach us to be kinder, gentler, more like the deities we worship

The biggest lesson from tragedies such as in Georgia is that generators should never be kept indoors

Education is more attuned to encourage learning by axioms and laws. The spaces for questioning and debating have been receding

The resilience of the big cats is a testament to nature’s ability to adapt, even in the face of human encroachment and environmental change

Humans endowed with the power of speech must also weigh in their capacity to be quiet

If businesses are genuinely interested in consumer response to their queries, there ought to be respect for the negative feedback and acknowledgement of suggestions for improvement

I am an eternal optimist and hope that just as our sports arena is now increasingly looking at merit, our political parties too will follow suit

In my village, Bijwasan in New Delhi, the fields were once rich with generations of stories woven into each harvest. My uncle, like so many other farmers, would rise before dawn, guiding his oxen through the soil as he ploughed...

If I could pray, the gist of my Demanding would be simply this: Quietude. The ordered mind. Erasure of the inner lie, And only love in every kiss. (From ‘Prayer 1’ by Nissim Ezekiel) The year 2024 is the birth...

A year after the armed forces began appointing women officers to command positions in line with the Supreme Court directives, a letter by a top Army commander flagging several functional issues involving women officers has kicked up a debate in...

Sometime in the early 1980s, we had taken cycle rickshaws while returning from a late night movie in Chandigarh’s Sector 17. When we reached Madhya Marg, the central avenue, en route to the university campus, someone called out: “Let’s have...

Walking along the banks of Falachan river deep in the Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh on a cold winter morning, a dash of brown in the middle of the river caught my eye, just for an instant. It disappeared into...