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
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
The book presents a dramatic account of how Velupillai Prabhakaran lost his fiefdom by 2009
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...
Guru Nanak’s profound message, ‘Ek Onkar’, is simple to understand. It is the assertion of the oneness of God, which underscores the unity of all creation and reminds us of our shared existence beyond divisions of race, religion, caste, creed,...
The Nilgai is found only in the Indian subcontinent, and is the largest antelope outside of Africa
If I were asked which of the 17 homes we lived in after I was married I loved the most, I’d pick the one we had in Rouse Avenue any day. In the course of my husband’s life in the...
After a deadly fire tragically cut short the lives of more than six newborn children at a private neonatal intensive care facility in East Delhi in May, the National Neonatology Forum, a national body dedicated to neonatal care, issued a...
In the mid-1980s, we were stationed at the Binnaguri Cantonment, where my father, then a Major, was posted. Sometime in December 1987, we went on a trip to Sikkim, not very far from Binnaguri. During the three-day outing, we enjoyed...
In the pre-Independence era, Sengodan, the great-grandfather of my colleague Kayal Kanni, saved a majestic tamarind tree from doom in Kokkalai village, Salem (Tamil Nadu). The unique way this gentleman safeguarded the tree from the axe reads like a scene...
He spared no effort to further the glory of 4th Gorkha Rifles, and become a historical fiction novelist, with bestsellers like ‘Bhowani Junction’ and ‘Bugles and a Tiger’
It is still too early to tell if this was a mistake or not. A few days back, after a gap of almost 50 years, I went inside a house that we had lived in when I was a child....