How to make disaster relief truly effective
While people across the nation have come together to help, challenge remains in ensuring that assistance truly reaches those in need The jury is still out on whether the recent landslides in Wayanad is a result of human callousness or nature's own waywardness. Two weeks after the deluge, there is still...
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PM roots for women safety
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The Bangladesh cauldron is boiling
With New Delhi intensifying border controls, the evolving political landscape of Bangladesh is set to influence regional security and diplomacy The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, abruptly left her country a week ago, causing immediate concern in her country and the region. According to the BBC, Hasina's family, not...
The quest for real freedom in a divided society
Real liberation comes from transcending divisions and recognising our spiritual identity, a path that leads to peace, harmony, and tranquility More than seven decades after we attained independence from the British, we are still enslaved- trapped in the bondage of caste, creed, religion, regionalism etal. This has created deep fissures in...
Sunshine after the storm
Indian agriculture set to benefit from good monsoon and PM Modi’s release of climate-resistant seeds India’s agricultural sector, the cornerstone of its economy, is set to benefit from a double dose of positive news this monsoon season. With forecasts predicting a normal to above-normal monsoon and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent...
Finding fault with the US for internal failures
The narrative of an ‘American hand’ in political unrest in South Asia sells, even as the root cause of instability often lie with its own politicians The United States of America did not have a significant role in the run-up to the independence of the Indian subcontinent from the British Raj....
Revamping the English literature curriculum
Once a cornerstone of intellectual pursuit, English literature studies are now facing a troubling decline in popularity among students in India Once a most demanding course among youngsters, English literature studies has seen a significant decline in the past decade. In many colleges in India seats of B.Literature remain vacant despite...
Capital of monsoon misery
Thee national capital grapples with waterlogging and a host of issues that accompany the rains T S Eliot wrote, “April is the cruelest month…” in his famous poem The Waste Land. He was, of course, speaking of a different context and place, but one might wonder if he would have felt...
Progress depends on retentiveness
Today, as political discord echoes through our democracy, I find myself reflecting on those dark days of Emergency and the enduring wounds inflicted on our nation’s soul It was only in 1956 that I got some idea of how the Constitution of India was framed, and who were the major personalities...
