by Prem Singh
The modern industrial civilisation has witnessed two World Wars. The researchers of war have yet not been able to estimate the magnitude of casualties/deaths—both military and civilian—which occurred in these two World Wars. The (...)
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Patriotism of Cowardice and Enslaved Mind
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New Robe
17 March 2019What is so special in the news item: an organ being donated? A flourishing black market offers a choice to know the donor, preserve purity of body and soul!
But the headline is eye-catching: a Muslim donates one kidney for his poor, ailing Hindu (...) -
Stooping to Conquer: Will it Work?
17 March 2019, by Badri RainaIn his time Jesus of Nazareth was an oppositional figure, hounded by both the priesthood and the Roman overlords. So, when he gathered his choice followers to a Last Supper, at which he washed their feet and shared his body and blood with them, (...) -
People Will Win
17 March 2019BINOY VISWAM
We are passing through a very crucial period in the history of our country. The political battle for which we are gearing up is to determine the destiny of our nation. The formations and strategy of the battle are being finalised by (...) -
Modi’s War Rhetoric may Boomerang on India
17 March 2019, by M K BhadrakumarThe government should welcome Islamabad’s move to ban militant outfits designated by the UN Security Council as a step in the right direction. There is nothing to lose and everything to gain by making a gesture. But a leap of faith is needed. (...) -
In the death of Namvar Singh, not only Hindi but the world of all Indian Languages lost its Greatest Critic
17 March 2019TRIBUTE
by ApoorvAnand
A critic is never the central figure in literature but Namvar Singh remained the first citizen of the world of Hindi, in all its aspects for more than sixty years. It amazes one to think that a critic attracted so much (...) -
State Murderers of Jamal Khashogi and their Cohorts Must Not Get Away
17 March 2019by Gautam Sen
Jamal Ahmed Khashoggi, a journalist of the Washington Post newspaper of the USA, was brutally and in a unique diabolical manner, put to death on October 2, 2018 when he went to obtain documents connected with his proposed marriage (...) -
The Anatomy of Capital Punishment in India
17 March 2019by Saumitra Mohan
Prison administration is an inalienable part of our justice delivery system which, many feel, calls for urgent relook and attention. The prison administration in India has existed almost unchanged since its inception though a (...) -
Ten Per Cent Quota: The Megalomania of Savarna Reservation
17 March 2019by Navneet Sharma and Anamica
“The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of (...) -
Leaves from the Jungle and Anthropological Jigsaw
17 March 2019, by J.J. Roy BurmanIntroduction
The anthropological method did not exist the way we know today almost a century back. It was established through prolonged field data collection, as was established by Malinowski in the study of the Trobriand Islands in the Western (...)
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