2024

Ram — The word uttered in pain and in veneration denotes the power of its healing magic. Something ethereal is there in this word as described by Sage Vashishth while naming Ram. The chanting of his name gave solace to millions not only in past Yugas but even in the modern world. And it is the making of modern India after Independence that Ram became the battleground for diametrically different visions of this great country.
The divinity, deepness and simplicity of Ram seems to be lost in (…)

Trinamool Supremo and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee says, that Congress has rejected TMC’s proposal to acknowledge two seats and also said that the fate of the all-India alliance will be decided after the LS poll. However, the TMC has decided at the meeting of the party’s senior leader with the Murshidabad district leadership to contest all 42 seats.
Ms. Banerjee said "We had given a proposal which they refused from the beginning. That is why our party has decided that we (…)

Many-sided initiatives for labor welfare are needed in India. Unemployment is a very serious problem and several initiatives for improving employment prospects are needed. Hence the budget of the Ministry of Labor and Employment must see an increasing trend.
However in reality this has seen a declining trend in recent years. This is unfortunate as this creates a scarcity of resources at a time when more resources are needed for labor welfare and improving employment prospects.
In 2021-22 (…)

1 February 2024
Will there be any Opposition left before the general elections? The way hurdle after hurdle gets thrown in, in the Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, carry definite pointers that there are efforts on to sabotage the Yatra. Though Rahul Gandhi seems determined to carry on against all possible risks and threats, but the big question that looms large is this: Why is the Right-Wing government so very rattled to see the masses participating in the Yatra and doing so, so (…)

by Murzban Jal
It is obvious isn’t it?
After all, in Cervantes’ epic, Don Quixote desperately needed his Sancho Panza to herald the lost age of feudal chivalry, but here we have only the multiple Dons sans their Sanchos and worse the Dons who have not heard from a wise man who quoted a verse from Dante’s The Divine Comedy thus:
Here all distrust must be left;
All cowardice must here be dead.

Introduction
January 30 is observed as World Leprosy Day. To a common man leprosy is repulsive. The site of poor beggars in rags having deformities makes people turn their back with horror. Some hastily throw some coins without looking at them. If you happen to go near their settlements in some hidden corners of the city, the site is equally disheartening.
However, leprosy is one of the least infectious diseases as nearly everyone has some measure of natural resistance against it. India (…)

There has been a growing consensus within society that a formidable sustainability challenge with potentially catastrophic consequences is being confronted (Kiron et al., 2012; World Watch Institute, 2013). Both human societies and natural ecosystems are grappling with far-reaching, systemic predicaments, including climate change, species extinction, deforestation, and desertification. Human activities are intensifying the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems on a global scale. The United (…)

February 4, 2024
The Pakistan Army manipulates the election process to get a friendly government in place.
Pakistan, undergoing a dire economic crisis, will hold its national election on February 8.
The election process is being choreographed by the Pakistan Army through a caretaker government. It has weakened democratic institutions to such an extent that it continues to influence policy even when not directly in power.
This general election will be no exception.
The previously (…)

Once upon a time, devotion used to be a private affair for the devotees. It was an unbreakable spiritual bond and a personal religious experience between gods, goddesses, and their followers. It was neither televised nor live streamed to project propaganda, power, and dominance of one religious practice over another. The private and public practice of religious customs and traditions used to be solitary affairs for individuals and communities. The celebration of religious festivals used to (…)

21 January 2024
For Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its mentors in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu supremacist civil society organisation, 2024 could be an epoch-making year.
People and supporters of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s landing on the moon at an event organised near India Gate in New Delhi, India, 23 August 2023 (Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis).
As 2023 ended, (…)