2025

There are many victims in the 27-month ethnic conflict in Manipur; and most government institutions must own responsibility.
The devastating conflagration engulfed the north-eastern state on May 3, 2023, triggered by a Manipur High Court directive recommending Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Meitei community, escalating ethnic tensions into widespread violence.
With over 200 deaths, thousands displaced, and societal divides deepened, it is a national crisis testing India

The path-breaking novel of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, may carry diverse meanings in different geographical and cultural locations. Marquez situated this novel in the fictional town

by V.K.Sridhar*, Akbar Ali, Abhishek Patel, Kushbu, Nasreena Ibrahmin, Sweta, Deepti Singh, Vijeta
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Waste holds different meanings across societies, as traditional communities tend to use resources conservatively, while industrialization and a culture of productivity have fostered a

Introduction: The Illusion of Time
The concept of time, when abstracted, often represents opportunity, leisure, and self-actualisation. The 12-hour workday, however, transforms this conceptual luxury into a constraint - a structure of unfreedom for industrial labourers. In the steel industry [read sheet metalware units] of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, workers routinely toil for 12 hours a day, six to seven days a week. Rather than being a matter of choice or productivity, such extended work hours (…)

Tagore has had an immense influence on the shaping of the modern Indian mind. Our National Freedom Movement also received strong moral sustenance from him. And he composed

A truth questioning the authenticity of most truths, practiced with oneness of adoration as the eternal bedrock of material life and proclaimed as God, could only be the Truth Mahatma Gandhi experimented with.
?Gandhi Ji fashioned Truth as passion, as an impulse in his life. His Truth was free from the wanting of idolization, never willing to shroud it in mystery. Not ever sought a metaphysical explanation. Instead, simply worshiped Truth as Supreme Force, and practiced as a means for (…)

It is the constitutional duty of every Indian citizen

Mythologies, all over the World, are very pleasant flights of imagination. While our childhood fascination with these is everlasting in our memories, the trend from the last few decades is that right-wing ruling parties

Abstract: A country aspiring to be Vishaguru needs not only to invest in science, technology and artificial intelligence but to create a culture in which common people

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The emergence of women in leadership roles within the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) represents a potentially promising development. However, the extent to which this shift contributes to addressing the broader gender paradox in Kerala remains contingent upon whether these changes are merely symbolic or reflect substantive structural transformation. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the recent AMMA elections and the rise of women leaders within the (…)