by Anantinee ‘JHUMPA’ Mishra Our world has turned into a world of Social Media. Facebook Friends and Instagram Followers seem to have a greater importance in life than the actual, old and new, collage and school, close and distant, face-to-face friends. The notifications from Whatsapp, TikTok and Tumblr seize our […]
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I Am A Hindu: None Can question Why
by Sudha Dixit Shashi Tharoor, in his feisty book “Why I Am A Hindu”, has given a long winded explanation as to why he is a Hindu. Nobody ever doubted that he is a Hindu. He doesn’t need to convince anyone. Otherwise also it is nobody’s business to question someone’s […]
Pandemic and Tea-Laborers of Dooars (India): A Dysphoric Situation of Social Disparity
By Arghya Das 25th March 2020, a Corona cornet alarmed, and the lockdown (first period) of 21 days started in India after a short declaration by our noteworthy Prime Minister. The pandemic named COVID-19 or CORONA virus infection has become the most atrocious experience for every person and we have […]
When Protesting Muddies the Message
By Mark Antony Rossi As my country, the United States, is engulfed in meaningful protests against discrimination it is also swamped with meaningless protests some organized by groups with agendas not meant to help the public discourse on the subject of equal treatment under the law. But the biggest problem […]
Jerusalem: Few Facts
By Anantinee ‘JHUMPA’ Mishra ‘If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill!!!’ INTRODUCTION Jerusalem (Yerushaláyim in Arabic), a city in the Middle East, is located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities […]
A Man Who Adores Music: Shri Santosh Gajanan Kulkarni
By Shefali SK Sometimes music is the only thing that your heart needs. Music gives a colourful imagination, beautiful wings to the soul, and creates magic. Shri Santosh Gajanan Kulkarni is one such magician, who brings the world around him to a standstill when he plays his Tabla. The magic […]
Where Humans Stand?
By Shantanu Das Humans, how long we have been evolved on earth? That’s a scientific question but we humans have even found it out. Humans began to exhibit evidence of behavioral modernity about seventy thousand to a hundred thousand years ago, around in the middle stone age. From the last […]
Covid-19: “Pursuit of Happiness”
By Panchali Banerjee The pandemic Covid-19 has left many of us in house arrest, most people in the streets longing to go back home. Home, because out in the streets stripped of all dignity and security we want to be back home, possibly the perceived abode of utmost peace and […]
Police Brutality in America Can Be Solved
By Mark Antony Rossi Police brutality in America has never entirely been built on bigotry. While I won’t make light of some of the obvious examples it should be noted in the full picture all too often police violations have more to do with abuse of power than abuse of […]
What is the New Normal
By Mark Antony Rossi What is the new normal for places that have endured three months of isolation, evacuation and expiration. The corona virus is still ravaging through India, parts of Northern China and South America. For a hyper financial, Uber freedom zone like America the new normal might mean […]