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Obeisance to Goddess of Knowledge

By N.V. Subbaraman In continuation of my article on Bharathiyar in the 19th February issue of INDIAN PERIODICAL, we are going to have Part 3 dealing with Bharathiyar’s obeisance to the Goddess of Learning and knowledge –SARASWATHI. Mahakavi Bharathiyar has sung in praise of GODDESS SARASWATHI in many heads… Two of […]

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Leadership Requires Trust

By Mark Antony Rossi Leadership requires trust which ultimately means wisely using the action of delegation. You must select the people willing and able to carry out your objectives. And this precisely is where the failure of leadership takes place. The delegation of duties is irrationally disrupted because the leader […]

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Obeisance to Goddess of Knowledge

By N. V. Subbaraman Statue of Goddess of Knowledge Sri Saraswathi in Puttaparthi-Prashanthi Nilayam- campus in Andhra Pradesh. In continuation of my article on Bharathiyar in the 12th February issue of INDIAN PERIODICALS, we are going to have Part 2 dealing with Bharathiyar’ s obeisance to the Goddess of Learning […]

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The Fatal Fantasy of Perfection

By Mark Antony Rossi The state of Perfection is a fool’s errand plaguing humanity since time immemorial. It should be noted that humans, admittedly imperfect, obsessively strive for superhuman or supernatural status. This irrational pursuit can only be viewed as an arrogant gambit dancing on the edge of self-delusion. What […]

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Bharatiyar

By N. V. Subbaraman from Chennai In my interview with Indian Periodical, I pointed out the need for translating regional language literary marvels in other languages and in particular English as a method to “bridge the gap”. The magazine’s question and my answer are reproduced here as it is quite […]

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Conspiracy Theories and Webs of Mistrust

By Mark Antony Rossi Conspiracy theories have been all the rage in the modern era for about a hundred years. But I am not interested in paranormal conspiracies on boogeyman, Big Foot, UFO’s or the Loch Ness Monster. There’s no hidden agenda in these tales. It’s not unreasonable to logically […]

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Paths to Peace Start with Personal Renewal

By Mark Antony Rossi Santayana’s oft repeated warning “those who cannot remember the past are condemned repeat it” is routinely applied in the macro context of history. The philosophy behind the maxim assumes mere memory is enough to prevent atrocities, defeat autocratic rule and stop disasters in their tracks. While […]

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Sports: Another Communal Entity in India-Where Minus Sportiveness, Plus Alienation is the Overarching Policy

By Pitambar Naik When someone asks, “Why can’t you (Indians) pursue sports with staggering spirits? Why can’t you be like the Chinese lions in competitions? Why can’t you achieve more than your neighbours?” People respond in many different ways hurling scores of disgruntled ripostes and most of them opine that […]

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Better Late Than Never

By Ananya Guha And now it is the Meghalaya Governor. Close on the heels of an MLA arrested for raping a minor girl, Meghalaya is in the news once again. And the one culpable is none less than the Governor, for making sexual overtones with a lady an aspirant for […]