By Vikram Singh If one types “why are newspapers full of bad news” on Google, one will find lots of interesting articles and researches on that subject. I’m sure there are lots of positive things happening around the world but the sheer amount of negativity has started to numb my […]
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An Episode We Could do Without
By Ranjit K Sahu The secularism bug seems to have bitten a few selected individuals again and they are writhing in pain. Not that it has harmed them in anyway. On the contrary it has harmed the very social fabric they intend to protect from disintegration! The ruckus being created […]
A Farce Sold as Protest
By Ranjit K. Sahu The recent returning of awards by some celebrities in lieu of the happenings calls for a closer scrutiny of their action, not in terms of their social impact but more in terms of their implications on the award itself. While it is common knowledge now that […]
Tatkal Entry into Private Club
By Sudha Dixit Hell hath no greed as a politician enthroned […]
Paradox of Reservation
By Sudha Dixit Emperor Akbar once was presented with a puzzle. A simple straight line was drawn on a paper. The king was asked to shorten the line without using eraser or any other physical contact. Every one present was flummoxed. The one and only face saver in his court […]
Hypothesis of Kindness
By Sudha Dixit Have you tried to touch a bird’s eggs in the nest, while the mother is watching? If yes, you must have seen how the tiny & frail mother bird reacts. The fury and the violence with which she attacks the encroacher, is amazing. The chirpy little singing […]
Validity of Death Penalty: A Sine Qua Non
By Sudha Dixit Hate the sin not the sinner, a very laudable quote often used by Mahatma Gandhi. Bapu, had he survived, might have said that Godse should not be hanged. Well he never got that chance but frankly it would not have mattered to Bapu whether Godse lived or […]
Strength of Character: Emotional Maturity
By Sudha Dixit Ralph Waldo Emerson had said “Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.” The chinks in your armour is the evidence that you have allowed harmful elements to enter your mind. Why some people permit this to happen […]
Drain less Delhi Drowning
By Ranjit K. Sahu The monsoons have caught the common man on the wrong foot in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) region, especially since people wanted relief from the smoldering heat. While most people would now curse the rain God for his nonchalant cloudburst forgetting how earnestly they […]
Subconscious Bias or Biased Conscience: Myths Regarding Women
By Sudha Dixit When it comes to the identity of a woman, we find that there is none. She is only a father’s daughter, a husband’s wife or a son’s mother. She is never ‘She’ or ‘Her’, never an independent woman having her own status. All this is in the […]