Swami Vivekananda: His relevance in modern age
byWhat is the relevance today of a monk who was born 150 years ago, lived the life of a mendicant, and passed away at…
Opinion
Will original work from India ever shine at the Oscars?
byNew Delhi (IANS) Oscar nominations for “Lincoln” and “Life Of Pi” have raised hopes of India again triumphing at the Academy Awards gala. Film historian…
Using theatre to sensitise people to the differently-abled
byKolkata (IANS) Offering a glimpse of what cerebral palsy patients go through via mime, hand model performance and dance theatre, British performer Andrew Dawson feels…
Women are equal, men need to manage the change
byManagement of change is always a challenging task and change is always resisted in any organisation or society. What the country has been witnessing…
Why criminal cases crawl through Indian courts
byNew Delhi (IANS) When Angammal was being sexually abused inside a police station for six days over a decade ago, her son was just a…
Royal kitchens revealing secret recipies
byNew Delhi (IANS) Erstwhile royal families have closely guarded culinary secrets of their kitchens like treasures down the ages. But the struggle to keep the…
Is terrorism really reviving in Punjab?
byChandigarh: Just a few months after he was hand-picked by Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to be the state’s director general of police…
Seize the moment, shift burden of shame to accused
byWhen the outrage ebbs, when people get back to work and students to colleges and it’s business as usual, will Indian society still think…
South Korea: setting standards for the developing world
bySouth Korea is a beautiful country with a small population of hardworking and tremendously honest people. The country turns a visitor into its admirer…
‘Worst Communicators of the Year’ award should go to government
byBillionaire Warren Buffet once said that reputation is built through a set of consistent actions and behaviour over decades and it is destroyed within…