Mother’s tongue or Mother Tongue?
byOne’s mother’s tongue may not be one’s Mother Tongue at all! In HP for example nearly all literates (and there are many) have filled…
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Opinions
Last Man Standing
byI am fully aware that the subject I am about to broach is a touchy one, as any good word, even a muted one,…
Prominent personalities of the Ram temple movement
byLucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to lay the foundation stone of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on August 5. From 1528,…
Of Fish and Turtles of Bua Rani
byFrom early years of married life, raising an aquarium at home was our desire. I took to studying the techniques and styles & the…
The Lock Down Diaries (XVIII) – The Duffer Zone
byThese days I find myself inclining more and more to the poetic. And therefore, like Wordsworth, my heart leapt up with joy the other…
Self-reliant Cooperatives Needed For Sustainable Mountain Development
bySustainable mountain development, for long, has been a focal point worldwide to maintain the ecological balance and at the same time, improve the quality…
The Lockdown Diaries (XVII) — Puranikoti And The Other Side Of COVID
bySocial distancing actually works! It’s been more than a month since I arrived in my little village near Shimla from Delhi and my Oxymeter…
The Lock Down Diaries (XVI)- Flip Flops Do Not A Tourism Policy Make
byOne of the more unsavoury, man-made consequences of the pandemic has been the almost total concentration of power in the executive arm of governments….
The Lock Down Diaries (XV) – Journalism As News Laundering And Bhakti
byMove over, Arnab Goswami and Sambit Patra- the putrefying corpse of Indian journalism has a new poster boy! None other than our resident, apoplectic…
Priyanka’s dilemma: Will she, won’t she?
byIn Uttar Pradesh, Congress this time is at its lowest tally in Lok Sabha (1) as well as Vidhan Sabha (7). Rahul led the…