Where do we go after yesterday’s surrender by centre?
The central government’s move of offering to ‘put on hold the farm laws for one or one and half year’ to placate the protesting farmers unions in hope of drawing…
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Colonial myths and battered narratives in Bharatiya history
Surrounded by landless, limitless vast expansions of ocean on three sides and crowned by the sky-dwarfing magnificence of the Himalayas in the north, is Bharat – the land of Aryas,…
Hindu festivals – An approach for kids
Hindu/Sanatana Dharma is often compared to an ocean. It is a way of life where you can find an embarrassment of riches to choose from on any given day, especially…
Biden’s CIA Chief is an anti-Hindu diplomat who heads the liberal think-tank Carnegie Endowment
US President-elect Joe Biden has named William Burns, a diplomat who currently heads the liberal think-tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as his new CIA Chief. Burns has in the…
Centre takes SC sucker punch on chin
The seventeen-month tenure of the forty-seventh Chief Justice of India (CJI), Sharad Arvind Bobde, was on the verge of coming to a tame end, partly due to the global pandemic…
All you need to know about COVID vaccines
The largest vaccination program in the history of the world is well under way. More than 3 crore doses of COVID vaccines have already been administered. Safety concerns and anti-vaccination…
Public holiday, total shutdown in Mizoram to celebrate ‘Missionary Day’; grim trailer for states like AP?
In a chilling reminder of how societies can turn on themselves and start celebrating their former colonisers, the state of Mizoram on Monday observed ‘Missionary Day’ to “commemorate the 127th…
Farce in Supreme Court over farm reforms shows how Lutyens’ arm-twists judiciary
The Supreme Court hearing on the Centre’s farm reforms and ensuing protests by section of farmers from Punjab and Haryana descended into complete farce today. The Court was hearing a…
“I will only stand, bow, or worship Jesus Christ:” US councilwoman explains why she walked out during Hindu prayer
An elected official in America’s state of Mississippi, Biloxi Councilwoman Dixie Newman, recently posted on Facebook about walking out on a Hindu prayer during a City Council meeting. “Last night…
The artist’s way: A path to self-awareness through inner joy
As part of the Yoga Samvad series on Yoga, Rasanubhava and Ramya, hosted by Ritambhara, well known Bharata Natyam exponent and scholar Dr. Padma Subramanyam explores the intricate interrelationship between Yoga, the aesthetic experience (rasanubhava) and the resulting inner joy (ramya) as the fountainhead of artistic expression, experience and wisdom…