Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Assembly polls punch holes in BJP citadel
  Elections in four states and a Union territory at a time when the people in the country were dying in hundreds due to the second wave of corona pandemic not only was reflected the arrogance...
Interfaith bonhomie with Covid playing cupid in its own way
  At a time when social distancing to ward off the deadly coronavirus has become a norm, the two major religious groups in the country, Hindu and Muslim, have a reason to come closer to each....
April Fool news
The good thing about imagination is that we own it and can mould it as per our whims and fancies. That we can let it fly in any frivolous direction makes us human beings. April...
  The move was long overdue. The Delhi Government has taken a big leap when it announced the formation of its own board for secondary education, Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE) in place of the...
  All was going perfectly well for Mr Gautam Adani till Shani Gochar happened on 17th January 2023 and the wrath of the fearsome god hit the third-richest man in the world. If only he had...
Shortage of school teachers casts a cloud over Bihar Govt’s policies
  Aurahi Middle School in Purnea, around 300 km away from the state capital, with 672 students has only seven teachers – one teacher for every 100 students. Teachers here often take combined classes for two...
  The times we live in have are witness to drastic change in the concept of an ideal job. Our beliefs around an ideal career too have changed drastically. We seem to have been suddenly teleported...
Kashmir, Article 370 removal
  Over four-and-a-half years ago on a visit to Srinagar when Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was running the government in coalition with the BJP, I said to a student audience at Kashmir University's media studies department...
farmers protest
  The complete shutdown witnessed on March 26 in the wake of nation-wide bandh called by farmers’ union reflects the deep agony agriculturists in the country are going through. The bandh call was given to mark...
Political violence in West Bengal a fait accompli
From unprecedented post-poll violence to judges recusing themselves from hearing the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) cases, the story of West Bengal appears to be a power game with all the trappings of brute force and domination....