This year’s Deepavali was chequered,
Except you know where—
Along the banks of a sacred river.
Whether the god descended or not
Must be a matter of debate.
Gods may be gods, but they have noses too;
He may have found the pollution
Too rich for (...)
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Deepavali 2018
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National Academic Event Cancelled
25 November 2018, by S G VombatkereThe 42nd Indian Social Science Congress (ISSC) was scheduled to be held in association with the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) between December 15-19, 2018, at Varanasi, with the focal theme of “Human Future in the Digital Era”. With the (...) -
LIC Making Unwarranted Investments: Policy-holders’ Money at risk
25 November 2018by N. Sundaramurthy
LIC — IDBI Deal
The respective boards of the LIC and IDBI bank have approved the transfer of 51 per cent of the ailing bank’s shares to the LIC. Not lagging behind, the Insurance Regulator—IRDAI—has approved the deal. (...) -
Tribute to Anees Chishti / Reproduction of Anees Chishti’s Articles
25 November 2018TRIBUTE
Veteran writer and journalist Anees Chishti, who passed away in New Delhi after a brief illness on October 10, 2018 (just two days before his 77th birthday), was the biographer of our late President Dr Zakir Hussain. What is more, he (...) -
Being a Proud Indian
24 November 2018From N.C.’s Writings
Amidst the profusion of tributes paid to Indira Gandhi on the tenth anniversary of her martyrdom on October 31, perhaps the most eloquent but concise was by the eminent scientist-philosopher, Professor Yash Pal, who said she (...) -
Dr Ambedkar and Politics of Caste
24 November 2018by S.R. Darapuri
Dr Ambedkar is said to be the father of Dalit politics because he was the first person to fight for the political rights of Dalits. He was the person who during the Round Table Conferences (1930-32), called in connection with (...) -
Gandhi’s Satyagraha for Press Freedom: The Media is buckling under Corporate Control
24 November 2018by S.N. Sahu
It was on November 12, 1947 that Mahatma Gandhi was requested to broadcast on All India Radio an address to refugees from Pakistan facing trauma and suffering caused by the partition of India and were housed in a camp in (...) -
Girls’ Madrasas—Countering the Stereotypes
24 November 2018, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Madrasa children are the most vulnerable! The recent lynching of the eight-year-old child, Mohammad Azeem, staying and studying in a madrasa situated in the Begampur locality of South Delhi, should have been highlighted during television (...) -
Kashmir’s Plural Ethos and Communal Harmony
24 November 2018by Abid Ahmad Shah
Peace is the foundation of prosperity among the nation-states of the world and harmony forms the basic foundation of that enterprise. Man is the wonderful creation of God with an inherent sense of metaphysical and worldly (...) -
Girish Patel will be Remembered as a Tireless Crusader for Human Rights
24 November 2018, by Bharat DograTRIBUTE
Girish Patel breathed his last on October 6, at the age of 86, in Ahmedabad. For several decades his name had been identified with almost any struggle, big and small, for justice in Gujarat. In his roles as an academic, human rights (...)
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