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Football World Cups tend to define the year in which they are held. Mention the year 1986 and it may not immediately bring to memory the worst nuclear disaster in human history – Chernobyl – but it is almost certain to evoke images of Maradona single-handedly winning the World Cup for Argentina. Read full story…

By Thich Nhat Hanh In society, much of our suffering comes from feeling disconnected from one another. We often don’t feel a real connection even with people we live close to, our neighbours, our coworkers, and even our family members. Each person lives separately, cut off from support of the community. Practising Mindfulness, we begin…

This is the ultimate Indianism  It’s never too far from headlines – KC Venugopal was the latest – and unfailingly speaks to the satisfaction of he/she who utters the ultimate Indianism: One Tight Slap. It’s vindication central. Final word. Point made. Lesson learnt. So off with you, rascala. No Englishman has ever swept up in…

Indian racism, behind three lynchings in Dec, is a problem ignored at our own peril Another day, another state, another horrific lynching – the third this month. The year is ending on a shameful and scary note with the creeping normalisation of ‘othering’. Can youngsters and working people not move around in their own country…

On the upper reaches of the Gangotri valley, in the vicinity of glaciers and mountain streams, along the banks of the Bhagirathi-Ganga, the slopes harbour dense forests of deodar intermingled with chestnut, blue pine, silver fir, sea-buckthorn, Himalayan birch, Himalayan cypress, apricot and Indian tree hazel. To implement road widening via the Chardhaam Pariyojana (CDP),…

Freeze your eggs!Do your duty to society!!Don’t bring children into this horrible world at all. Everybody and their social media uncle has an opinion on the fertility of women. Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu recently weighed in, advising women to have kids in their twenties rather than postponing the decision. Reproductive gyaan to women is nothing new….

By Swami Sukhabodhananda In every journey of success – whether in personal growth, leadership, creativity, or spiritual evolution – there exists an invisible but powerful force that determines whether one perseveres or gives up. That force is motivation. Not ordinary motivation driven by rewards or recognition, but what i often call a ‘powerful why’. When…

The video featuring a recent debate over “Does God Exist” between Islamic scholar Mufti Shumail Nadvi and celebrated poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar is breaking the internet.Seeing the celebratory comments of Muslims over a young Mufti (one who is trained to deliver fatwas) “outsmarting” a self-confessing Mulhid (atheist), one is puzzled yet not surprised.One is puzzled because…

India is not “early” on accessibility expertise. India is late on accountability. This the strategic truth India must confront. For nearly two decades, accessibility in India has been framed as awareness, inclusion, or social responsibility. Conferences were convened. Guidelines were circulated. Audits were commissioned. Yet the lived experience of persons with disabilities continues to expose…

A few weeks ago, a two-minute voice message from  a cousin in Karachi became my first introduction to the Tamil film “Naan Petra Selvam” and the Tamil star Sivaji Ganesan. More than the film itself, the cinephile in me was smitten by the deep connect my cousin shared with the film released in the year…