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We have got so many systems in place. The blue has always attracted us. Blue is not only a colour but also a perceptual post shaped by wavelength, atmosphere and human cognition. It occupies the shorter end of the visible spectrum, yet in cultural imagination it expands far beyond physics, becoming a metaphor for depth,…

Pune’s Siya Goyal-Ketan Agarwal-Chetan Chaudhary case, under investigation, is an extreme, outlier case. For those unfamiliar, 20-year-old Siya Goyal was engaged to Ketan Agarwal in an arranged marriage. However, Siya had been dating Chetan Chaudhary. On June 18, during a trek to Lohagad Fort near Pune, Siya and Chetan allegedly pushed Ketan off the fort,…

When hunt for social media likes leads to harmful public behaviour, penalties must be severe  If you’re in a wildlife sanctuary, and your idea of fun is to chase down a gazelle – a protected species – in your SUV, you certainly have no business being there. So, it’s good that Ladakh admin punished a…

By Swami Tejomayananda From the moment we are born, our first and primary relationship is with our parents. Through them, we become related to siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many others. These relationships are not of our making; they come with our birth. Thus, whether we like or dislike them, own or disown them,…

When people do dangerous things just to get social media likes, the punishment should be tough If you visit a wildlife sanctuary and think it’s fun to chase a gazelle in your SUV, you shouldn’t be there in the first place. A gazelle is a protected wild animal, and chasing it is both cruel and…

Yes, many islands have strategic importance. But ignoring their ecosystems is a self-goal  Modi’s visit to Seychelles highlights the growing importance of islands in current geopolitics. But islands have always played a pivotal role in human affairs. Not just in terms of strategy, but civilisationally. Recently, indigenous people of Taiwan’s Orchid Island undertook a historic…

Last Tuesday in Tamil Nadu assembly, chief minister C Joseph Vijay recreated the famous Stalin hand-gesture of ‘it’s all finished’ – and TVK ministers and MLAs cheered as if at a first day first show in a cinema hall (minister Bussy Anand almost jumped off his chair). The next day, distributing appointment letters to more…

In August 1806, 220 years back, a meeting in a haystack influenced the United States of America’s view of the world. Five students of Williams College, Massachusetts, met in a field to talk about theology. A thunderstorm made them take shelter under a haystack and something of the moment convinced them they had to spread…

The 2026 World Cup shows why football is full of joy, sadness and drama Football is more than just a game. For many people around the world, it feels like life itself. No other sport can create so much happiness, heartbreak, excitement, fear, hope and sadness all at once. Iran’s World Cup story showed this…

Over the last decade, OTT platforms have transformed the way we consume entertainment. With stories available at our fingertips and unrestricted access to global content, viewers are exposed to narratives that are more intense, graphic, and psychologically complex than ever before. While this evolution has undoubtedly expanded creative freedom and storytelling possibilities, it has also…