By Girish Linganna   US PRESIDENT Joe Biden is receiving criticism from many groups for describing India and Japan as “xenophobic” because they do not desire an influx of immigrants. This has raised concerns ab..

     BY SRINIVASAN UMASHANKAR   HI FI EVENT, official meeting, social gathering, fun fair etc., is always there now in this modern day world and necessary for economic advancements, socially responsive life and also..

   BY DR. ANAND MANAPURE   IN THE early seventies, after selection by MPSC, I was appointed as a lecturer in English, at Sydenham College, Bombay. However, fate seemed to have a different plan in store for me. My Ph.D. guide..

      By Deepika Bhan    The buzz about Congress promising to take away all that ‘extra’ wealth of a section of the population brought back memories of the pain that many had to endure by the &..

      By Gwynne Dyer     “AS scientists say, without extinction, there would likely be insufficient ecological ‘space’ available for new species.” What? Is this person saying t..

      By Adv. R. S. Agrawal   JUSTICE Atul S Chandurkar and Justice Jitendra Jain, at the Principal Seat of the Bombay High Court, have reiterated the well-settled legal position regarding the narrow scope of j..

      By Lt General M K Das   IN THE election manifesto titled Sankalp Patra released by BJP on 14 April 2024, the party has promised seeking permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) t..

     BY ANOOP SINGH   BALTIMORE was in the news because of the disaster. The cargo ship brought the bridge down. Was it a calamity or accident? The ship’s master is at the helm of the affairs. He is the ambass..

     BY DR. PRAGYA MATHUR KUMAR     She usually rings the doorbell several times in quick succession. Her time is precious and several households depend on her to breathe easy and go on with their tasks for the..

      By Girish Linganna   India relies heavily on the Middle-East for its energy requirements, primarily for oil and natural gas. These resources are crucial for powering the country’s vehicles, generati..

      By By Manoj Pant and Sugandha Huria     ECONOMICS has good news for workers fearing joblessness due to the rise of AI - only labour consumes, and the value of consuming populations is growing. T..

    By Arun Kumar Shrivastav    THE historic fourth Bitcoin halving event came at 00.09 UTC on Saturday (05.39 am IST on Sunday) when the Bitcoin network posted its 8,40,000th block. The highly-anticipated moment em..

EVERYBODY who takes to reading of books -- on any subjects, fiction or non-fiction -- knows how beautiful the process is and what kind of meditative opportunity it offers to the one pursuing the activity of reading with a serious interest. In his or her own way, every reader of books describes the process and enjoys doing so. But what counts the most is the meditative value that gets automatically attached to reading. The beauty of that process, its depth, its range is something that words fail to ..

   By Vijay phanshikar   “I know, the spirit of the Indian voters will beat the summer heat ...!” - Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India THIS confidence also marks the minimum expectation from..

    By Girish Linganna   ELON Musk has announced that he is excited about his upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month in the Indian capital. This news comes amid speculation that Tesla is exp..

      THE risk of catastrophic war in the Middle East is real. Western Governments , including Britain’s, calling on Israel not to spark such a war have the means to force it to comply and must be made to use them. Isra..

      By Vijay Phanshikar   “ ... David Foster Wallace, ... once a top regional player himself, introduced the concept of ‘Federer moments’ under the title ‘Roger Federer as Religious Ex..

   By Gwynne Dyer   THE grand old Ayatollah: He had three hundred missiles. He launched them all at Israel but none of them was fissile. And when they were all shot down, much to his surprise, Biden said to Khamene..

    By Adv. R. S. Agrawal    IN THE decision of the case – K B Lal Krishna Bahadur Lal v Gyanedra Pratap and Others, delivered on April 8, 2024, Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Prasanna B Varale, at the Supreme ..

    By Girish Linganna   RECENTLY, tensions have surged between Iran and Israel. On Twitter, Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated that Israel’s reported attack on a site within an Iranian embassy..

     TODAY, a lot of people are thinking about environmental issues and the ecological conditions of the Earth. Why has this problem suddenly become so relevant? When did Earth Day grow into Earth Month? Does it mean that we can c..

   BY HARISH BARTHWAL   MY WIFE’S eternal wrangle with me since last 40 years of our wedlock has been over choice of colours. I reflexively pick grey or dull, she chooses bright attires, clothing, cutlery, wall shades, ..

      Vijay Phanshikar   IF HUMAN face is the signature of the person, then parked cars, too, can be treated as a signature of the person who owns or drives those vehicles. Cars, parked under the glittering li..

     By Kalyani Shankar   CAN women voters decide the upcoming 2024 General elections? Their growing number of voters and favourable legislation, such as the one-third reservation for women in Parliament and legisla..

LONG ago, a Hindi movie titled ‘Ardh Satya’ had portrayed a grim picture of how enforcers of law become colluders in crime in some or the other manner. The title of the movie that caught people’s fancy then, did play with words when it suggested that some elements in law enforcing agencies may be colluding with criminal elements, but a lot of truly good people also man those agencies -- thereby keeping intact the sanity and sanctity in the task of fighting crime. Over time, that picture has not moved ..