Hold Your Tongue and Let me Love!
Love is no more a taboo thing meant to be talked of in whispers, in dark corners or hidden nooks. The defiant rays of it are more than visible in...
Why the Youth become Wasters, Goons and Henchmen of Politicians in UP?
The total population of UP in the age group 15-24 years is 40,619,000, while the sex ratio is 871/1000; 82% in urban areas and 81% in rural areas are literate....
Kedar Basha Sharpens Knives and Lives without Remorse
A native of Harichandrapuram village, in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, around 62km from Chennai, Kadar Basha has been a knife sharpener for the past 30 years. Pragmatic and down to...
Who is Afraid of Backbends!
Our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us that though backbends seem intimidating, it’s not all the difficult. We don’t have to be a contortionist or drop into a Full Wheel from...
India and Kleptocracy: Are we a Nation of Crooks?
Why is India so corrupt? An old license and rule-bound bureaucracy with cumbersome procedures and processes with the lack of transparency aided and abetted by unscrupulous henchmen, who have been elected...
Of Cabbages and Cobblers: How Pricing Costs the People?
The question is how the dispossession of the poor is understood? It is not immediately understood by the poor and the non-poor either ignores it as an externality or...
Destination Bali: Fun, Food and Frolic in an Enchanting Island
What an island in the midst of beaches, monkeys, temples, foods and active volcanoes! Sunsets that make you smile without any reason. Warm people, beautiful dances, easy communication and temples...
First Phase of UP Assembly Polls to Decide the Fate of 839 Candidates in 73 Seats Today
The first of the seven phases of UP Assembly polls, on Saturday (February 11), would decide the fate of 839 candidates, in 73 seats. It’s a make or break...
A Modest Menu Encourages Dialogue on Poverty, Hunger, Ethics and Inclusion
A Modest Menu looks beyond the measurable aspects of poverty, hunger, global land use and food security, waste and pollution, human trafficking, exclusion, and the myriad other challenges which affect our...
The Impact of Industrialism: Thomas Hardy and D.G. Rossetti
Thomas Hardy does not belong to the Pre-Raphaelite Poets. But both Hardy and Rossetti experienced the poignant sufferings of the people after the Industrial Revolution in England. D. G. Rossetti who...