Economic growth and satisfaction are two distinctive, yet inalienable, pillars of modern human existence. They are differentiable in the fact that while economic growth is measurable through indices like Gross Domestic Product (GDP), there are no conclusive measures of satisfaction. Moreover, the term ‘economic growth’ invariably carries a national or social connotation while the term…
Tuesday August 22,2017 will be recorded in the history with the golden letters when the greatest interpreter of the holy law of the land finally set aside the corrupt and discriminatory practise of divorce (Talaq) under Muslim law thereby declaring it void and illegal by 3:2 majority. There are various forms of divorce (Talaq) under…
The Right to Information Act came into action on 5th June 2005. True democracy does not exist unless all citizens have a fair opportunity to participate in the functioning of the nation. The right to participate in the affairs is meaningless if they have no information. The Act makes an endeavour to harmonize the interests…
The emergence of the Vijaynagar Empire in the backdrop of the Muslim invasions from the north in the fourteenth century requires to be seen as a political and social response of the people of the country to the newly emerging political and social realities. Thus decoding of this empire will help us to show how…
Now-a-days it is very frequently observed that students sign up for higher studies with less interest or take it casually. Moreover, there are very few institutions in India which are giving quality inputs so as to inculcate the learning skills amongst students. Higher Education System in India compare to developing / developed countries needs substantial…
Innovation can be defined as a process of transforming an idea into a good or service which has a value. It involves application of information, imagination and initiative in deriving greater values from resources so as to convert them into useful products. Since the advent of humans on Earth we have been innovating for our…
Only small men discriminate saying: One is a relative; the other is a stranger. For those who live magnanimously the entire world constitutes but a family. The above shloka from the Maha Upanishad is not merely a cliché but a lived reality of the Indian nation. India, has from time immemorial lived upto this…
Only small men discriminate saying: One is a relative; the other is a stranger. For those who live magnanimously the entire world constitutes but a family. (Maha Upanishad, 6; 72) Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Sanskrit: from “vasudha”, the earth, “iya”, is and “kutumbakam”, family) is a Sanskrit phrase that means that the whole world is one single…
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is one of the most powerful phrases in Sanskrit which is the signifier of unity, peace and oneness. The phrase means that the world is one family. We all are familiar with this message in the Indian context that how being different from one and another, there lies an essence of shared essence…
The word “Warrior” and “War” largely provides impression of heroism, eternal glory, fame to my mind. The meaning embedded in it expresses so much charisma and valor that nothing goes beyond sensibility of chivalry and fame of being a “Warrior”. But, interestingly, the phrase “Warrior Poet” provides pragmatics of culture and war together in the…
By not bowing down to Chinese intimidation, India can train Asia on how to stand up to a bully. China today has all its territorial frontiers embroiled in dispute. Be it Senkaku Islands with Japan in the East, or the Indo Tibetan Boundary in its West, or the South China Sea in its South, or…
When Donald Trump during his poll campaign, called climate change a “Chinese hoax” to gain economic advantage over US, few had taken his candidature seriously. However, just 4 days after the Paris Climate Agreement (the global treaty involving 195 countries to combat climate change) came into force; Trump was elected as the leader of the…
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