THE RITE OF PASSAGE

“Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains” quoted Jean Jacques Rousseau, the famous French philosopher. The history of mankind has been the history of ev...

Abstract Property: Imperialism of Ideas

Science and religion have been polarized over the issue of consciousness since time immemorial. Science attributes this fundamental function of our species to tiny volts of...

President Urges Film Industry To Look Beyond Markets & Nurture Human Values

President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the film industry to look beyond markets and work together to help “nurture universal human values, which draw on our rich civili...

SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. In...

WILL TRADITION EVER TRANSITION

“Even a stopped Watch showscorrect timetwice a day” bespoke an optimist.

It is a matter of contemplation whether the same holds true for the march of ti...

Delhi’s Waste-To-Energy Plants ‘Toxic, Costly, Inefficient’

Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem. They may instead end up adding to its air pollution and cost the government a su...

Is Actor Fawad Khan Raising Money For Pakistan?

Bollywood’s latest heartthrob Fawad Khan is cashing in on his stardom and Film fare win but for a good cause. According to a report by Mumbai Mirror, Fawad Khan is to...

I’m Too Sexist For This Tweet

Old people can be hugely entertaining, as anyone who has ever heard their grandfather casually emit a jackhammer-style burp in public will agree. If they’re extra old...

Rani Mukerji to meet Prince Charles at charity event in London

Rani Mukerji’s super hit from last year, Yash Raj Films’ ‘Mardaani’ premiered in Poland at the Kino Muranow theatre in Warsaw on 28th January and wi...