The Faith that never Fades: The Historical Resilience of Hinduism
The Holocaust brings to one's mind deep anguish and pain, even though not many of us lived during the times when Hitler's army ran riot over millions of Jews across Europe. It was one of the darkest hours of humanity and the barbarism of the Nazi...
The last titan of Indian parallel cinema, Mrinal Sen is no more
London: Legendary Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen has left us today. He will be remembered along with his contemporaries Oscar-winning Bengali director Satyajit Roy and legendary Ritwik Ghatak. His humanistic approach in Indian cinema made him one of...
Sabarimala – a deeper philosophical enquiry
There are currently two viewpoints on Sabarimala temple issue. The traditionalist approach respects the deity’s Naishtika Brahmachari avatar and would therefore stick to the rules set by the deity. The modernist approach is focused on equal rights....
Ideas for Job Creation
Dignity is a universal human aspiration, and a first step in the flowering of society. Looking at the Indian (Hindu) ideal of the 4 stages of human life- Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa, in the modern context; the common thread for...
The Tales of Toil: On the Realities of Workers in India
Voltaire once said, "labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want". Labour has been the bulwark over which civilisations were built and global dynamics changed. Even today, migration of labour and market forces form one...