A homecoming of sorts for yoga
Throughout history, certain ideas have travelled beyond boundaries and transformed societies.
Throughout history, certain ideas have travelled beyond boundaries and transformed societies.
Having studied, in the sixties, at two of Bengal’s iconic institutions, and having observed the paths these have traversed, some thoughts crossed my mind for consideration of the new government.
History remembers the phrase anyway because it captured something people desperately wanted to believe: that those who ruled France had become incapable of understanding the ambitions, anxieties and frustrations of ordinary people.
There was a time when financial markets valued companies on the basis of what they produced, what they earned and what they could reasonably be expected to achieve.
The anti-defection law was meant to end the era of the “Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram” politician. Four decades later, it has produced constitutional alchemists seeking ever newer ways to turn defection into legality.
On May 22, the world celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity, at a time when the disappearance of species is at the highest rate in human history.
The devastation caused to Pakistan’s air defence systems and strategic assets, including air bases, in the short fourday Operation Sindoor, was such that Islamabad and Rawalpindi were compelled to release their troll army to convert their DGMO’s call for a ceasefire in the face of imminent defeat to claims of a false victory.
Operation Sindoor and the military escalation between India and Pakistan have reopened old questions about deterrence, tactical agility, and the role of rationality in conflict between two nuclear-armed neighbours.
The latest statements by US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth reflect a stark reality: the strategic rivalry between the United States and China has entered a dangerous new phase.
Pakistani Generals routinely overstay their tenures and overstate their relevance in the national discourse. For a military that inherited the same structural commonalities and regulations as India, it is telling that the Pakistani Army has its 15th native ‘Chief’, whereas the Indian Army is on its 30th Indian ‘Chief’.
