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.
With Operation Sindoor in motion and India firmly engaged in a counter-offensive against Pakistani provocations, the Centre’s directives on civil defence no longer appear procedural ~ they are a strategic necessity. This is not peacetime posturing.
The election of Pope Leo XIV marks an important moment not only for the Roman Catholic Church but for the global spiritual and cultural landscape.
In the early hours of 7 May 2025, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, a precision strike targeting terrorist infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
Eighty years ago, on 8 May 1945, the guns finally fell silent across Europe. Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allied powers marked the end of the bloodiest conflict the continent had ever known.
After global ministers of finance and central bankers met for the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington at the end of April, the buzz is the future of the international monetary system anchored on the dollar.