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.
Major terrorist strikes, at regular intervals, have pushed Indo-Pakistan ties to rock bottom. Normally, these happen at least once in the tenure of every Pakistani army chief, largely when the incumbent feels the need to either gain greater control over civilian authority or his forces are losing respect within the nation.
As summer sets in, a familiar spectre returns to the Indian subcontinent: the brutal, unrelenting heat.
I n times of war, unity is often considered a strategic asset. Yet when that unity is built on unquestioned obedience rather than reflection, it can become a liability. Israel now finds itself at such a crossroads.
“Global South” is a term coined in 1969 by Carl Ogelsby, an American writer and activist of the New Left. Global South was initially used as a synonym for the Third World, which replaced the original term after publication of the Brandt Report in 1980.
The Supreme Court’s move on April 28, to examine obscenity regulations for OTT platforms and social media (in a PIL filed by Uday Mahurkar and others) is both urgent and necessary.
