The symphony of silence and compassion: Inside the sacred mystique of Saga Dawa
As the dawn breaks over the emerald ridges of Gangtok, the mist doesn’t merely rise; it seems to ascend like incense smoke.
As the dawn breaks over the emerald ridges of Gangtok, the mist doesn’t merely rise; it seems to ascend like incense smoke.
The Supreme Court has said that arbitration in India has not failed, but that judicial interference, and at times the conduct of governments, has undermined the efficacy of the arbitral process.
Punjab and Haryana warming at half a degree per decade during the wheat season, with minimum temperatures rising nearly three times faster in Gujarat 1 June 2026, New Delhi: India produces over 107 million tonnes of wheat annually, making it the second-largest wheat producer in the world and accounting for roughly 14% of global output.
In May 2026, the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognizance of bail orders passed by the Orissa High Court and trial court.
The Supreme Court’s direction to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to frame a mechanism for screening user-generated content before it is uploaded has reopened a debate India has never quite resolved: how to curb digital poison without handing the State a permanent switch over speech.
A recent discussion, initiated by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with the leaders of the All Assam Students’ Union (which once launched the Assam Movement in association with Asom Gana Sangram Parishad), trying to resolve the explanation of an Asomiya, received widespread response from the conscious inhabitants of Assam.
The Statesman talked to Sonali Roy and Subhamoy Roy this week about how they met and what really helped evolve their relationship into the blissful marriage that they enjoy now.
Rainfall caused by a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal last week led to an increase in water levels at the Maithon and Panchet reservoirs. After DVC released water from these reservoirs, vast areas in West Midnapore, Hooghly, Howrah, Bankura, East Midnapore, East Burdwan and West Burdwan were flooded.
When journalist and environmental activist Mudar Patherya decided to host a party on a moving tram last Sunday, he was at the receiving end of a barrage of questions and quizzical looks. In this article for The Statesman, he attempts to answer a few of the whats and whys, while taking the reader quite literally on a ride.
With the world in so much turmoil… actually, you know what? Let’s dispense with the euphemisms. The word is WAR. Much of the world is at war. There is a hot war in the middle east. A hot war in Ukraine involving the two biggest military powers—including nuclear power—in the world.
