Manusmriti’s Shadow: Why an Ancient Code of Control Still Haunts India’s Promise of Equality
In the long arc of India’s social thought, few texts have cast a longer and darker shadow over the lives of women and the lower castes than the Manusmriti. Composed roughly between 200 BCE and 200 CE, this Dharmashastra did not merely prescribe personal conduct; it codified a hierarchical vision of society in which birth […]
The Voice That Made Heartbreak Sing: A Tribute to Mukesh on His 50th Death Anniversary
“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought,” wrote Percy Bysshe Shelley. Few voices in Indian cinema embodied this truth as profoundly as Mukesh Chandra Mathur—known simply as Mukesh—whose melancholic timbre turned sorrow into solace for generations.On the 50th anniversary of his passing, his songs remain not just memories, but companions in moments […]
VHP and Bajrang Dal assault and heckle a group of book lovers reading Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai legendary books
New Delhi, 28 August— Book lovers reading The Diary of a Young Girl by Holocaust victim Anne Frank and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai’s I Am Malala in a park were attacked and heckled in Ahmedabad by a mob led by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, according to a report in the local Gujrati media. While Ahmedabad police said […]
DELHI COUPLE HELD FOR SPYING FOR PAK’S ISI
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Special Cell has busted an espionage network backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and arrested a Delhi-based couple on charges of spying since 2024. Sahil (25) and his wife Sameera (21) were allegedly in contact with Pakistan-based intelligence operatives and helped them obtain sensitive information related to India, police said. […]
NEPAL REFUSED RESCUE OPERATIONS FROM ABROAD BUT ACCEPTED RELIEF SUPPLIES
photo courtesy : Reuters NEW DELHI: Nepal has declined offers from India, China and several other countries to deploy helicopters and trained teams for the search and rescue of people missing after the catastrophic Bhote Koshi floods. The PM Balen Shah-led government said its security agencies were capable of conducting the rescue operations and had […]
BJP’S BIGGER WORRY AHEAD OF UP ELECTIONS
NEW DELHI: The latest Mood of the Nation (MOTN) survey predicts a tougher road ahead for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to assembly polls next year. Experts said the bigger worry for the BJP may not be the Gen Z, but the generation that raised them. Here’s why. Experts cited the latest India […]
Why did Penguin decide against publication of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’?
New Delhi, 28 August— A controversy around the reported denial of publication of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s memoir ‘Belonging: A journey of Love’ by Penguin Randon House India has erupted which raises many questions then answered by the publisher. Even as Penguin Random House India today categorically denied that it decided not to […]
BJP’S ALLIANCE TALKS WITH AKALI DAL NOT YET OVER
NEW DELHI: “We will contest all 117 seats” is the most recent public line the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been taking in Punjab, signalling that talks of a patch-up with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have broken down. But about six months remain before the state votes, and discussions continue on three key issues, […]
LAKE BURST IN TIBET THREATENS FRESH DELUGE IN NEPAL AFTER 475 DEATHS
NEW DELHI: Rescue operations have been suspended in Tibet as well as in Nepal as a lake formed by glacial debris in Tibet began overflowing, raising fears of a second flood in Nepal even as teams race to find 1,468 missing people after destructive flash flooding killed hundreds. A desperate race to find survivors after […]
A Test of Pluralism: Bhagwat’s Madison Square Moment
On August 29, 2026, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will address an estimated 5,000 members of the Indian diaspora at New York’s Madison Square Garden in an event billed as the “Universal Oneness Celebration”. The gathering, organised by American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue, marks the high point of Bhagwat’s 17-day tour of […]
