Who’s Killing India’s Nuclear Scientists?
byMany scientists who worked on India’s nuclear programmes have died under suspicious circumstances. Who’s killing them?
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A Ballad For My School Friends
bySchool friends, once our partners in merry-making & jollity, may be far from us. But they stay in our hearts–forever.
The Martyrdom of Guru Arjan
byThe spirit of self-sacrifice that Gur Arjan’s martyrdom embodied became an essential part of the Sikh character.
How Ants Grow Food, Domesticate Insects & Create Their ‘Castes’
byAnts have been growing their own food, making their own fertiliser and pesticides for over fifty million years.
To Keats With Love
byJohn Keats’s legacy will live on — so long as poetry exists.
Manual Scavenging: India’s National Shame
byIt’s a shame that the world’s largest democracy is struggling to curb the dehumanising practice of manual scavenging.
‘Bobby’ Talyarkhan: The Pioneer Of Indian Cricket Commentary
byTalyarkhan, Indian cricket’s first commentator, began speaking from a little corner of a Bombay maidan.
Art/Love
byUsing brushstrokes of love and art, Mrinalini doodles with dreams & makes words dance to her tune.
India Is Facing ‘The Worst Water Crisis In History’
bySix hundred million people–nearly half of India’s population–face extreme water stress.
70 Years Of Shankar-Jaikishan
byThe timeless magic of Shankar-Jaikishan’s music will mesmerise, resound, glow, and endure, through posterity.
Modi’s Realism In The Maldives
byBy focusing on people-focused initiatives, India’s foreign policy displays a sense of pragmatism, grounded in reality.
Gulmohars Of The Indian Summer
byA canopy of Gulmohars, with a flourish of colour -flame-red & orange- enliven the hot summer with their beautiful hue.
Operation Bluestar: Why The Horrors Of 1984 Must Not Be Forgotten
byEvery Sikh must learn about 1984, feel anguished & channel that anguish to confront ugly sectarianism.
On Land Rights & Gender Equality
bySecuring women’s land rights builds their own power, and foundationally disrupts the status quo of women’s exclusion.
‘Patta’: The Passport To Freedom From Bonded Labour
byFor decades, tribals and indigenous Indians have been enslaved by fraudulent means; now, with land titles, they are free.